BestColleges

MARCH 5, 2024

Data Summary Check Legacy admissions is the practice of giving preferential treatment to children of alumni and donors at colleges and universities. Check During the 2022-2023 academic year, more than 1,300 institutions reported that they did not consider an applicant's legacy status for admission.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 3, 2024

Dartmouth College , an Ivy League institution nestled in Hanover, New Hampshire, was ranked #18 (tied with Vanderbilt) in the 2024 U.S. The college’s tight-knit community, characterized by its strong alumni network and traditions like the iconic Winter Carnival, fosters lifelong connections and a sense of belonging.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 7, 2023

For the Class of 2027, the Emory acceptance rate was a mere 10% (compared to 11% for the Class of 2026 and 13% for the Class of 2025). And applicants are catching on to this trend: Emory’s EDII pool alone grew by 15% since last year. It’s a fascinating and vibrant applicant pool that we have.”

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 6, 2023

See highlights from Georgetown’s official announcement below: Georgetown University accepted 13% of applicants for the undergraduate Class of 2027, a one percentage point increase from the Class of 2026. acceptance rate; and the School of Nursing had 466 applicants and accepted 16.1%

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 17, 2023

Admissions decisions for UCLA come out in late March, so, like many, we are eagerly awaiting word on UCLA’s final Class of 2027 acceptance rates. This year, the University of California has already released application data, which shows a slight cooling, with UCLA receiving 145,882 freshman applications.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 5, 2024

At Top Tier Admissions, we are committed to making the college admissions process more transparent. 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.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 19, 2024

Nearly 70% of classes have fewer than 20 people and students are actively involved in shaping their educational experience through opportunities for independent study and interdisciplinary research. For the Class of 2028, 3.8% This year, Brown’s dual degree programs both saw their largest applicant pools.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 26, 2024

This winter, we’re highlighting early round acceptance rates at top colleges. News & World Report Best College rankings guide and is known for its open curriculum. In recent years, data shows that women have accounted for nearly twice as many applications as men, despite being admitted at a similar rate.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 24, 2023

See highlights from Notre Dame’s official announcement below: Applicants around the world logged onto the Notre Dame application status portal at 6:42 p.m. Drawing from a pool of 28,351 applicants, the University hit an 11.9% Application Boot Camp Need strategic guidance from start to finish? Try Application Boot Camp®.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 19, 2024

Next up in our series highlighting early round acceptance rates at top colleges is Williams College — a small, prestigious, private liberal arts school in Massachusetts. Williams was ranked the #1 Best Liberal Arts College in the nation for 2024 by the U.S. Last year, it accepted 27% of ED applicants.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 22, 2023

The University of Virginia offered spots to just more than 2,000 students as it completed its third and final admissions cycle for the Class of 2027. February, UVA delivered acceptances to about 6,000 people during early action. Today’s action brings the total number of offers for the Class of 2027 to 9,189.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 10, 2024

Duke’s undergraduate population of around 6,500 enjoys a 5:1 student to faculty ratio with over 70 percent of classes having fewer than 20 students. Duke’s undergraduate population of around 6,500 enjoys a 5:1 student to faculty ratio with over 70 percent of classes having fewer than 20 students. of applicants were accepted.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 5, 2023

The term “Southern Ivies”—meant to denote schools that offer Ivy League-quality educations in the lower half of the United States—has been applied to schools ranging from Davidson College to UT Austin. Over the past decades, Vanderbilt has climbed in the college rankings, rising from #21 in the U.S. of applicants to its freshman class.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 3, 2023

See Northwestern’s official announcement below: Northwestern received a record number of undergraduate applications for the class of 2027 as its acceptance rate fell to 7%. The University saw applications increase to 52,225, up 667 from the previous year, according to University spokesperson Erin Karter.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 20, 2023

With record-high application volume and record-low admit rates, the Class of 2027 admissions statistics are similar to those for the Class of 2026. More applications to top schools (driven by test-optional policies) and a clear commitment to a diverse incoming class. The major trends?

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 4, 2023

So, too, does the world of selective college admissions. Here’s just a sampling of what we’ve seen so far: Colby College admitted just 6% of applicants to the Class of 2027, down one point from last year’s record-low admit rate. This is the 16th year in a row of record-setting numbers of applications to NYU.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 24, 2023

When asked “what is a liberal arts college?” by students and parents, Top Tier Admissions co-founder Dr. Michele Hernández often cites an article by Dr. James Tatum from Dartmouth College. Are you thinking of applying to a liberal arts college? LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE RANKINGS Each year, U.S. We’re here to fill you in.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 6, 2023

Spoiler alert : a growing number of applicants led to ever-lower early admit rates at many of the nation's top colleges and universities. Sure enough, as the chart below illustrates, the complete data set confirms this growing number of applications to top schools, which led to lower rates of admission, even in the early round.

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BestColleges

MARCH 8, 2024

Brown University has become the latest highly selective institution — and third Ivy, following Dartmouth College and Yale University — to reinstate standardized testing requirements, beginning next fall. Let's take a closer look at how Brown reached its often conflicting conclusions.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 19, 2023

New York University (NYU) and Columbia University have a number of things in common: They share an island, are located only six miles apart, and show up on lists of the best colleges in New York. And 24% of NYU students take online classes. Undergrads can choose different majors at NYU vs. Columbia. NYU calls Greenwich Village home.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JANUARY 10, 2024

Learn how the best liberal arts colleges prepare their students for med school and determine if this is the right premed education for you identifying the best liberal arts colleges for medical school can help set your child up for success as a premed Part 1: Introduction Part 2: What is a liberal arts college?

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BestColleges

APRIL 27, 2023

Recruited athletes at selective Division I and III colleges are more likely to be white and come from wealthy families. Athletes also are accepted at significantly higher rates than other students. As acceptance rates plummet below 5% at the top schools, recruited athletes have it far easier. of applicants.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Bowdoin College is a small liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. Bowdoin is part of the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium, an athletic conference and interlibrary exchange with Bates College and Colby College (you probably called that one,) sometimes also called the “Maine Big Three.” They also look at Class Rank.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As the college admissions landscape becomes increasingly competitive, a thoughtful, data-driven application strategy is more important than ever. At Top Tier Admissions , we often talk about the early advantage , which can be a game-changer for applicants who want to improve their chances of getting into their dream school.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Created primarily to educate California students, UC schools also welcome some of the best and brightest applicants from around the world, giving every ambitious student the opportunity to join the impressive UC alumni network that spans the globe and contains over two million members. How hard is it to get into UCLA? And after UCLA?

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Columbia is hard to get into – the Class of 2027 saw 57,129 applicants with an overall acceptance rate of 3.9%. Step 1: Accept Your Place on the Waitlist Columbia has very limited data on their waitlist process, because of course. Because no matter what, you’re going to college. Competitive! Let’s jump in.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

Seniors should take a step back from thinking about college after submitting their applications and try to enjoy their last few months of high school. However, whether they have been accepted EA, ED, or are still waiting for admissions decisions, here are some important things to keep in mind for the second half of senior year.

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DC College Counseling

APRIL 3, 2023

BIGGEST COLLEGE-RELATED NEWS OF THE WEEK IVY LEAGUE ACCEPTANCE RATES REMAIN AT HISTORIC LOW FOR CLASS OF 2027 On March 30, a small pool of high school seniors celebrated Ivy Day - the day when many Ivy league institutions released their admissions decisions. WHAT’S THE ULTIMATE DREAM COLLEGE?

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Seniors, are you waiting for college admissions decisions? A few CTK tips to consider: Tip # 1: Don’t commit until you are ready (and before the enrollment deadline) For the schools where you have been accepted, don’t let all those emails, glossy pamphlets, and stickers from colleges pressure you into making a commitment before you are ready.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The college application process can feel like it slogs on forever, and it would have been really nice to have an acceptance to a top-tier school under your belt — or even to be done altogether if you’d applied Early Decision. You weren’t rejected, so you still have a shot. The bad news is that you got bad news.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Caltech’s reputation for science and technology will impress future employers, and it doesn’t hurt that this world-class school is located in beautiful Pasadena, just miles north of downtown Los Angeles. They might take an internship in Silicon Valley or build a robot under the guidance of Caltech’s world class faculty.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Do you want to join the hundreds of thousands of college students majoring in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences? We'll guide you through the costs, acceptance rates, and other key factors of the best liberal arts colleges in Texas. Featured Online Programs Popular Liberal Arts Colleges in Texas 1.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rice is also rich in tradition—including its residential college system. Every new undergraduate student is assigned to one of eleven residential colleges. Each college has its own dorms, dining halls, shared public spaces, and revered set of customs. How hard is it to get into Rice University?

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 5, 2024

This new policy will begin with the class of 2029. Transfer applicants, however, can still take advantage of a test-optional policy. The Brown Daily Herald also reported that, during the 2020-21 applicant cycle, 40% of applicants to Brown chose not to submit test scores.

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Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Over the past four years, Northeastern University has experienced a surge in applicants — from 64,428 in the 2019-20 admissions cycle to nearly 100,000 full-time, first-year applicants to the Northeastern Class of 2027. One perennial approach has been to use supplemental essays as a way to show colleges why you belong.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Last year, they received over 100,000 applications, and based on the long-term trend that predates the COVID19 pandemic, we expect to see the number of applicants continue to steadily rise. This is the situation at most schools, as they can’t simply accept more kids. But you probably already know all of this.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Princeton is one of the toughest schools to gain admittance to in the United States, but this post will break down every element of the Princeton Application Checklist to explain how you can maximize your opportunities. Established in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institute of higher education in the United States. SAT and ACT.

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