Problem
If the cost of a 4-minute telephone call is $0.24, then the cost of a 15-minute call at the same rate is:
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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
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Provided by
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- Independent university, founded 1851
- Calendar quarters
- Degrees certificates, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, first professional, and post-master's certificates
- Suburban 250-acre campus with easy access to Chicago
- Endowment $4.2 billion
- Coed, 8,023 undergraduate students, 98% full-time, 53% women, 47% men
- Most difficult entrance level, 30% of applicants were admitted
Costs (2006 - 07)
- Comprehensive fee: $43,825 includes full-time tuition ($33,408), mandatory fees ($151), and room and board ($10,266). Part-time tuition: $3963 per course
- Room and board: college room only: $5835
Financial Aid
- Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2005,: 3,819 applied for aid, 3,391 were judged to have need, 3,391 had their need fully met. 1,964 Federal Work-Study jobs (averaging $1629)
- In 2005,: 172 non-need-based awards were made
- Average percent of need met: 100%
- Average financial aid package: $25,831
- Average need-based loan: $4503
- Average need-based gift aid: $21,489
- Average non-need-based aid: $2353
- Average indebtedness upon graduation: $18,362
- Financial aid deadline: 2/1
Freshmen
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Admission 16,221 applied, 4,819 admitted, 1,952 enrolled
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Test scores SAT verbal scores over 500 100%, SAT math scores over 500 99%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 92%, SAT math scores over 600 94%, ACT scores over 24 96%, SAT verbal scores over 700 53%, SAT math scores over 700 63%, ACT scores over 30 69%
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