Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 14, 2024

University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) UCLA consistently receives some of the highest application volumes of any four-year university in the United States, and this year was no different as UCLA received 146,250 applications for first-year admission. None of the UCs offer early admission or consider standardized test scores.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 15, 2024

UT AUSTIN: STANDARDIZED TESTING REQUIRED After four years of test-optional admissions for undergraduate admissions, the University of Texas at Austin will once again require standardized testing scores , beginning with applications for the Fall 2025 semester. ACT Tutoring Hit your target score with our renowned ACT tutors.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Give our 2024-2025 Common App Essay Guide to get a sense of whether your essay is working for you, and what you need to do to improve this critical piece of your application. Tulane cares a lot about demonstrated interest, going so far as to label it as an “important” factor in admissions decisions. They want students who want them.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Based on application numbers pulled from the past decade, we can estimate that the number of enrolled students represents between 3.99% and 5.66% of total applicants from the 2026 admissions cycle (for the last decade, applicant numbers have ranged between 26,498 and 37,601 students).

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The Ivy Dean

JANUARY 6, 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s early admissions cycle has set new records for the country’s most prestigious post-secondary schools. As anyone hoping to begin college in fall 2021 is likely aware, all schools with an early application program released their early acceptance decisions within the past few weeks.

Ivy League

Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 1, 2024

Since 2018, the university has ceased disclosing acceptance rates in real time, instead waiting months after admissions decisions have been made to report publicly available data. Both decreased from the year prior when 49% of enrolled students submitted SAT scores and 23% submitted ACT scores. admitted, 1,699 matriculated.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

for the Class of 2025. That record was set by the Class of 2025, which had 5,036 students applying through Early Decision. For the 2024-2025 admissions cycle, Duke University’s Early Decision (ED) application deadline is November 1, with decisions released in mid-December. Application timing.

Early Decision

Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Although the November 1 st early admissions deadlines are behind us, most students are still awaiting their decisions and most colleges have yet to publicly announce the number of early applications they received. Deferral/Denial Analysis & Guidance Program Launch an action plan to maximize your chances of admission.

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Early Admissions Trends for the Class of 2024: How are colleges handling the massive increase in applications? SAT, ACT, and test optional: with Dartmouth now requiring test scores, will the test optional trend reverse? Reach out to me if you want my advice on whether, when, and how to prepare for the SAT or ACT.

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StandOut College Prep

MARCH 3, 2023

According to NYU’s Office of Institutional Research, the middle 50% of admitted students had SAT scores between 1350-1510 and ACT scores between 31-34. In 2020-21 (the Class of 2025), NYU received 8,258 Early Decision I applications, which was an increase of 5% over the previous year.

Early Decision

Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 31, 2025

Other colleges, like Brown University , have also begun to offer need-blind admissions to international students, a relatively new phenomenon in the college admissions sphere. Notre Dame continues to be test-optional, through at least the 2025-26 application cycle.

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 11, 2025

We love early admissions options, but they arent for everyone or every situation. To get into Brown ED, you must have all of the components of a strong application which well break down next by the early Fall of senior year. Today, all applicants are required to submit either an SAT or ACT score. Learn more.

Early Decision

The Koppelman Group

MAY 13, 2025

Dartmouth did not publish their early admissions acceptance statistics for students entering in Fall 2024 in the Common Data Set , but we have some numbers to go on when assessing how to craft the strongest ED application for each of our students. However, we do have some statistics to go on.

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