AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Schools with rolling admissions accept applications on an ongoing basis, meaning there are no strict deadlines. Early admission. This comes in two forms Early Decision and Early Action. The ACT includes four sectionsEnglish, Math, Science, and Readingand is scored on a scale of 1 to 36.

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 24, 2025

Schools love early admissions because it boosts their yieldthe percentage of admitted students who actually enroll. When you apply early, youre signaling that theyre your top choice, and that makes them more likely to say yes. We love early admission because it takes a huge weight off your shoulders.

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StandOut College Prep

JANUARY 9, 2025

Applicants must have taken the SAT or ACT and intend to enroll in an Opportunity Partner College and have a minimum GPA of 2.8. or higher and an ACT composite score of 24 or higher. The student must score in the upper fifth percentile of all North Dakota ACT test takers. The deadline to apply is January 31st. Learn more here.

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 22, 2025

Class Rank of the Class of 2028: Scores UChicago is test optional, and they claim to have a no harm testing policy, which they define as this: Submitting an SAT or ACT is optional and not required for admission. Any SAT or ACT score submitted will only be used in review if it will positively affect an applicants chance of admission.

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Expert Admissions

MAY 29, 2025

Admissions Profile Average GPA: 4.14 Test Scores (mid-50% range): 1370-1530 SAT/30-34 ACT Admit Rate: 14.1% No Offers Early Admissions? The annual Capstone Design Expo showcases Georgia Tech’s graduating seniors as they present their innovative projects designed and built during the Capstone Design. Test-optional?

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 7, 2025

Scores Harvard requires applicants to submit an ACT or SAT score to meet their testing requirements, but they dont have minimum scores to apply. This is despite Harvard not offering a binding early admissions option. These are hard scores to get, but Harvard is a hard school to get into so its fitting.

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In this blog, well break down Rice Universitys acceptance rate and key admissions trends, including Regular and Early Admissions, yield, transfer, and waitlist rates. Rice attracts high-achieving students, so keeping your GPA as high as possible will put you in the best position for admission. A GPA of around 4.12

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Even with top scores and strong grades, a deferral simply highlights how incredibly competitive the early admission landscape has become. After all, being deferred means you are still in the running for possible admission in a few months! Retaking the SAT or ACT, if necessary.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 15, 2024

ACT Tutoring Hit your target score with our renowned ACT tutors. especially among our auto-admits, an SAT or ACT score is a proven differentiator that is in each student’s and the University’s best interest.” Those same students were estimated to be 55% less likely to have a first semester college GPA of less than 2.0,

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 6, 2025

You should absolutely apply early to UChicago if you can. Applying Early Decision is the best strategic move you can make. Again, while UChicago does not publish their early admissions data, we can speculate from experience that the combined ED/EA/ED2 acceptance rates are around 20-30%, with some speculating it could be as high as 40%.

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Expert Admissions

MARCH 30, 2023

Admissions Profile Average GPA: 3.75 Test Scores (mid-50% range): 1370-1530 SAT/ 31-34 ACT Admit Rate: 29% Test-optional? Yes Offers Early Admissions? Yes — Early Decision I and Early Decision II The post Spotlight on Smith College appeared first on Expert Admissions.

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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.

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Expert Admissions

MARCH 23, 2023

Admissions Profile Average GPA: 4.2 Test Scores (mid-50% range): 1480-1580 SAT/ 33-36 ACT Admit Rate: 3% Test-optional? Yes Offers Early Admissions? Yes — Restrictive Early Action Supplemental Essays Harvard’s Prompt 1: Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences.

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights by Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), alleges the practice violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. What's more, Students for Fair Admissions mentioned legacy admissions specifically in its complaint against Harvard. The complaint, filed with the U.S.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

That said, Muhlenberg’s SAT and ACT minimum requirements for its BS/DDS program are 1360 and 32, which are significantly higher than the average test scores of their general student body (around 1280 and 29). and What Is a Good ACT Score? Suggested reading: What is a Good SAT Score? What about test-optional policies?

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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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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Think of acts of kindness , moments of self-discovery, and other everyday moments that turned out to be important to you. Explain why youre trying out for early admission and how it aligns with your long-term aspirations. Here are some brainstorming ideas to help you arrive at the perfect one: Reflect on quiet moments.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Moreover, the Classes of ’23 and ’22 were filled 57.15% and 61.46%, respectively, by early admissions. Princeton’s Early Action program is “Single-Choice,” meaning students may not apply early to any other private college or university but may apply early to a public institution, so long as the decision is non-binding.

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The Ivy Dean

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools waived the requirement for SAT/ACT scores, leading more students to apply to schools that would have ordinarily been beyond their reach.

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AHM Advising

MARCH 23, 2022

CMU offers Early Decision and Regular Decision deadlines , as well as an Early Admission plan for high school juniors who are prepared to graduate early and head off to college. My interpretation - plan to take the SAT or ACT, as a good score may end up helping you.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 27, 2023

EARLY INSIGHTS ON CLASS OF 2028 EARLY ADMISSIONS RESULTS Despite the frustrating lack of transparency around the early admissions process at many top colleges, some key data has been shared. Among the interesting tidbits we’ve learned: Harvard sees its early applications drop by nearly 20%. Our key takeaway?

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Cornell University Undergraduate Admissions Office

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It is important to remember that an Early Decision application is a commitment. You may apply ED to only one college or university, but ED applicants can apply to other non-binding early admission programs. When should I plan to take my SAT, Subject Tests, or ACTs if I’m applying for Early Decision?

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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.

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The Ivy Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Changes to standardized testing: Many colleges went test-optional this year, giving applicants the choice whether or not to include SAT or ACT scores. Changes in early acceptance rates: As I explained in my previous blog post , schools in the Ivy League received a record number of early admission applications this year.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 22, 2024

MIT REGULAR DECISION ACCEPTANCE RATE For those considering applying early to MIT next year, it’s important to know that 12,563 students applied early to the MIT Class of 2028 and 661 were offered early admission for a slightly higher acceptance rate of 5.26%. Meanwhile, 8,052 applicants were deferred — 64.1%

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Tulane cares a lot about demonstrated interest, going so far as to label it as an “important” factor in admissions decisions. Getting a deferral decision in the early admissions round tells you that you are the type of person they look for. They want students who want them. How do yours measure up?

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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. For now, the tea leaves suggest a more competitive early admission cycle at top schools.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JANUARY 29, 2023

SAT and ACT For first-year and transfer applicants to CC and SEAS matriculating from fall 2023 through fall 2024 , Columbia is maintaining a test-optional policy. Previously, Columbia has required scores from either the SAT or the ACT, but no requirement for the writing section. For both the SAT and the ACT, Columbia superscores.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Early Decision Application Process at Duke Applying through Duke’s Early Admission process is an exciting opportunity for students who are certain Duke is their top choice. The Early Decision application is binding, meaning if you’re accepted, you commit to attending. Is Duke Test Optional? Changing from NO to YES.

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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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BestColleges

OCTOBER 11, 2023

First, it initially differentiates between early decision and early action (the latter being nonbinding), yet the bill's subsequent language seems to imply only universities offering early decision would face sanctions, unless "early decision" is shorthand for both. The complaint, filed with the U.S.

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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. If you have a strong application, you may want to consider applying under an early admissions cycle such as Early Decision or Early Decision II.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Why Apply to Restrictive Early Action? Applying to Stanford through Restrictive Early Action (REA) can boost your chances of acceptance. Stanford stopped sharing early admissions stats five years ago (Class of 2023), so we can only estimate the Restrictive Early Action (REA) acceptance rate for the Class of 2028.

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Great College Advice

JULY 24, 2023

The student agrees to withdraw all other applications, and not accept any other offers of admission. Early action programs are a hybrid. Students may apply early under these early action (EA) programs and receive an early admissions decision. So why, then, do colleges like the early decision process?

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StandOut College Prep

AUGUST 17, 2023

Applicants must be graduating high school, intend to enroll into a four year college/university, display the qualities above, and have a minimum SAT score of 1000 or ACT score of 22. Applicants must have a parent that was honorably discharged, be a graduating senior, reside in Illinois, and took the ACT or SAT. More information here.

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StandOut College Prep

OCTOBER 17, 2023

To apply, the applicant must submit the completed and signed application form, an official high school transcript, a copy of SAT or ACT score report, two letters of recommendation, and two essays. High-achieving, low-income students can apply for early admission to a QuestBridge college partner with a full four-year scholarship.

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