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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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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. From 2001-2017, the study revealed, public universities spent $32 billion on students who lacked financial need.

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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. Academic pressure and competition Ivy League schools are known for their competitive admissions process, rigorous undergraduate curricula, and research opportunities. But is Princeton a good school? Yes, it is.

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

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For example, Harvard received 19,000 applications in 2001 compared with 61,000+ for the Class of 2026. Other Ivy League and equivalent universities had admissions rates around 15-20%. Back then, UT received around 25,000 applicants and admitted two-thirds of them.

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Top Summer Programmes: Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS)

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Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) “Ivy Scholars” was a small pre-collegiate summer program that was started by professors in 2001. In 2012, the program changed its name to Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS). Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS)” is an excellent educational program for exceptional high school students worldwide.