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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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. What Makes Early Decision I Different than Early Decision II?

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Early decision and early action applications usually have deadlines in November of your senior year, while most regular decision applications are due between January 1 and March 1. Submit your early decision application if that’s the route you’ve chosen. Submit your CSS PROFILE if you’re applying early.

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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. The Early Decision Application Process at Duke Is Duke Test Optional?

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Admissions Madness

JUNE 4, 2022

At first glance, Early Decision seems like a good deal that benefits students because it promises higher admissions chances. Many elite universities offer binding Early Decision deadlines that oblige students to enroll if offered admission. The first early admissions deadlines arose in the 1950s.

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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

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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. In the wake of the U.S.

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Cornell University Undergraduate Admissions Office

OCTOBER 11, 2023

By: Cornell University Undergraduate Admissions Staff The most common questions about Early Decision (ED) are: What is Early Decision exactly? How does ED differ from Early Action? Students interested in applying for Early Decision should know they can only apply to one Early Decision institution.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 21, 2025

Emory University , a research university affiliated with the United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, accepted 995 individuals under its binding Early Decision I policy. EMORY ACCEPTANCE RATE: EARLY Emorys overall early acceptance rate was 31%. Application Boot Camp Need strategic guidance from start to finish?

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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. Early Decision 2,886 442 15.3% Class of 2029 stats More recently, Rice dropped its Early Decision results for the Class of 2029.

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Great College Advice

JULY 24, 2023

This is the time of year when I get calls from parents and students asking whether they should apply to college via early decision vs regular decision. This decision is a very important one, especially if you are considering some of the more selective colleges and universities in the country.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 8, 2023

First-generation students face barriers to applying for college and sometimes miss out on early action deadlines. First-generation students face unique barriers to applying for college and often miss out on early decision deadlines for admission.

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Berkeley² Academy

DECEMBER 20, 2024

After spending months working hard on their college applications, our seniors are finally hearing back from schools where they applied under early admissions plans! However, even after youve submitted your applications and received a decision, there is still work to be done and options to be weighed.

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Berkeley² Academy

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

In this post, well share available early acceptance data from some of our students' most popular colleges along with why schools like Harvard, Princeton, and Cornell are declining to share certain information. In the past few years, weve seen a growing number of top schools step back from releasing their admissions data.

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Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 4, 2024

I recently hosted Top Tier Admissions’ “Ask Me Anything” webinar, where we dove deep into the importance of having a solid early admissions strategy and all the perks that come with it. It was an open floor, where parents and students could literally ask me anything about the college admissions process.

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The Thoughtful College Search

MARCH 27, 2023

Is it ever appropriate for a student to renege on an Early Decision commitment? The coach had one spot left, and after the student was vetted by the coach and the admissions office, they applied Early Decision 2 and were admitted. I wonder, in fact, if “regular admission” may be an endangered species.

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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. After meeting admission requirements, youll receive an I-20 immigration document from each university that admits you.

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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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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 7, 2025

When scores werent required, over 70% of accepted and enrolled students submitted them, and they submitted them because they were confident in them. This is despite Harvard not offering a binding early admissions option. Of 1965 students offered a seat in the first year class for Fall 2023, 1645, or nearly 84%, picked Harvard.

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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

The college admissions process can be an overwhelming and confusing experience for both students and their families. Among the many decisions to make is whether to apply under Early Action (EA), Early Decision (ED), or Early Decision II (EDII).

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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. College Admissions Private Counseling.

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CTK College Coach

MARCH 20, 2023

Georgia has one of the most transparent admissions offices (thank you, UGA), and it shared on March 17 that it admitted 15,340 applicants of the 43,700 total applicants (early admission and regular decision combined). for in-state applicants and 25.8% for out-of-state and international applicants combined).

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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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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. Early decision applications rose by 4.4

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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

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

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Over 8,500students applied to UPenn through its binding Early Decision program this year, around 500 more than last year. UPenn admits around half of its incoming class through the early round. For the Class of 2026, Penn’s early decision acceptance rate was 15.6%.

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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. percent increase from the 40,713 early applications received for the Class of 2027.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dartmouth has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,500, most of whom live on campus. See Highlights From The Dartmouth Article Below: Dartmouth College admitted a record-low 17% of applicants during its binding Early Decision round following an all-time high of 3,550 students applying — an 18% jump from last year’s applicant pool.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

See Highlights From The Emory Wheel Article Below: Emory University accepted 345 Early Decision II applicants to the Class of 2028 on Feb. What we saw when we became test-optional was a bigger, more diverse applicant pool,” Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Admission John Latting said. “It

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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. Note: this is distinct from the enrollment deposit, which you may make at only one school.

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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. This means 2 in 3 accepted students choose to enroll elsewhere.

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Anna Ivey Consulting

DECEMBER 23, 2022

If you applied EARLY DECISION, and you have received your financial aid package, and you have read all the fine print, and you can afford to attend, then you are bound to accept the college’s offer and you should do the following: Make your enrollment deposit by the stated deadline (usually by January 1). Don’t lose steam.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 1, 2024

Stanford has a total undergraduate enrollment of around 8,000 students who study on a beautiful 8,000-acre campus in Palo Alto, California. 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.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

With REA, you can apply early without committing to attend if you’re accepted. However, there’s a catch— you can’t apply to Early Action (EA), Restrictive Early Action (REA), or Early Decision (ED) at any other school. If you’re considering Stanford’s REA instead of the Regular Decision route, stick around.

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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. Note: this is distinct from the enrollment deposit, which you may make at only one school.

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