Northwestern University

Evanston, IL, US🇺🇸

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Location & Campus

Gender Distribution

Fall 2023 undergraduate

% of International Students

Fall 2023 undergraduate

Northwestern University is located in Small City of Evanston, IL, US🇺🇸

Admissions

Deadlines

 
    • Early Decision
      Fall 2025
    • Regular Decision
      Fall 2025

Acceptance Rate

Fall 2023 undergraduate

Test Scores

Fall 2023 undergraduate

SAT

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing

730770

Math

760790

ACT

Composite

3335
The range shows 25th - 75th percentile scores of students enrolled in Fall 2023

Supplemental Essays

 

We want to be sure we’re considering your application in the context of your personal experiences: What aspects of your background (your identity, your school setting, your community, your household, etc.) have most shaped how you see yourself engaging in Northwestern’s community, be it academically, extracurricularly, culturally, politically, socially, or otherwise? (fewer than 300 words)

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We encourage you to answer at least one and no more than two of the following questions. Please respond in fewer than 200 words per question:

1)  Painting “The Rock” is a tradition at Northwestern that invites all forms of expression—students promote campus events or extracurricular groups, support social or activist causes, show their Wildcat spirit (what we call “Purple Pride”), celebrate their culture, and more. What would you paint on The Rock, and why?

2)  Northwestern fosters a distinctively interdisciplinary culture. We believe discovery and innovation thrive at the intersection of diverse ideas, perspectives, and academic interests. Within this setting, if you could dream up an undergraduate class, research project, or creative effort (a start-up, a design prototype, a performance, etc.), what would it be? Who might be some ideal classmates or collaborators?

3) Community and belonging matter at Northwestern. Tell us about one or more communities, networks, or student groups you see yourself connecting with on campus.

4)  Northwestern’s location is special: on the shore of Lake Michigan, steps from downtown Evanston, just a few miles from Chicago. What aspects of our location are most compelling to you, and why?

5)  Northwestern is a place where people with diverse backgrounds from all over the world can study, live, and talk with one another. This range of experiences and viewpoints immeasurably enriches learning. How might your individual background contribute to this diversity of perspectives in Northwestern’s classrooms and around our campus?

Please select the optional questions you intend to answer

1) Painting 'The Rock' (fewer than 200 words)

2) Interdisciplinary culture (fewer than 200 words)

3) Community and belonging (fewer than 200 words)

4) Northwestern's location (fewer than 200 words)

5) Individual background (fewer than 200 words)

200 كلمات

Costs & Aid

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Rankings

#6U.S. News Best National University Rankings 2025
#31Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025
#=50QS World University Rankings 2025

Fields of Study

Students graduated in 2022-2023