Princeton College Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

While being deferred or waitlisted can be disappointing and in many respects can feel like a rejection, it is important to understand what being deferred or waitlisted means. With deferrals and waitlists you are still very much in the game but what you do from that point forward can make a significant difference.

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Solomon Admissions

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Instead of a cheery acceptance letter or even a denial, however, you find that you’ve been deferred (or waitlisted). Is being deferred better or worse than being waitlisted? What should you do in response to a deferral or a waitlist decision? Deferred vs. Waitlisted What do these decisions mean?

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StandOut College Prep

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As shared in the post about early admissions, if you apply to college during Early Action and Early Decision cycles , you will face a lot of competition. When more students apply early, you’re also likely to be deferred from at least one college. Have you been deferred or waitlisted from college?

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 7, 2023

Over the past 20 years , the overall acceptance rate has decreased from 18% to a little over 6%. Most recently, 46% of the class was filled in the early decision cycle and the acceptance rate for that cohort was 19% , an all-time low for the university. As a result, you need to have a backup plan.

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Berkeley² Academy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Depending on the decision you receive, there are several steps you can take , and understanding how to respond to these different outcomes is crucial. If you are accepted: 1. Assess your options On average, students apply to 10-15 schools. Take into consideration all factors (academic, extracurricular, financial, etc.)

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Ivy Central

JUNE 13, 2023

Admissions Acceptance Rate Williams College received 10,315 applications in the regular decision round and admitted 858 students. Applicants who accept their offers of admission will join the 255 incoming students admitted through the early decision program in December to form the Class of 2027.

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Admissions.Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Emory University’s campus. Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, has become more selective to get into when applying Regular Decision. and Oxford College’s Regular Decision acceptance rate was 15.1% and Oxford College’s Regular Decision acceptance rate was 15.1%

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Spark Admissions

MAY 30, 2023

This might be expected at Ivy League schools like Harvard University, Yale University, and Brown University, whose admission rates have dropped to record lows in recent years. Northeastern University, for instance, received more than 90,000 applications last year! But the trend is widespread at selective schools.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Founded in 1839, Boston University offers over 300 academic programs, top undergraduate research opportunities, and prestigious global recognition. The faculty, staff, and students of Boston University hail from 50 states and over 150 countries, but all share a common passion to pursue knowledge and embrace possibilities.

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CTK College Coach

MARCH 17, 2022

You may already have some acceptances in hand from rolling, early action, or early decision applications, or you may be waiting for your very first acceptance as colleges release their decisions for the regular round. You Must Release Other Offers After You Accept at a School. Waitlisted– Now What?

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Spark Admissions

JULY 7, 2022

Below, we’ve highlighted some of the colleges and universities in the United States that saw a particularly significant drop in their admission rates. While there were many changes in college admissions this year, we’ve pulled out some of the most surprisingly competitive colleges and universities below.

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College Essay Guy

APRIL 5, 2024

We’ll explain what deferred means, why colleges defer applicants, the difference between deferred vs waitlisted, and how you can improve your chances of still gaining admission. Deferred vs waitlisted What do I do if I’m deferred? What does waitlisted mean, and how is it different from deferred? Let’s begin. There’s more.

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Elite Open School

DECEMBER 21, 2020

After all the blood, sweat, and tears we put into our college applications, we can’t help but dream of that special moment when we receive our coveted letters of acceptance. there are more potential outcomes to our applications than either outright acceptances or rejections. What does it mean to be deferred or waitlisted to college?

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Admissions Village

APRIL 25, 2023

Just 4% of their member colleges in 2022-23 mandated admission test scores, down from 55% in 2019-20.” • In recent weeks, Columbia University, Vassar College, and all of the State Universities of New York (SUNYs) have announced that they will be permanently test-optional. Duke was transparent in their Early Decision release this year.

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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. Early Admissions Trends for the Class of 2024: How are colleges handling the massive increase in applications?

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Here is a list of colleges and universities that are standardized test-optional for the upcoming admissions cycle. standardized test-optional for the upcoming admissions cycle There are also universities that are “test blind” and will not consider scores in the current admissions cycle, including the colleges that are part of the UC system.

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Humbach Education Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

When a student's college application is deferred into the regular decision pool, it means that their application was not accepted or rejected during the early decision or early action application process, but has been moved to the regular decision pool of applicants.

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DC College Counseling

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

BIGGEST COLLEGE-RELATED NEWS OF THE WEEK VIRGINIA TECH RELEASES EARLY ACTION DECISIONS The last of the major Virginia early action releases occurred with Virginia Tech on Friday evening. VT reported more than 47,000 applications for 7,085 seats in the freshman class, and so many qualified students were unfortunately waitlisted.

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Admissions Village

APRIL 22, 2023

This year applications were down fairly significantly at both Tulane University (down by 11,231, which is 26%) and Williams College (down by 3,859, which is 25%.) But, because both colleges didn’t need to admit as many students as they had in the past, their acceptance rates ended up only rising slightly. Andrews in Scotland.

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College in 321

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Respect the Early Decision process. Anyone applying early decision must understand the rules. You can only apply to one college early decision (at any one time), and it’s a binding contract that you will attend that college if accepted. Notify that college immediately. .

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 10, 2023

How has your experience working as an Admissions and Financial Aid Officer for Harvard University informed your approach to Private Counseling? I really connected to my role as an admissions and financial aid officer for Harvard University. I started as a Staff Assistant III in admissions and worked my way up the ladder.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2024

Should you apply to medical school via early decision? Pros and cons Part 4: Early decision application strategies Part 5: Frequently asked questions about early decision for medical school Part 6: List of early decision medical schools - Part 1: Introduction What is the Early Decision Program for medical school?

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 21, 2022

I argue that elite universities do not care about their applicants. University bureaucracies alienate applicants from their humanity and sense of self. Admissions Madness is not yet another “how-to to write a killer essay” book or a promise of “six easy steps” for Ivy League acceptance. American meritocracy is a myth.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

APRIL 26, 2021

Here is a list of colleges and universities that are standardized test-optional for the upcoming admissions cycle. There are also universities that are “test blind” and will not consider scores in the current admissions cycle, including the colleges that are part of the UC system. December Receive ED and EA decisions from colleges.

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Ivy College Essay

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Deferred from Early Decision or Early Action? Have you been deferred from Early Decision or Early Action? By now, everyone who was applying for college Early Decision for the Nov 1 deadline has gotten everything in and is in a holding pattern. What Does It Mean If You Get WaitListed?

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you were denied admission by your early round target school, you are not alone. for Early Decision 1) are reporting increasing numbers of early round applications. This in turn means record-low early decision (ED) acceptance rates. Schools such as UVA (up 4.4% RD) or Yale (<4.3%

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Boston College is a private, Jesuit research university in (you guessed it) Boston or, to be more specific, Boston’s Chestnut Hill neighborhood. Last year, in the 2022-2023 application cycle, the accepted rate was just 15%. First, though, let’s get the ‘lay of the land’ for the BC waitlist. Just 13 were eventually admitted —.1%

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 26, 2024

Columbia University , an Ivy League institution founded in 1754, is located in New York City and ranks #12 (tied with Cornell and University of Chicago) in the 2024 U.S. We’ll note, however, that the university has a somewhat fraught relationship with college rankings. News & World Report Best Colleges.

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BestColleges

APRIL 23, 2024

Yield is the percentage of accepted students who choose to enroll. Colleges aim to boost their yield through several strategies, including early admissions policies. That, of course, dictates the acceptance rate. But how many accepted students actually decide to attend? That's yield.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

For instance, if they’re not looking to apply to any University of California (UC) schools, feel free to disregard those bullets. ACT or the College Board for the SATs) and university website for up-to-date offerings and application deadlines. They also vary with regard to early action, early decision, and regular decision.

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Ivy College Essay

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Early Action or Early Decision: Ivy College Admissions. Choosing Early Action over Early Decision can be confusing. Early Action and Early Decision are both college application STRATEGIES. Early Action versus Early Decision: The Definitions. I think yes.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

How hard is it to get into the University of Chicago? Learn the UChicago acceptance rate and admissions requirements, plus strategies for UChicago supplemental essays the university of chicago is ranked #6 by u.s. But make sure not to fly over the equally prestigious and rigorous University of Chicago.

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Admissions Madness

JULY 9, 2022

Many of these issues come down to Early Decision and Action processes that I discussed in the previous video. Most early applicants are deferred until the regular admissions deadline when their application is considered among all other applicants. Another tool in the enrollment manager’s kit is the elusive waitlist.

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Admissions.Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

Tulane’s Gibson Hall Tulane University has offered admission to roughly 4,000 students for its Class of 2027. The New Orleans-based university expects roughly 1,850 students to begin as freshmen in August. All decisions have now been released. Among applications submitted, only 13% were admitted.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

How hard is it to get into the University of Pennsylvania? If they also happen to be interested in interdisciplinary thinking and attending college in a historic, thriving city, they should consider applying to the nation’s first university, the University of Pennsylvania. UPENN CAS 2025!!!!! Thanks again!!!!!!"

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DC College Counseling

MARCH 5, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FIRES ALL DEI STAFF To maintain compliance with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ law to prohibit state spending on DEI programs, the University of Florida let go of 28 faculty and staff members this past week: every single employee whose job was related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in some way. Can you even imagine?!

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

MIT—the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—is among the most prestigious, famous, and rigorous universities in the world (yes, in the same tier as its neighbor across the river, Harvard ). MIT ranking MIT routinely ranks as one of the best universities in the U.S.: Forbes: 4 Niche: 3 U.S. Here are the specifics.

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