Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 14, 2024

LEARN MORE PUBLIC IVIES: CLASS OF 2028 ACCEPTANCE RATES University of Virginia In March, we’ve covered the impressive Class of 2028 admissions statistics at the University of Virginia, which saw an overall in-state acceptance rate of 25.5% and an overall out-of-state acceptance rate of 13%.

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Admissions Village

APRIL 22, 2023

What we do know is that colleges always care about managing their enrollment, and the increased number of applications has made it that much more challenging. Colleges might have over-enrolled or under-enrolled last year or for more than one year. Yield is the rate at which a college’s accepted students choose to enroll.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What we know: a total of 1,500 students enrolled in the Class of 2026 – the largest class ever. As a measure of comparison, the Class of 2025 admissions cycle saw 1,647 students admitted for an overall acceptance rate of 4.38%, and, of these, 1,345, or 3.58% of total applicants, enrolled. ENROLL NOW.

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Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Prepare for All Possible Outcomes: You might be Accepted, Denied, or Deferred. LEARN MORE Be a Forward-Thinker: If accepted, know the next steps you’ll need to take to secure your spot. Be sure that once all of your early school applications are submitted, you turn to your regular round applications. We can help!

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 31, 2024

Between ever-increasing early application numbers, unexpected current events and other external factors, colleges seeking to further diversify (gender diversity, economic diversity, geographic diversity, etc.) TOP 10 EARLY ADMISSIONS TRENDS: CLASS OF 2028 1. Yale , for instance, had a 9.02 percent last year.”

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CTK College Coach

MARCH 20, 2023

For more than a decade now we have known that schools like Yale, Stanford, and MIT have such low acceptance rates that even extremely accomplished students cannot assume they will be admitted. For the class of 2023, UGA accepted 32% (or 8,253 of 26,001) of early applicants and deferred a whopping 44%.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Submit your early decision application if that’s the route you’ve chosen. Early decision applications, typically due in November, come with a binding commitment—meaning if you’re accepted, you agree to attend. In return, you get the chance to secure your spot early! Submit your early action applications.

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HelloCollege

JUNE 3, 2025

These rare, unofficial notifications from colleges serve as an early indication that an applicant is likely to be admitted. While not an official acceptance, a college likely letter is as close as it gets before regular decision results are released. Not receiving a likely letter does not mean you wont be accepted.

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Spark Admissions

JUNE 22, 2023

But when you dug deeper, you found a lot more than “early decision” – you found Early Action, Early Decision I, Early Decision II, and something called Single Choice Early Action, whatever that is. As part of your application, you will sign an early decision agreement that “binds” you to attend if admitted.

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EAB

MAY 30, 2023

Blogs How dual enrollment can combat enrollment declines Innovative tips to build and sustain dual enrollment momentum This story was originally published in the League for Innovation’s Innovatus Magazine (March 2023). Since 2020, enrollment at community colleges has declined 5.4 In 2022, this number jumps up to 10.5

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 24, 2025

acceptance rate last cycle, its also one of the toughest to get into. If youre looking for a strategic angle for your application, you might be considering applying early. Yale doesnt offer Early Decision, but rather something called Restricted Early Action (REA). In other words: steeped in history. Why Should I REA?

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 6, 2025

Early decision is a binding admissions decision, which means by applying to UChicago early youre saying I will attend if I am accepted. Colleges care deeply about their yield rate, aka the amount of accepted students who enroll, and UChicago had the highest yield rate out of the top 50 schools we track, at 86%.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 10, 2024

Easy access to clear data helps families understand trends in college admissions to make more informed decisions. We’re collecting early acceptance rate data at selective schools and providing insight and analysis of our own. This year’s acceptance rate marks the highest since 2019, when the College admitted 13.9

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 1, 2024

Next up in our series highlighting early round acceptance rates at top colleges is Stanford University — which consistently ranks as one of the most selective schools in the country. Stanford has a total undergraduate enrollment of around 8,000 students who study on a beautiful 8,000-acre campus in Palo Alto, California.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 22, 2024

To kick off our new series on Regular Decision acceptance rates, we’re covering the newly released Class of 2028 acceptance rate for Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). News & World Report and has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,500. News & World Report and has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,500.

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 7, 2025

When your parent applied, the acceptance rate was likely over 10%. For the Class of 1995, Harvard set a record low acceptance rate of 11.8%. Today, the Harvard acceptance rate is about 3.5%, being just below for the Class of 2027 and just over 3.5% Legacy is not an easy route to acceptance. This is almost laughable today.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Next up in our series highlighting early round acceptance rates at top colleges is University of Pennsylvania — an Ivy League institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Over 8,500students applied to UPenn through its binding Early Decision program this year, around 500 more than last year. News and World Report.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Duke’s Early Decision acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 dropped to a record low of 12.9%, even as the school received its highest number of Early Decision applications in the last eight years. Out of 6,240 applicants, only 806 were accepted. Out of 54,191 applicants, only 2,790 secured a spot.

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Whether you have been deferred in the early action round or are just waiting for your regular decision outcomes, it is completely normal to not hear from many schools until March or even the first week of April. Use this as an opportunity to talk with current students and visit campuses to learn more ahead of the May enrollment deadlines.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Next up in our series highlighting early round acceptance rates at top colleges is Emory University — a top 25 university with its largest campus in Atlanta, Georgia. See Highlights From The Emory Wheel Article Below: Emory University accepted 345 Early Decision II applicants to the Class of 2028 on Feb.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Next up in our series highlighting early round acceptance rates at top colleges is Dartmouth College — an Ivy League institution located in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dartmouth has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,500, most of whom live on campus. Want To Read More About Dartmouth’s Acceptance Rate?

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Below, well guide you through choosing the right university and ensuring youre fully prepared to get that coveted acceptance letter. As you dive into the process, youll come across different application options, and knowing how they work can help you make the best choice: Rolling admission. Early admission.

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 2, 2025

You need a solid strategy, and likely part of that plan will be applying through their Single-Choice Early Action option. What is Single-Choice Early Action? Often also called Restrictive Early Action (REA), Single-Choice Early Action is a non-binding path to early admission. This is very low.

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Whether you have been deferred in the early action round or are just waiting for your regular decision outcomes, it is completely normal to not hear from many schools until March or even the first week of April. Use this as an opportunity to talk with current students and visit campuses to learn more ahead of the May enrollment deadlines.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As we close out the year, we’re especially proud of our growth at Top Tier Admissions to better serve our students and their families. ENROLL NOW While Top Tier’s original Application Boot Camp® is well established, we were excited to announce our Application Boot Camp® 2025 for current sophomores. Try Application Boot Camp®.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 29, 2024

Also, unlike the main campus, GU-Q’s admissions process is test-flexible. The most recently available admissions data show that for the Class of 2025, 28% of applicants were admitted and of the 109 students enrolling, one-third were from Qatar. Students enrolled in these programs earn two BA degrees in four years.

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BestColleges

APRIL 23, 2024

Yield is the percentage of accepted students who choose to enroll. A high yield rate helps colleges minimize the volatility of the admissions cycle. Colleges aim to boost their yield through several strategies, including early admissions policies. That, of course, dictates the acceptance rate. That's yield.

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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.

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

What's more, Students for Fair Admissions mentioned legacy admissions specifically in its complaint against Harvard. The plaintiffs argued that legacy preferences, along with early admission programs, "operate to the disadvantage of minority applicants."

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 29, 2023

Michigan, where voters passed a similar referendum in 2006 (Proposition 2), soon saw dramatic drops in the numbers of African American and Latino students enrolling. Today, public universities are required to automatically accept every Texas high school student who graduates in the top 10 percent of their class.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Brown University is rethinking its admissions policies, including early decision. With affirmative action banned, selective colleges may struggle to enroll a diverse student body. Early decision programs favor wealthy, white students and counteract diversity efforts. Dartmouth College, for instance, accepted 21.2%

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Expanding Aid: Money Talks UVA and Duke are examples of two universities who have poured additional resources into need-based aid in order to attract and support students from low and middle-income families and help bolster efforts to enroll a more diverse student body. Buckle up because another volatile admissions cycle is in store.

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Ivy College Essay

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Early Action allows students to apply to multiple colleges without having to commit to attending if they are accepted. This flexibility makes it a popular choice for students who want to keep their options open while potentially receiving an early acceptance. ED: Binding commitment to attend if accepted.

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 5, 2023

While we all hope that the early admission decisions will bring good news, it takes some of the pressure off to know that all of the essays are finished, no matter what. percent over last year’s early application totals and a record number of first-year applications.

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Anna Ivey Consulting

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Accepted, Denied – What to Do Now If you submitted early college applications, some decisions are rolling in now (some won’t come until later). You’re no doubt doing a happy dance if you were accepted, scratching your head if you were deferred, and nursing your wounds if you were denied.

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Cornell University Undergraduate Admissions Office

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Students interested in applying for Early Decision should know they can only apply to one Early Decision institution. If accepted, students are “bound” to attend. Students applying for ED can apply to other schools that have Early Action plans because Early Action schools are typically non-binding.

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Admissions Madness

JUNE 4, 2022

Many elite universities offer binding Early Decision deadlines that oblige students to enroll if offered admission. Early Decision (ED) differs from Early Action (EA) or Priority deadlines because students may only apply to a single ED school. The first early admissions deadlines arose in the 1950s.

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