Northwestern ED

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP has said more than once now that they would be willing to go full pay. Why keep bringing up the cost?

not the PP but is a Northwestern Degree worth $336,00 +

That said, my nephew goes there and is full pay. My brother is counting the days until he graduates this December.

I went there and truly hated some things about it.

I couldn’t afford to pay $336,000 for my kid to go there.

But it’s a great, well-known school, in a beautiful and convenient location, and of course it’s worth that for a family that can afford it. A student who’s a good fit will have a great experience, and it seems likely that a fairly ordinary alum will earn $1.5 million to $3 million over the course of a career. The University of Illinois or UVa might be a better deal for many students who pay in-state tuition, but Northwestern is probably cheaper for many students who’d be paying out-of-state tuition for good state flagships.

NU grad here. Both of us went there. Our combined annual HHI is now north of $5mm/year....NU changed my life. Best decision I ever made.
I also received financial aid (way back then). Not as generous as it appears now, but it helped.
Cannot stress how transformative the atmosphere, academics, peers, faculty were for a girl from nowhere who knew no one important.

What do you do that makes $5 million/year? What field?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our neighbor's son is at Northwestern right now and loves it. The whole family are fans. We're keeping an eye on it for sure. Anyone know how popular/competitive it is among applicants from DMV?

Would also love to know the answer to this if possible. Thanks! Is there a potential geographic advantage for kids applying from Mid-Atlantic region?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our neighbor's son is at Northwestern right now and loves it. The whole family are fans. We're keeping an eye on it for sure. Anyone know how popular/competitive it is among applicants from DMV?

Would also love to know the answer to this if possible. Thanks! Is there a potential geographic advantage for kids applying from Mid-Atlantic region?

At my DS' DMV area private, 12 kids applied ED this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our neighbor's son is at Northwestern right now and loves it. The whole family are fans. We're keeping an eye on it for sure. Anyone know how popular/competitive it is among applicants from DMV?

Would also love to know the answer to this if possible. Thanks! Is there a potential geographic advantage for kids applying from Mid-Atlantic region?

At my DS' DMV area private, 12 kids applied ED this year.

wow. So depending on which private this is, something like 15% of the kids in the class applied to Northwestern as their one ED school?
So a huge percentage of these kids won't get their ED choice.

[Anonymous]

My kid is likely in that same grade. If the estimates are correct, there were double digit applications each to Northwesterm. Harvard, Yale, Penn, Chicago - that is about half the class applying ED to 5 schools.

[Anonymous]

Harvard and Yale don’t have ED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is likely in that same grade. If the estimates are correct, there were double digit applications each to Northwesterm. Harvard, Yale, Penn, Chicago - that is about half the class applying ED to 5 schools.

Huh. So odds are probably pretty good for top students applying outside of these schools. Why did so many kids waste their ED spot on what is a total crap shoot? those colleges are not going to take more than 3-5 (very max) from
any one private (even the top privates)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is likely in that same grade. If the estimates are correct, there were double digit applications each to Northwesterm. Harvard, Yale, Penn, Chicago - that is about half the class applying ED to 5 schools.

Huh. So odds are probably pretty good for top students applying outside of these schools. Why did so many kids waste their ED spot on what is a total crap shoot? those colleges are not going to take more than 3-5 (very max) from
any one private (even the top privates)

How in the world do you figure that? No, odds are not "pretty good" for any individual top student from the DMV area. They get hundreds of ED apps from this area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is likely in that same grade. If the estimates are correct, there were double digit applications each to Northwesterm. Harvard, Yale, Penn, Chicago - that is about half the class applying ED to 5 schools.

Huh. So odds are probably pretty good for top students applying outside of these schools. Why did so many kids waste their ED spot on what is a total crap shoot? those colleges are not going to take more than 3-5 (very max) from
any one private (even the top privates)

How in the world do you figure that? No, odds are not "pretty good" for any individual top student from the DMV area. They get hundreds of ED apps from this area.

If you're a top student at Sidwell (for example), your greatest competition are other top students at Sidwell. If they're all applying ED to one of 5 schools, I bet your chances of getting in ED at Vanderbilt (for example) are pretty good. Ultimately, almost the entire class will get into a top50 school (if last year's results are typical) and at least half the class will attend a top20. most of these accepts happen before RD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard and Yale don’t have ED.

Seriously? You know what the poster meant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is likely in that same grade. If the estimates are correct, there were double digit applications each to Northwesterm. Harvard, Yale, Penn, Chicago - that is about half the class applying ED to 5 schools.

Huh. So odds are probably pretty good for top students applying outside of these schools. Why did so many kids waste their ED spot on what is a total crap shoot? those colleges are not going to take more than 3-5 (very max) from any one private (even the top privates)

What? No, this isn't true at all.

[Anonymous]

They are not going to take a majority of those ED applicants from the same school, at least not in the ED round. It is likely, if there are 10-15 applicants from the same school, maybe 2-3 will get in ED and others deferred or denied.

[Anonymous]

I heard there were seven students in DC’s class received offers fro NU last year. Don't know how many of them were ED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are not going to take a majority of those ED applicants from the same school, at least not in the ED round. It is likely, if there are 10-15 applicants from the same school, maybe 2-3 will get in ED and others deferred or denied.

Where are you getting this info? This is not consistent with what I know from other schools in past cycles. I also am not following your logic on why kids would be wasting their ED around by applying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is likely in that same grade. If the estimates are correct, there were double digit applications each to Northwesterm. Harvard, Yale, Penn, Chicago - that is about half the class applying ED to 5 schools.

Huh. So odds are probably pretty good for top students applying outside of these schools. Why did so many kids waste their ED spot on what is a total crap shoot? those colleges are not going to take more than 3-5 (very max) from any one private (even the top privates)

What? No, this isn't true at all.

PP pulled that specific 3-5 number out of the air but common sense tells one that a college isn't going to accept a large number of ed applicants all from the same HS, so it does impact Student A if he applies ED to NW and 15 other students from his class do the same (I am not sure where the school college counselor was in all of this. I know they can't "force" anything but you'd think that alerting the students to how many others were applying ED to NW would have caused some to shift ED elsewhere).