Excelsior Admissions Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2023

Although there has been some variability, the trend in early applications indicates that more students are choosing to apply for Early Decision or Restrictive Early Action to highly selective colleges. Here is a summary of early admissions statistics for the Class of 2027. Click here for the news release.

Ivy League 52

Ivy League Early Decision University University 52

Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Test-optional policies brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic account for the highly competitive 2020-21 admissions cycle. Princeton announced its test-optional policy in the summer of 2020 and has since renewed the policy into the 2022-23 admissions cycle (for admission to the Class of 2027).

Acceptance 97

Acceptance Ivy League Financial Aid Orientation 97

The Ivy Dean

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Most of the colleges in the Ivy League announce their early acceptance decisions by mid-December. This year is no exception: the majority of students in the Class of 2027 who applied early to one of the 8 most prestigious higher education institutions in the country now know the results of that decision.

Ivy League 52

Ivy League Acceptance Early Decision Financial Aid 52

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. In the last few years, Stanford has seen widespread debate over the future of legacy admissions, test-optional policies, and race-based affirmative action.

Acceptance 52

Acceptance Ivy League University University 52

Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

See Highlights From The Vanderbilt Hustler Article Below: On December 14, 2023, Vanderbilt University sent out its EDI notifications, but, for the second year in a row , no admissions statistics were released about this cycle. For the Class of 2027, RD and overall acceptance rates were both the lowest in university history at 4.2%

Acceptance 52

Acceptance Ivy League University University 52

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. percent increase from the 40,713 early applications received for the Class of 2027.

Applications 52

Applications Early Decision Minor Out-of-State 52

Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Especially now, with rampant grade inflation, high school GPA alone is not enough to identify students who will excel at schools like Dartmouth,” said Maria Laskaris , TTA Senior Private Counselor and former Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Dartmouth College. Want To Read More About Dartmouth’s Acceptance Rate?

Acceptance 52

Acceptance Ivy League Early Decision Standardized Testing 52

Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Emory continued its test-optional policy this year and reported that 29% of ECAS applicants and 33% of Oxford applicants did not submit test scores. Emory announced last month that it would remain test-optional for the Class of 2029 but has yet to make a decision on a long-term policy. Want To Read More About Emory’s Acceptance Rate?

Acceptance 52

Acceptance Ivy League Early Decision University 52

AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Early Decision Acceptance Rates at Duke throughout the Years This year, Duke’s ED acceptance rate hit 12.92%, marking a significant drop compared to previous years. For context, the ED acceptance rate was 16.39% for the Class of 2027, 21.3% for the Class of 2027. Does Duke have early action? for the Class of 2025.

Early Decision 52

Early Decision Acceptance Financial Aid SAT 52

AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Stanford announces its Restrictive Early Action decisions in mid-December each year, while Regular Decision results are released by early April the following year With Stanford’s notoriously low acceptance rate (3.9% for the Class of 2027), it’s no surprise that many students are eager to find any advantage in the admissions process.

Letters of Recommendation 52

Letters of Recommendation Early Decision Waitlist National Honor Society 52

Top Tier Admissions

MAY 19, 2023

Johns Hopkins University / JHU (Baltimore, Maryland) Johns Hopkins is a leader in public health education and research, with top-ranked programs in epidemiology, global health, and health policy. UChicago Admissions Highlight: Today, UChicago is stronger than ever and attracts students through three early admissions rounds: EA, ED1, and ED2.

Ivy League 105

Ivy League Orientation SAT Early Decision 105

Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 23, 2025

The early admissions season, which stretches from mid-October to mid-February and includes two rounds of binding Early Decision and one round of non-binding Early Action, is shaping up to be one for the record books. Last year, about 13% of early applications were submitted to the most selective schools.

Applications 97

Applications Financial Aid Early Decision Policies 97