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Brown Reinstates SAT/ACT Requirement

BestColleges

Starting in fall 2024, Brown University will require students to submit SAT or ACT scores. Since then, about 40% of applicants have opted not to submit SAT or ACT scores, notes the university's " Ad Hoc Committee on Admissions Policies " report summarizing six months of data analysis and deliberations at President Christina H.

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Why Dartmouth College Is Requiring ACT and SAT Scores Again

BestColleges

Dartmouth researchers found SAT and ACT scores can help identify high-achieving, under-resourced students since the college looks at scores in context to where a student is from. Researchers considered applicants' SAT/ACT scores, high school GPAs, other admissions indicators, and demographics data from 2017-2022. Students from a U.S.

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How to Get Into Carnegie Mellon: Acceptance Rate & Strategies

College Transitions

were accepted. The vast majority of successful applicants had pristine transcripts and SATs of 1500 or better. Over 32,000 high-achieving teens applied to be part of Carnegie Mellon’s Class of 2026—13.5% Selectivity at this school,

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Transfer Acceptance Rates and Top Tips

Top Tier Admissions

Transfer acceptance rates vary widely and sometimes unexpectedly. SAMPLE TRANSFER ACCEPTANCE RATES (2022-23) (BU – Vanderbilt: transfer-friendly; MIT – Rice: less transfer-friendly) School First-Year Admit Rate Transfer Admit Rate Boston University 14.4% 29% Columbia 3.7% Northwestern 7.2% 13% Cornell 7.3% Dartmouth 6.4%

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2024 Freshman Admits

UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

Please remember that admitted student information is different from enrolled student information, and we know that a much larger percentage of Georgians will accept our offer than non-Georgians due to cost, distance, etc. In other words, our admitted students did extremely well in their core course grades.

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It’s Possible to Get Accepted Into BS/MD Programs If You Don’t Have Perfect Grades or SAT Scores

Dr. Paul Lowe – Admissions Expert

Paul Lowe, BS/MD Admissions Guru works with four or five clients that don’t have perfect transcripts. and their SATs were below 1500 and they were accepted to BS/MD programs. SAT scores: 1420. SAT scores: 1420. Lowe has helped many students with poor GPA’s/grades and low SAT scores get into BS/MD programs.

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What You Need to Know About Bowdoin College

Ivy Central

The accepted students represent 48 states; the District of Columbia; two U.S. Admissions Acceptance Rate Bowdoin College received 10,966 applicants across all three admission rounds for the Class of 2027. The college accepted 850 students with an acceptance rate of 7.7%. The acceptance rate for the Class of 2026 was 9.1%.