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Why is UT-Austin so competitive?

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UT-Austin Admissions Trends since 2000 Consider that for Fall 2001, UT received around 21,000 applications and admitted 15,700 for a 75% admissions rate. Since Ivy League and equivalent admissions processes werent anywhere near as competitive as today, top Texas students were reasonably confident they would get into a top 20 school.

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MIT vs Carnegie Mellon: Which Top School Is Better?

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In 2001, the school launched <a href="[link] sharing course materials online for free, long before online learning became the norm.</strong> </strong> It was a bold move that opened up education to millions of people around the world.</p>

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Public Ivy League Schools

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Do you see yourself bundled up to survive those East coast winters, studying in hundred-year-old libraries, and being a proud member of one of the eight schools that make up the Ivy League? You can still have an Ivy League experience without the Ivy League costs … we give you the Public Ivy League Schools!

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The Hidden Truth Behind Merit Scholarships

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New America's 2020 report , "Crisis Point: How Enrollment Management and the Merit-Aid Arms Race Are Derailing Public Higher Education," details the rise in financial aid allocations among public universities between 2001 and 2017. Public institutions also discount tuition. But to students, it still looks like merit-based scholarships.

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Early Decision is a Racket

Admissions Madness

The Ivy League, Stanford, Cal Tech, MIT, U Chicago, and their equivalents compete for the same students. James Fallows of the Atlantic wrote a damning 2001 article, “ The Early-Decision Racket.” Yale announced in late 2001 that if Harvard and Princeton discontinued their early deadlines, they would follow suit.

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Is Princeton a Good School? The Pros and Cons of Attending

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Princeton University is an Ivy League institution in Princeton, New Jersey. The schools continued commitment to liberal arts education and its emphasis on research have solidified its position as a leading global university. But is Princeton a good school? Yes, it is. Want to be part of its legacy? Why is Princeton number 1?

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UT-Austin and Texas A&M Join the Common Application - Fall 2023 Essay Topics

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The Common Application has always been the most user-friendly (if still flawed) application portal, so this should come as a relief to many families and high school educators. For example, Harvard received 19,000 applications in 2001 compared with 61,000+ for the Class of 2026.