Tex Admissions

MARCH 12, 2024

Scooter adventure in Tabanan, Bali On March 11, 2024, UT-Austin announced significant changes for the upcoming Freshman Fall 2025 admissions cycle. All Fall 2025 freshman applicants must submit an official SAT or ACT directly from the testing agency to be eligible for admission. 1, with a guaranteed decision communicated by Feb.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Whether you’re aiming for Regular Decision or going all in with Early Decision, getting familiar with these details can sharpen your strategy and, hopefully, up your chances of receiving that acceptance letter. 2025 60,551 3.7% 2025 60,551 3.7% 2026 54,072 3% 2025 54,116 2.9% Let’s break it down a bit.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 18, 2024

In the box below, please indicate if you are considering a deferral to Fall 2026 if you are offered admission for Fall 2025. If you are curious if you are eligible to apply, we encourage you to look at the Barnard transgender policy. Since Barnard is a college for women, they do define ‘woman’ in a specific way.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 6, 2023

More than 59,000 students applied to Penn this cycle, the largest first-year applicant pool in Penn’s history, and over 4,500 more applications than the Class of 2026 and over 3,000 more than the Class of 2025. The Early Decision Program for this cycle also featured the largest applicant pool in the University’s history.

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Ivy Central

MAY 17, 2023

BU has announced that they will remain Test-Optional until at least the 2025/26 application round, allowing students to decide whether or not to submit standardised test scores during the admissions process. These include the Regular Decision, Early Decision, and Early Decision II options.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 13, 2024

If the idea of a small school with big resources is intriguing to you, you should know that they admit a high percentage of students through Early Decision. They have also instituted a test-free policy, meaning that they do not consider the SAT or ACT at all (at least until 2025).

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 19, 2024

Set your child up for college admissions success today Schedule A Consultation Get Our Brochure 1,623 students accepted through the regular decision process join the 898 students admitted through its Early Decision program. Additionally, Brown reviews student veteran applications on a rolling basis but will conclude in April.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JULY 8, 2024

Among the class of 2025, 49.3 To help you assess your child’s odds of getting into Cornell, we’ve compiled the demographic and academic statistics for the class of 2025: ( Note: As of July 2024, this is still the most recently available data from Cornell. tuition, room, board, and fees) at Cornell’s endowed colleges runs $88,742.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 26, 2024

See Highlights From The Brown Daily Herald’s article Below: With an acceptance rate of 14.4%, the Class of 2028 early decision cycle was the second-most selective in Brown University’s history. In past years, approximately 50% of incoming classes were enrolled through the early decision admissions process.

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BestColleges

MARCH 5, 2024

Note Reference [2] Check Since the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that banned affirmative action at colleges and universities, at least six institutions have ended their legacy admissions policies. Check Dozens more schools ended their legacy policies prior to 2023, according to archived admissions data.

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Top Tier Admissions

JULY 11, 2024

For applicants who feel confident that William & Mary is their first choice, Early Decision offers a 45% acceptance rate , significantly increasing students’ odds of acceptance. W&L offers both Early Decision I and II rounds.)

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 19, 2024

Carnegie Mellon has adopted a test-optional policy through fall 2025. This removes the SAT/ACT standardized testing requirement for first-year fall 2025 applicants. You can read more about Carnegie Mellon’s admissions policies here. What are Carnegie Mellon’s SAT requirements? What is Carnegie Mellon’s SAT code?

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

In 2024, the university saw a 30% increase in Early Decision applications, reducing the acceptance. Lehigh has a test-optional policy , which means you can decide whether to submit your SAT or ACT. These programs help make Lehigh so popular. The acceptance rate for the class of 2027 was just under 30%.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JULY 31, 2024

For the incoming classes through 2025, Santa Clara University has extended its test-optional policy. If not, the test-optional policy allows for flexibility. This policy may benefit applicants who have taken the ACT multiple times. What are Santa Clara University’s ACT requirements?

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 19, 2024

Carnegie Mellon has adopted a test-optional policy through fall 2025. This removes the SAT/ACT standardized testing requirement for first-year fall 2025 applicants. You can read more about Carnegie Mellon’s admissions policies here. What are Carnegie Mellon’s ACT requirements? What is Carnegie Mellon’s ACT code?

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BestColleges

APRIL 27, 2023

And among athletes recruited for the university's class of 2025, 83% were white. 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.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Beyond knowing the Boston University acceptance rate, the best way for potential applicants to assess their odds of getting accepted is to look at the Boston University admissions statistics for the class of 2025, which reveal that applicants are at the top of their academic game and the competition to get accepted is strong.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JULY 31, 2024

For the incoming classes through 2025, Santa Clara University has extended its test-optional policy. If not, the test-optional policy allows for flexibility. This policy may benefit applicants who have taken the SAT multiple times. What are Santa Clara University’s SAT requirements?

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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. NYU , as noted in their press release, has been smashing records for the last 16 years. The result? for the Class of 2026.

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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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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 1, 2024

SEE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE STANFORD DAILY ARTICLE BELOW: Although incoming Class of 2028 students who applied in the early round heard back from Stanford University in December 2023, Stanford has abstained from reporting admissions data, other than what is federally required, since 2018.

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DC College Counseling

JULY 29, 2024

Our last blog post before the 2024-2025 admissions cycle formally begins on Thursday!!! And by “Batten School,” I mean the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy (which, as an aside, has some great undergraduate opportunities - check it out!). BIGGEST COLLEGE-RELATED NEWS OF THE WEEK W&M TO OFFER VIRGINIA’S FIRST B.S.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Columbia became the first Ivy to permanently adopt a test-optional admissions policy in 2023. Applying to Columbia University: Early Decision vs. Regular Decision Columbia offers early decision admissions — but it's binding. Should you apply early decision?

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 13, 2024

For the incoming classes of 2025, 2026, or 2027, Vanderbilt University has implemented a test-optional policy. Early Decision round I applicants are not recommended to take the SAT later than early October of their senior year. What are Vanderbilt’s SAT requirements?

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As a measure of comparison, the Class of 2025 admissions cycle saw 1,647 students admitted for an overall acceptance rate of 4.38%, and, of these, 1,345, or 3.58% of total applicants, enrolled. Test-optional policies brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic account for the highly competitive 2020-21 admissions cycle. THE DATA ON “HOOKS”.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

By Fall 2025, Rice aims to enroll approximately 4,800 undergraduates and 9,000 graduate students in order to meet growing demand for a Rice education. 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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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JUNE 13, 2024

For the incoming classes of 2025, 2026, or 2027, Vanderbilt University has implemented a test-optional policy. Early Decision round I applicants are not recommended to take the ACT later than late October of their senior year. What are Vanderbilt’s ACT requirements?

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SSA Online College Prep

MARCH 31, 2022

For the admitted applicants for the class of 2025, the acceptance rate was 5.4%. The incoming class of 2026 had the largest applicant pool in Brown University’s history, with 50,608 applicants from early and regular admissions pools. Early vs. Regular Decision. These are the sections of the exam that are most important.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 13, 2023

For the past decade Harvard’s overall acceptance rate has sat between 4.50% and 6.38% (Class of 2016), but the 2020-21 and 2021-22 pandemic-era admission cycles saw a remarkable downshift (3.43% and 3.19%, respectively), no doubt the result of surging applicant volume brought on by the school’s test-optional admissions policy.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

UPENN CAS 2025!!!!! 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! They’ll receive an answer of accepted, deferred to the regular decision pool, or denied by mid-December. Thanks again!!!!!!"

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Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Walter, BU’s Associate Vice President for Enrollment & Dean of Admissions shares that BU received 6,866 applications for admission through Early Decision (ED) and Early Decision 2 (ED2) rounds earlier this cycle, which represents an 8.8% increase over last year.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

MAY 4, 2024

For the admissions cycle spanning 2024–25, Northwestern University maintains a test-optional policy. This means that first-year or transfer candidates applying for fall 2025 entry are not required to submit ACT or SAT scores. Northwestern values quantitative aptitude alongside verbal proficiency, as demonstrated by these scores.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JULY 16, 2024

While it is challenging, getting into Virginia Tech with a lower ACT score is possible, especially given the test-optional policy. For Early Decision applicants, Virginia Tech requires that ACT scores are self-reported by December 1. Therefore, you must take the ACT early enough to have received your scores by December 1.

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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. Also, last year, 15,081 students applied Early Action to MIT.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The No Barriers policy ensures all students who attend the school can graduate debt-free. Part 3: Applying to UChicago early decision vs. early action vs. regular decision UChicago gives students a variety of options for admission. Who gets into UChicago? UChicago also accepts the Coalition Application.

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BestColleges

APRIL 23, 2024

Colleges aim to boost their yield through several strategies, including early admissions policies. The following year, it plummeted to 61%, rebounding with a rate of 73% for the class of 2025. For its class of 2025, Penn took 16.64% off the waitlist. But rates can fluctuate considerably from year to year.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

PLME is a major route of entry into Alpert Medical School; 37 percent of students who matriculated in the class of 2025 were accepted to Alpert via PLME. If you’re planning ahead for a future PLME application, note that Brown’s test-optional policy will likely be reviewed each cycle, but for now, it remains optional.

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