The dominoes continue to fall. Northwestern University has announced a change to its admissions policy for applicants to the Class of 2025: the school will be test-optional. Applicants will not be required to submit SAT or ACT scores, though they are free to do so if they wish. Northwestern, like …
The Regular Decision round at Northwestern University for the Class of 2024 is a wrap. In all, 39,261 students applied to Northwestern, a figure that includes both Early Decision and Regular Decision applications. This same figure stood at a record high 40,759 for the Class of 2023. Of the 39,261 …
Northwestern University has released its supplemental essay for the 2019-2020 admissions cycle. And if you’re wondering how many supplemental essays you’ll have to answer, the answer is…one. Just like last year, Northwestern asks students to respond to one supplemental essay in 300 words. So what question is it? Why is …
The books are sealed on Northwestern University’s Early Decision round for the Class of 2023. In all, Northwestern received 4,399 applications this Early cycle — up by a margin of about 9% after a 6% climb last Early cycle. Of these 4,399 applicants, approximately 25% earned admission (as compared to …
Folks ask us each and every year something like, “If you had to pick only one school, which school became more difficult to get into this year?” There are some years in which we have to think about it. And there are other years in which the choice is clear. In …
If you’re a student applying to Northwestern via Early Decision, know that the university has extended their deadline for applications from November 1st to November 8th. Why’s that? If you read our college admissions blog, you well know why. Because of all of the glitches with the Common Application of …
Seeking admission to Northwestern this coming year? We’ve got a laugh in store for you. As you may know from reading our college admissions blog, we recently poked a little fun at a letter sent out by the Johns Hopkins University admissions office. The letter, which was utterly generic, was …
The Northwestern admissions staff got into some trouble recently when it was discovered that admissions officers were flagging angry comments by parents of applicants as well as by high school guidance counselors in their admissions database. Apparently, according to Scott Jaschik of “Inside Higher Ed” in his piece entitled “Mocking …