2024 Early Admission Policies 
Top Tier Admissions
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Although the number of students applying through Early Action (non-binding), Early Decision 1 (binding), and Early Decision 2 (binding) rounds continues to rise, these applicant pools are still much smaller compared to the regular decision pool at top colleges and universities. college or university.
Top Tier Admissions
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Test-optional policies brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic account for the highly competitive 2020-21 admissions cycle. Princeton announced its test-optional policy in the summer of 2020 and has since renewed the policy into the 2022-23 admissions cycle (for admission to the Class of 2027).
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Cornell University Undergraduate Admissions Office
OCTOBER 11, 2023
It is important to remember that an Early Decision application is a commitment. You may apply ED to only one college or university, but ED applicants can apply to other non-binding early admission programs. When should I plan to take my SAT, Subject Tests, or ACTs if I’m applying for Early Decision?
Top Tier Admissions
JUNE 29, 2023
In the aftermath of California’s Proposition 209, which banned affirmative action in admissions (1996), the University of California implemented several race-neutral alternatives from outreach efforts targeted to low-income students, admissions guarantees for more students, and most recently, eliminating the use of standardized test scores.
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. In the last few years, Stanford has seen widespread debate over the future of legacy admissions, test-optional policies, and race-based affirmative action.
The Ivy Dean
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Harvard University also published their Class of 2027 early acceptance rates last week, reporting that just 7.56% of early action applicants have been admitted. The school received 9,553 early applications and this year’s acceptance rate is just 0.2% in 2020 and 3.73% in 2021 – the most selective years ever for the school.
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.
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