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The Gender Gap in College Admissions

Top Tier Admissions

In contrast, until very recently women were slightly underrepresented at Ivy league and equivalent institutions, with Yale, MIT, and Stanford all admitting more men than women as late as 2015 (although the overall share of women in higher education reached 57% that year). the number of applications from women than men.

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How to Succeed as a Brown Premed

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Then, we’ll present options for extracurriculars that you can pursue as a means of rounding out your resume and medical school applications. Psychology/Sociology: The MCAT was revised in 2015 to include content knowledge from the humanities. Thankfully, you have many options for extracurriculars available to you.

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Does MIT Do Legacy Admissions?

AdmissionSight

Based on the admissions at Harvard from 2010 to 2015, legacy applicants were admitted at a rate of 33% , higher than the overall acceptance rate of 6%. Insights into how factors like GPA , essays, and extracurriculars are weighted. Extracurricular achievements. Extracurricular activities. Application essays.

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What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by The University of Texas at Austin 2025

The Koppelman Group

We had to look all of the way back to the 2015-2016 application cycle to find a waitlist that they actually let anyone onto. Ideally, you will include 3-5 updates that are relevant to what you want to study, or that highlight long-term extracurriculars. If youre puzzled, you arent alone. Same goes for fall 2020 admission.

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The Claremont Colleges: Claremont McKenna College

Ivy Central

The Claremont Colleges boast a unique consortium that benefits from the diverse missions, character, and culture of each institution and the integration of academic and extracurricular programs. It also boasts a vibrant student life, with over 100 student-run clubs and organizations, as well as a strong athletics program.

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How Hard Is It to Get into Medical School? (2023)

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Regardless, you may be confused about how you could possibly get in after going to great lengths to “do everything right”—achieving a strong GPA and MCAT score, satisfying your extracurricular requirements, obtaining meaningful medical school letters of recommendation , and so on. percent increase. You’ve probably also heard of 4.0

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Study: College Student Mental Health on the Rise for 2nd Consecutive Year

BestColleges

Students with depressive symptoms steadily increased from 20% in 2015 to 39% in fall 2020. Since increased vaccine availability and the steady return to in-person classes and extracurricular activities, mental health has steadily risen. It then spiked to 44% for the 2021-2022 academic year.