Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Deferring a student allows a college to collect that additional insight insight that we feel could have a bearing on the admission decision that you may receive. Colleges are making early decision round assessments with a big unknown in the background: who has yet to apply, and what will that pool of applicants look like?

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The College Solutions Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Applying early decision to college is often a highly effective way to increase the odds of getting accepted at many schools that offer this admission option. At plenty of colleges, applying early action can also boost admission odds. Applying Early Decision Definition. Advantages of Applying Early Decision.

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Admissions Village

APRIL 22, 2023

In 2016 their yield rate was 26%, and in 2021 it was 45%. Keep in mind that the presence of high numbers of early decision and/or early action applications usually means regular admit rates are significantly lower than overall acceptance rates. Colleges especially like Early Decision to help them manage enrollment.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Brown University is rethinking its admissions policies, including early decision. Early decision programs favor wealthy, white students and counteract diversity efforts. Public pressure might cause universities to abandon early decision and similar policies. In the wake of the U.S.

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Ivy Central

APRIL 26, 2023

Student Cohort: As of 2021, the university has a total enrollment of approximately 17,000 students, of whom approximately 7,500 are undergraduates. Admission · Acceptance Rate: The acceptance rate at Chicago University is highly competitive, with only 6% of the nearly 38,000 applicants being admitted to the university in 2021.

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Whether youre applying through Early Decision, Regular Decision, or considering a transfer, understanding these stats can help you take a more strategic approach. Also, Carnegie Mellon hasn’t released the full breakdown of Early Decision (ED) and Regular Decision (RD) data yet, so a direct comparison isnt possible.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2023

Although there has been some variability, the trend in early applications indicates that more students are choosing to apply for Early Decision or Restrictive Early Action to highly selective colleges. Here is a summary of early admissions statistics for the Class of 2027. The number of early applicants rose 1.2%

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

If you’re thinking about applying to Brown University and wondering about the early application options, you might be curious to know that Brown doesn’t offer Early Action. Instead, they offer Early Decision (ED) , which is a binding commitment to attend if accepted. So, what does Early Decision mean for you?

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 24, 2023

However, unlike the Ivies , for which overall acceptance rates sat below 7% across the board in the 2021-22 application cycle, some of the top-ranking liberal arts colleges exhibit more generous numbers. increase in applications between the 2020-21 and 2021-22 cycles and a decrease in acceptance rate from 8.74% to 6.93%; Pomona saw a 4.9%

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2024

Should you apply to medical school via early decision? Pros and cons Part 4: Early decision application strategies Part 5: Frequently asked questions about early decision for medical school Part 6: List of early decision medical schools - Part 1: Introduction What is the Early Decision Program for medical school?

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 1, 2025

In 2021, they similarly introduced an effort to call on Cornell to end legacy admissions. Locke told The Sun in 2018, the Cornell Sun reports, that legacy students have a greater chance of being accepted in the early decision round as a result of a mutual commitment relationship.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 1, 2024

2021 32,914 6.9% Over the past decade, Yale’s Regular Decision acceptance rate has been shrinking, keeping pace with the rising tide of applications: Yale Class Total Regular Decision Applications Regular Decision Acceptance Rate 2028 46,609 3.1% 2021 27,828 5.1% 2021 5,086 17.1% from the Class of 2021.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 15, 2023

Types of Admission The students can apply through the Early Decision and Regular Decision rounds. The Early Decision round is an opportunity for students to show that Northwestern University is their number one choice. The acceptance rate for Early Decision was 41%.

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Marks Education

JULY 15, 2022

With the 2021-2022 admissions cycle largely behind us, it is time to reflect on the data and look ahead to the coming year. This new level of uncertainty has led many colleges to fill more of their classes through Early Decision (since it offers the certainty of applicants who have pledged to attend if admitted).

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Brown Acceptance Rate Trends Brown Regular Decision Acceptance Rate Brown Early Decision Acceptance Rate How to Get Accepted into Brown Brown Transfer Acceptance Rate Brown Waitlist Acceptance Rate Frequently Asked Questions Takeaways What Is Browns Acceptance Rate? Early Decision 6,244 898 14.4% 2021 32,724 8.3%

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Admissions Village

APRIL 25, 2023

Duke was transparent in their Early Decision release this year. In this article from the Brown Herald, they say, “In the 2021-22 application cycle, 6.73% of male applicants were accepted to Brown, while only 4.06% of women were.” Of those admitted to Duke that took the SAT, the middle 50% had scores of 1520-1570. .

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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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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 22, 2023

notifications were delivered to 2,182 people in the regular decision round, as well as to those who were deferred from the two previous cycles, early decision and early action. The University welcomed 1,038 new Wahoos in December during its first and binding cycle, called early decision.

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BestColleges

APRIL 27, 2023

Many of these athletic recruits apply early , inflating early decision and early action acceptance rates. Most schools that have early programs are encouraging their recruited athletes to apply in those early rounds," Weingarten said. For the university's class of 2021, 28.7%

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AdmissionSight

MARCH 20, 2025

However, if you applied Early Decision or Early Action , you should have already received your Ivy League decision in December or January, depending on the school. For example, Harvard received 40,248 applications in the 2019-2020 admissions cycle, but in 2020-2021, that number soared to a record-high of 57,000 !

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Furthermore, in January 2021, the CollegeBoard announced their decision to eliminate the SAT essay and all SAT subject tests. Recommended reading: Every ACT and SAT Question You Have for College Admissions ) Decide whether you’d like to apply to colleges via early action or early decision.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 6, 2023

Melissa Costanzi (I ’95), director of undergraduate admissions, said the total number of applicants has remained steady after a 30% increase in 2021. The College of Arts & Sciences saw the highest number of applicants, receiving 15,484 applications and admitting 1,911 for a 12.3%

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JUNE 11, 2023

Overall Acceptance Rates Early Action/Early Decision Acceptance Rates Regular Decision Acceptance Rates Accepted Applied Acceptance Rate Accepted Applied Acceptance Rate Accepted Applied Acceptance Rate Brown* 2,609 51,302 5.1% In 2021, Columbia edged past Princeton and Harvard to become the most competitive Ivy.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 23, 2025

However, if you applied Early Decision or Early Action , you should have already received your Ivy League decision in December or January, depending on the school. For example, Harvard received 40,248 applications in the 2019-2020 admissions cycle, but in 2020-2021, that number soared to a record-high of 57,000 !

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 4, 2023

NYU received close to 120,000 applications to the Class of 2027, a 13% increase over last year’s record-breaking pool, including nearly 22,000 Early Decision applications, an increase of 14 percent from last year. That’s compared to 50,962 applications last year and 48,011 in 2021. The result? for the Class of 2026.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

APRIL 26, 2021

Here is a list of the Common App essay prompts for 2021-22. Try to decide whether and where you will apply Early Decision (ED) or Early Action (EA). Here is how to start the list. June-August Study for and take SAT or ACT tests, if necessary. Draft your personal statement for the Common Application. Do summer activities.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Early Decision Acceptance Rate: 21.2% Regular Decision Acceptance Rate: 5% Duke tuition and scholarships Duke’s 2023–2024 cost of attendance (i.e., 52 percent of Duke undergraduates receive some amount of financial aid, and the average award in 2021–2022 was $54,865. Should your child apply to Duke early decision?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

According to the Johns Hopkins website , only 6 percent of the class of 2021 was unemployed six months after graduation. Your child can also apply regular decision by January 2nd. Your child should only apply to Johns Hopkins early decision if they are absolutely sure the university is their first choice.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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! In 2020-2021, 46 percent of undergrads received grant-based financial aid, and the average award was $56,095. UPENN CAS 2025!!!!! Thanks again!!!!!!" Who gets into UPenn?

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 19, 2023

UCLA Early DECISION Acceptance Rate The University of California Los Angeles does not have an early decision option in its admissions process, and so it doesn’t have a different early decision acceptance rate. Read the section below on UCLA’s regular decision acceptance rate.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 28, 2025

2021 1,065 145 13.6% UChicago Transfer Application Plans The University of Chicago has two application plans: Transfer Early Decision (TED) and Transfer Rolling Decision (TR). If you choose this plan, youll have to submit the Transfer Early Decision Agreement through your UChicago Account. 2022 1,256 82 6.5%

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

MAY 8, 2023

The class of 2021 graduated with, on average, $129,323 in debt. Competitive applicants often submit their personal statements and supplemental essays as early as June or July of the year they’re applying. As noted above, the Perelman School of Medicine has an Early Decision program. Mean MCAT: 521.7

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 29, 2023

2024: OUR PREDICTIONS Early Decision will be the new Regular Decision Watching the steady, and at times explosive, growth in early admission pools – both binding ED and non-binding EA programs – expect to see admit rates from both programs drop precipitously.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Average ACT score: 33 ACT middle 50%: 30–34 Average SAT score: 1442 SAT middle 50%: 1310-1500 International students: 23% First-generation students: 19% As of Fall 2021, the largest demographic represented among BU undergrads were white students (30%). How to know if your child should apply to BU early decision or regular decision?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rice student population Undergraduate students: 4,480 Graduate students: 4,085 In March 2021, Rice announced that it plans to gradually increase the size of its student body over the next few years. Part 3: Applying to Rice early decision vs. regular decision The deadline to submit an early decision application to Rice is November 1st.

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CTK College Coach

MARCH 20, 2023

Clemson deferred 17,000 of those early applicants and rejected 500. On March 1 it issued final decisions in the regular admission round, and its overall acceptance rate has dropped to 36% from last year’s 49% and 2021’s 62%.

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College Essay Guy

JULY 3, 2023

Boston College ADMISSIONS RESULTS FOR THE 2021 Applying CLASS The Boston College acceptance rate is 19%. Boston College Early DECISION Acceptance Rate During the 2021-22 admission cycle, Boston College received 4,428 Early Decision applications (ED I and II combined). 2020-2021 29,382 7,752 26.4%

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