Northwestern University

Location: Chicago, IL (Urban)
School Type: Private Institution
Program Website: MD | MD-PhD
SDN SchoolsDB Profile: NU
Official Program Data: MSAR
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Historical applications

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Northwestern University

3,946 historical application reports

1998-2020 reported application submission years

See application reports by year
Reported AMCAS submission year, not entering class year. Each displayed year has at least 3 reporting applicants.
YearApplication reports
19987
19996
200014
200129
2002152
2003222
2004341
2005371
2006420
2007418
2008418
2009299
2010200
2011216
2012183
2013179
2014150
2015136
201676
201756
201815
201918
202010

Some reports have missing or unclear dates, or too few applicants to display by year.

Reported outcomes

Recorded application steps and outcomes.

Primary submitted
3,858
Secondary completed
3,161
Interview invitation
1,057
Interview attended
972
Waitlisted
249
Accepted
474
Withdrawn
664
Rejected
1,628

One report may include several outcomes. Earlier steps may be inferred from later outcomes. Missing outcomes do not mean an applicant was rejected. These counts are not school acceptance rates.

Reported GPA

Median scores on a 4.0 scale.

Overall GPA
3.743,702 applicants
Science GPA
3.733,693 applicants

Each applicant counts once per score.

Stored MCAT totals

Old MCAT (3-45)
34median · 3,720 applicants
Modern MCAT (472-528)
516median · 3,794 applicants

Old and modern scales stay separate. Totals are used as stored and may include legacy MDApplicants conversions.

Who shared their experience?

Original public profile information, counted once per applicant in each category. Groups with fewer than 3 applicants are not shown. Lists show up to 8 reported categories.

36 median age at the profile snapshot · 1,406 applicants. This is not age at application.

Gender

Male
2,309
Female
1,555

Ethnicity

Caucasian
2,043
East Asian
744
South Asian
356
Hispanic
166
African
137
Arabic
24
Native American
6

Home state

California
930
Illinois
354
New York
209
Michigan
208
Texas
154
Florida
143
New Jersey
114
Pennsylvania
112

Undergraduate colleges

UCLA
144
UC Berkeley
115
University of Michigan
94
Northwestern University
75
Cornell University
58
Stanford University
57
Duke University
52
State School
46

Undergraduate areas of study

Biological/Life Sciences
2,078
Engineering/Technology
349
Psychology/Social Sciences
293
Physical Sciences
275
Computing and Information Science
148
History/Humanities
127
Premedical Studies
76
English/Literature
59

Graduate institutions

Columbia University
16
University of Michigan
15
UC Berkeley
13
Loyola University Chicago
10
Georgetown University
9
MIT
9
UCLA
9
University of Pennsylvania
9

Graduate areas of study

Biological/Life Sciences
214
Premedical Studies
152
Computing and Information Science
101
Other
87
Engineering/Technology
66
Psychology/Social Sciences
61
Physical Sciences
46
Foreign Language/International Studies
36

Graduate degrees

MS
91
BA
51
BS
48
N/A
31
MPH
27
M.S.
26
none
26
MA
24

An applicant may report more than one area of study or graduate school. Profile snapshot: 2026-10-26.

Figures need at least 3 reporting applicants. Missing or conflicting values are left out.

Self-reported historical data from MDApplicants. It may not reflect admissions today.

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