Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 21, 2023

See Williams’ official announcement below: The College admitted 858 students on March 17 through its regular decision process, according to Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services Liz Creighton ’01. This year, the College received 10,315 applications in the regular decision round, a decline of more than a quarter since last year.

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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. This means 2 in 3 accepted students choose to enroll elsewhere. In this case, that drawing board is the waitlist, the “maybe” of college admissions.

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Admissions.Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

. “To save room for more first-generation college students and students who do not feel comfortable making a binding commitment so early, we reduced our Early Decision offers of admission this year and increased Early Action and Regular Decision offers.” Nearly 5% identified as trans or non-binary.

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Spark Admissions

JULY 7, 2022

University of Michigan: Finally, one of the biggest surprises of the 2021-2022 application cycle was the steep uptick in rejections, deferrals, and waitlisting from the University of Michigan, particularly for students applying from other states. Harvard, for instance, normally has a “yield rate” of more than 85%.

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 12, 2024

Early Action deadline of October 15 with a guarantee to receive the admissions decision by January 15. Introduction of a waitlist for the first time in many years. 1, with a guaranteed decision communicated by Feb. A Waitlist Like the essay change, I support this modification.

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Admissions.Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

While approximately 78%, of admission offers at Emory are made Regular Decision and roughly 22% of offers are extended to Early Decision applicants, that doesn’t mean an applicant’s statistical odds of getting into Emory Regular Decision are better than getting in Early Decision.

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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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Admissions Village

APRIL 25, 2023

Many colleges that are temporarily test-optional are tracking the academic success of their test-optional enrolled students, and that may be why they have not made a permanent decision yet. Duke was transparent in their Early Decision release this year. Waitlists are being utilized more than ever before.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

With a network this expansive to support them, it’s no surprise that 94 percent of Boston grads find employment or enroll in a graduate program within six months of earning their degree. How to know if your child should apply to BU early decision or regular decision? ambassadors, and award-winning actors and actresses.

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Berkeley² Academy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

If you are deferred or waitlisted: 1. Write a letter of continued interest or fill out update forms One of the most effective things you can do after being deferred or waitlisted is to write a strong letter of continued interest. ED2 deadlines are typically in early January, so be prepared to move quickly.

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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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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’ll need it for completing the paperwork to enroll as a student. Waitlisted– Now What?

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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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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

No matter which school or major students are enrolled in, Penn emphasizes that all undergraduate students receive a thorough foundation in the liberal arts. STUDENT ACCEPTED TO UPENN VIA EARLY DECISION "Just wanted to send over a note that I just recently received an invitation to join the UPenn class of 2026! Thanks again!!!!!!"

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Top Tier Admissions

JULY 26, 2023

Admissions decisions may seem somewhat capricious, but at the same time – at least in my experience – they are far from random: whenever I did the final review of the applications in my admit pile versus my waitlist pile, I could always point to a specific rationale why each applicant ended up where they did.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

That means if your daughter’s school offers three APs, Harvard will be happy to see your daughter took advantage of all three courses, and perhaps enrolled in community college classes and tried a summer program at Stanford, too. Your child can also apply regular decision, by January 1st.

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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. Follow up with your team when you’ve made your college selection.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Through binding Early Decision plans or other layered application deadlines, schools can radically depress their admit count because of the guaranteed enrollment of those admits. Sound like some dark Bayou magic math? Wave if you are following. Still Numerator.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Part 3: Applying to UChicago early decision vs. early action vs. regular decision UChicago gives students a variety of options for admission. Applicants can apply early decision I, early action, early decision II, or regular decision.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

NYU academic requirements The students NYU seeks to enroll are self-driven, ambitious, and innovative. For example, if your child wants to pursue a career in the health professions, they would be wise to take honors, AP, IB, or dual-enrollment courses in science and math—whatever level they can successfully handle.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 10, 2023

from four years prior and even their binding Early Decision round has grown tremendously: since 2015, their early decision applications have risen from 772 to 5,872 ! ENROLL NOW As the Graduate School Admissions Director, what is one piece of advice you would share with a student considering grad school?

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 21, 2022

Early Decision policies and aggressive recruitment and questionable enrollment management practices monopolize universities’ leverage over families’ well-being. Waitlists, appeals, and deferrals keep students in limbo. Elite universities are neither accountable to nor transparent with the public.

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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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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I wanted to be able to talk to her, so I begged my parents to enroll me in Spanish classes. You will be stacked against the rest of your application cohort in the cycle thus far, and a decision will be made with a ranking on a list. My grandmother was from Mexico and hardly spoke English.

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 30, 2023

Is it easier to get in early decision than regular decision? Applicants to under-enrolled, less selective, or new programs of study If I have a hook, how do I make sure it gets noticed? The most public strategy has been the increase in the number of students being admitted Early Decision. What can you do?

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DC College Counseling

MARCH 16, 2023

In other words, schools are trying to get a sense of how likely you are to enroll if they admit you. Consider applying early One of the strongest ways to demonstrate interest is to apply early decision through a binding program. They don’t want to take students who will choose another school instead!

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University Gurus

APRIL 30, 2020

Waitlists – Longer and More Acceptances. Colleges tend to want to give more financial aid to students who seem more likely to enroll. You don’t have to say anything about your ability to pay full price. Just let them know they are still one of your top choices and you’d like to hear back if spots open up. Advocate for yourself.

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