The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Last year, Northwestern’s acceptance rate was just around 7%. While their early decision acceptance rate was more like 22%, this number is always a little inflated by recruited athletes, legacies, and other ‘preferred applicants’ who tend to apply in the early round. You just need to put the work in.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

If you’ve been rejected by NYU Early Decision, that’s a major downer. You picked New York University for your Early Decision school because it was a top choice that you knew you wanted to attend, and believed you had a strong chance at. You’ve been rejected by your Early Decision school — not deferred, rejected.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Applying to Brown Early Decision comes with some advantages. The rate of acceptance is higher than in the regular decision round, and you can confirm your plans for college months before the regular decision cycle sorts things out for most students. The overall Brown acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 was 5.2%.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 8, 2024

You applied to Williams Early Decision because you wanted a decision, early. If it was an acceptance, that would be preferred. The overall acceptance rate for the Williams Class of 2028 was 7.5% , the lowest acceptance rate on record. However, this isn’t actually a horribly low acceptance rate.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

First, we want to say that Dartmouth is an incredibly hard school to get into – a 6% overall acceptance rate and a 20% ED acceptance rate put it solidly in that “far reach” category. You are the kind of student who applied early decision to Dartmouth, which tells us that you are probably extremely Type A.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

You were a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed prospective college student when you applied to Middlebury Early Decision, or something like that. Middlebury had 12% overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2028. They haven’t published the early decision acceptance rate in recent years, but we can identify trends from past data.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

You were going to get into Duke Early Decision, and that would be it. There was an advantage to applying to Duke Early Decision. The Duke Regular Decision acceptance rate in the most recent application cycle was 4.1%. The Early Decision acceptance rate was much higher. were admitted.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For enrollment in the fall of 2023, the overall acceptance rate was just under 8%. The early decision acceptance rate that same year was 17.5%. Your grades and scores should be in the top 75% of accepted students (this data can often be found in the Common Data Set) for a school to qualify as a target.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

There are things you can do to nearly guarantee you aren’t accepted in the regular decision round, though, and things you can do to greatly improve your chances of admission. The most recent Barnard acceptance rate was 8.8% The most recent Barnard acceptance rate was 8.8% First, though, let’s look at some statistics.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 6, 2024

It took time and effort to apply to Northwestern Early Decision, and getting deferred is no one's dream. Last year, their overall acceptance rate was only about 7%. And while their early acceptance rate was more like 22%, that number is always inflated by groups like recruited athletes who generally apply during ED.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 10, 2024

You applied to Swarthmore Early Decision because you wanted an answer, early. Accepted or rejected, at least you would have an answer. But now you’re here, with a deferral decision, and everything is up in the air. To pull of an impressive array of acceptances, you’ll need to get to work. Then, dig in.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

You applied to Tufts early decision because you wanted certainty. But now you’re on the receiving end of a deferral decision and it’s not a yes or a no, but a very unsatisfying maybe. There’s little more known about Tufts admissions aside from the acceptance rate, which is 10%. If you got in, you’d be set.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 15, 2024

You took all the time and effort to apply to Rice during early decision, and a deferral certainly feels like a massive setback. They are still seriously considering your application and may even accept you in the regular decision round. Last year, Rice’s overall acceptance rate was around 7.8%.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 31, 2024

overall acceptance rate, and a 14% ED acceptance rate. Getting rejected early decision sucks. You are the kind of student who applied early decision to Columbia, which means that you probably have so many responsibilities, so many extracurriculars to keep track of, sports, excellent grades, etc.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 7, 2024

You applied to Tulane Early Decision or Early Action because you really want to attend the university. Now, you are stuck in this weird middle ground where you aren’t accepted, but you also aren’t rejected. You can still get in, but getting to the point of an acceptance requires hard work.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

There is still a lot of work to do, and the next two weeks will be super important to maximize your chances for a successful Regular Decision round. Last year, their overall acceptance rate was only about 8%. applying early. If you don’t know where to start, check out our Official Common App Essay Guide for 2024-2025.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 22, 2024

We know getting rejected is the worst, and getting rejected from your early decision school can be especially rough. Carnegie Mellon is a very hard school to get into, the early decision acceptance rate is 14%, compared to an 11% overall acceptance rate. Step One: Take a Little Break Yes, you heard us right.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Swarthmore has a 7% overall acceptance rate and a 16% ED acceptance rate. You’ll find a great school that’s the perfect fit (yes, you will go to college, we promise), and you will be successful! We promise!

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

New York University, best known as NYU, is one of the most famous universities in the world, and one of the most sought after acceptances. Applying to NYU early is the best way of getting your foot in the door, but sometimes it doesn’t work out as planned — which is probably why you are reading this post. An acceptance?

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 1, 2024

You didn’t know if you would get into Carnegie Mellon Early Decision, but at least if you didn’t get in, you’d know where you stood. The most recent acceptance rate was 11.5% , and students aren’t deferred from ED to Regular Decision for any one reason in particular. “No First, that’s misconception of college admissions.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Applying to Wake Forest Early Decision I or Early Action (for First-Gen Students) may have felt like a safe stretch, or maybe it was a big dream you knew not to bet on — but, either way, this isn’t the way you thought it would go. The Wake Forest overall acceptance rate is 22%. This wasn’t the situation you had in mind.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Whether you applied Early Decision or Early Action, you were probably invested in getting into the University of Virginia. However, something gave them pause, and they needed more time to make their decision. During ED, their acceptance rate is around 24%, and EA is around 16%. Getting deferred can be really hard.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Getting rejected in the early round is admittedly a huge bummer, but application season isn’t over, and there is still time to turn it around for RD. Last year, Penn’s acceptance rate was just under 6%. While their early acceptance rate was higher, at around 14%, these are both very competitive rates.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 21, 2024

They boast a 10% acceptance rate, and just because you didn’t get into Amherst ED doesn’t mean you’re not going to get in anywhere else. We build our clients’ college lists in a way where if they were to get rejected from their early decision school, they would not need to panic and add more applications last minute!

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Getting a deferral decision is a bummer no matter where you applied, but it’s especially frustrating when it comes from a dream school. Dartmouth is a highly-competitive Ivy League university that receives around 30,000 applications each year, boasting an overall acceptance rate for the class of 2028 of only 5.3%. Let’s break it down.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

More importantly, you probably fell in love with Penn (at least, enough for it to be your early decision choice). Last year, their early decision acceptance rate was around 14.8%. However, early decision acceptance rates are usually a little superficially high.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 26, 2024

The important thing is to make sure you have the best chance in the upcoming regular decision round of admissions. While Welsyan’s early acceptance rate was around 40% last year, its overall acceptance rate was about 17%. Wesleyan accept update letters in the form of emails sent to applicant@wesleyan.edu.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The latest Columbia acceptance rate is only 3.85%, making it one of the hardest schools to gain admission to. With such a low acceptance rate, you’re going to need more than just stellar grades to secure a spot. What Is Columbia’s Acceptance Rate? acceptance rate. For the Class of 2028, the yield rate was a solid 65%.

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Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 26, 2024

After receiving over 30,000 applications for the Class of 2028, Tulane announced an overall acceptance rate of around 13%. Tulane will be test-optional again for Fall 2025 admission. Top Tier Admissions is tracking the 2024-2025 supplemental essay prompts for all top schools here — we look forward to supporting you !

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Boston College is a competitive school, with an overall acceptance rate of 15%. we know from history, patterns, and research that their ED acceptance rate is probably around 30-ish%, but we don’t have info on how many of those other students are deferred or outright rejected. Hey TKG, that’s a lot of ‘we’re not sure,’” you bemoan.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

We want to say that Duke is a crazy hard school to get into – they haven’t released precise data since 2021, but we know their acceptance rate hovers around 5%, and their ED acceptance rate is about 15%. We know that some of you only applied early decision to Duke.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 13, 2024

BU has become crazy competitive in the last few years – for the 2024 admissions cycle, they had an 11% acceptance rate. Their ED acceptance is a little higher, at 26%, but that still left a little over 5k students with either a deferral or a rejection. Let’s get into it. Once you’ve submitted, it’s time to focus on the deferral itself.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Getting deferred from Early Decision is really disappointing. Then you went through the effort of applying Early Decision — and it didn’t pan out. For enrollment in the fall of 2023, Columbia accepted 14.6% of Early Decision applicants. You are well within your right to be frustrated and disappointed.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 20, 2023

In the past three years, the acceptance rate for the Class of 2027, 2026, and 2025 has been 4.1%, 4.47%, and 5.7%, respectively. The Class of 2027 witnessed an exceptional Early Decision applicant pool, making it the largest in UPenn's history. Out of 46,791 Regular Decision applications, only 1,353 were accepted.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 28, 2024

While they didn’t release their ED acceptance rate last year, their overall acceptance rate was just under 5%. Schools want to protect their yield rate and do that by accepting students at a higher rate during ED2. We want to help by telling you how. First off, it is hard to get into UChicago during any round. Also, guess what?

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Last cycle, they boasted an acceptance rate of 7% and an ED acceptance rate of 13%. While that might technically be almost double, that’s still around the acceptance rate of schools like Berkeley, Georgetown, and Wellesley. Pomona, it’s a hard school to get into.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While you might have slightly elevated chances of getting into Bowdoin ED, it’s still a sub-20% acceptance rate. We hope you don’t get too down on yourself because this rejection is not a reflection of who you are as a person, and you will go to a great school and go on to do great things!

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