Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 27, 2023

With 2024 fast approaching, it’s time to take a look back at forces and factors that continue disrupting the college admissions process. Later this week, stay tuned for our predictions for the new year and reflections on this past year at Top Tier Admissions. Buckle up because another volatile admissions cycle is in store.

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Berkeley² Academy

APRIL 26, 2024

Since the pandemic, college admissions has experienced a so-called domino effect: the acceptance rates for Ivy League and Ivy-adjacent universities have dropped to ~5% or below, leading to an increase in interest and applicants for other selective schools and those ranked in the top 35 for National Universities.

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Seniors, are you waiting for college admissions decisions? It’s been another wild ride for 2024 high school seniors, and we’re only halfway through the admissions cycle. Early Admissions Trends for the Class of 2024: How are colleges handling the massive increase in applications?

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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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The Ivy Dean

DECEMBER 21, 2022

At the time of publication, six schools have published data about their early applicant pool and acceptance rates: Brown University released its admissions information for the Class of 2027 on December 21: 879 early decision students were accepted, out of an applicant pool of 6,770 (10% more early applicants than last year).

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Over the next few weeks, many schools will release their early application decisions - especially those with binding early decision plans (some non-binding early action decisions will not come in until January or even February). You agreed to do this when you signed the early decision form.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Next up in our series highlighting early round acceptance rates at top colleges is Vanderbilt University , located just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt, which was founded in 1873 and ranks 18th in the 2024 U.S. of early decision I and II applicants were admitted. and 5.6%, respectively.

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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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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 1, 2024

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. If deferred in REA, you are able to apply to other colleges under their Early Decision II plan.

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StandOut College Prep

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As shared in the post about early admissions, if you apply to college during Early Action and Early Decision cycles , you will face a lot of competition. When more students apply early, you’re also likely to be deferred from at least one college. Start here for ideas on what to do next in 2023.

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StandOut College Prep

MARCH 24, 2023

There is a ton of detail on how to apply for Binghamton University further down in this blog post, however, let’s explore what early decision and early action mean and if these options are right for you. The reason behind that is that an early decision is legally binding and so if you get in you have to go.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 10, 2024

percent of applicants to the Class of 2024 under the restrictive early action cycle. Though the acceptance rate increased this year, it still marks the fourth-lowest early admission acceptance rate in the College’s history. This year’s acceptance rate marks the highest since 2019, when the College admitted 13.9

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Although the University has not released data on acceptance rates for early applicants in this cycle, we do know that of the 1,848 students admitted to the Class of 2024 , 791 were Early Action admits. Moreover, the Classes of ’23 and ’22 were filled 57.15% and 61.46%, respectively, by early admissions.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JANUARY 29, 2023

SAT and ACT For first-year and transfer applicants to CC and SEAS matriculating from fall 2023 through fall 2024 , Columbia is maintaining a test-optional policy. This holds up even if you are a junior (in which case you you must specify that they are applying for early admission in the additional information section of the application).

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Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Although the November 1 st early admissions deadlines are behind us, most colleges have yet to publicly announce updates on the number of early applications they received. Compared to the Class of 2024, however, the early action pool is an eye-popping 35 percent larger.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 13, 2024

Northeastern received a record 98,373 applications for fall 2024, leading to an admit rate of 5%. Applications to early decision/early action programs, which have swelled by more than one million applications in the last five years (a 60% increase) will continue to grow unabated.

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