Excelsior Admissions Consulting

JANUARY 10, 2024

Although there has been some variability, more students are applying Early Decision or Restrictive Early Action to highly selective colleges resulting in even lower admission rates. Here is a summary of early admissions statistics for the Class of 2028. Duke’s ED applicant pool increased 28% for the Class of 2028.

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Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This application season, we’re watching to see how a few things will play out: the reintroduction of the SAT/ACT requirement at several top schools, the drop in enrollments of Black and Latino students, the California ban on legacy admissions , and the predicted “enrollment cliff.”

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 31, 2024

the Class of 2028 early admissions results continue an ongoing trend in college admissions—higher application volumes (in most cases) and lower acceptance rates. TOP 10 EARLY ADMISSIONS TRENDS: CLASS OF 2028 1. Harvard’s early application numbers plummeted 17 percent for the Class of 2028.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 10, 2024

DUKE UNIVERSITY: ACCEPTANCE RATE Duke University’s overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 was 5.1% — marking a record low for the increasingly competitive university. In general, this cycle was both challenging and exciting,” Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said. “It of applicants were accepted. “In

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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. Columbia University is known for its cutthroat admissions process, and the numbers for the Class of 2028 just drive that point home. For the Class of 2028, the yield rate was a solid 65%. acceptance rate.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 12, 2024

HARVARD ACCEPTANCE RATE: HIGHEST IN FOUR YEARS AS APPLICATION NUMBERS FALL Harvard accepted 3.59% of Regular Decision applicants to its Class of 2028, or 1,245 students. Harvard’s early acceptance rate increased by more than 1% from last year, with 8.74% of applicants admitted to the Class of 2028 from a pool of 7,921.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For the Class of 2028 , the MIT acceptance rate stands at 4.5%. F or the Class of 2028, MIT’s yield rate was a hefty 86%. MIT Acceptance Rate Trends Over the past decade, the MIT acceptance rate has taken a nosedive, making an already tough admissions process even more competitive. For the Class of 2028, MIT’s 4.5%

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

If you’re wondering about Vanderbilt’s GPA requirements, the acceptance rate, or how their admissions process compares to the Ivy League, this blog will break it all down. What Other Admission Requirements Do You Need? With that many high-achieving students fighting for admission, the competition is fierce. acceptance rate.

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Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Those students who are being reviewed Regular Decision for Boston University’s Class of 2028 will receive their admissions decisions on Saturday, March 23, 2024. increase over last admissions cycle, and BU expects to enroll approximately 58-60% of its first-year class through ED1 or ED2. The ED numbers represent a 0.4%

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Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Class of 2028 had a 5.16% overall acceptance rate. Contact us to discuss our Essay Guidance Program or Personal Boot Camp and improve your odds of admission with expert guidance. 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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BestColleges

AUGUST 26, 2024

Last summer, the Supreme Court prohibited universities from considering race in admissions decisions. Race-neutral admissions policies have historically failed to boost racial diversity among college students. Black and Hispanic representation has declined at MIT, while the number of Asian Americans has increased.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 24, 2024

IVY PLUS ACCEPTANCE RATES We’ve recently covered the Class of 2028 acceptance rates for MIT and Duke , which had overall acceptance rates of 4.5% JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Rounding out the East Coast Ivy Plus schools is America’s first research university, Johns Hopkins, which boasted a flat 5% acceptance rate for the Class of 2028.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 26, 2024

Ivy Day typically falls in late March or early April and is the day when Ivy League institutions and several other prestigious colleges release their regular decision admissions results. Deferral/Denial and Waitlist Analysis & Guidance Launch an action plan to maximize your chances of admission.

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Top Tier Admissions

AUGUST 2, 2024

By working on your applications now , you will be able to reap the benefit of increased odds in the early round of admissions. Top Tier Admissions is tracking the 2024-2025 supplemental essay prompts for all top schools here — we look forward to supporting you ! Interested in reading more about Yale?

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Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Many students who’ve just barely survived the wringer of junior year— with AP courses, standardized test prep, and campus visits ramping up college admissions pressure—are already feeling weary. Admissions readers will put more emphasis on your academic record, Common App personal statement, and extracurricular profile.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Tufts received nearly 34,500 applications for first-year admissions to the Class of 2028. It could be your standardized test scores, which we can’t fix. Before you applied to Tufts, you may not have looked at their recent admissions stats beyond the acceptance rate. And, of course, you need to be able to get in.

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The Thoughtful College Search

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

(Originally published in Inside Higher Ed on September 3, 2024) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Admissions Office recently released the profile for its incoming Class of 2028. The materials posted by MIT in connection with the class profile included a detailed blog post written by long-time Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill.

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 29, 2023

Today, the Supreme Court overturned more than 40 years of case law that has consistently confirmed the legality of race-conscious admissions. Admissions leaders across the country have been preparing for this inevitability for years. HOW WILL ADMISSIONS RECRUITMENT CHANGE IN LIGHT OF THIS RULING?

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Supreme Court ban on race-conscious admissions. For the class of 2028, that figure fell to 16%. Maybe, says Jayson Weingarten, a college admissions consultant with Ivy Coach and a former admissions officer at Penn. Weingarten also points to test-optional policies as a culprit. MIT is hardly alone in this regard.

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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. In the last few years, Stanford has seen widespread debate over the future of legacy admissions, test-optional policies, and race-based affirmative action.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In a break from recent years, Dartmouth did not report how many legacy students were admitted to the Class of 2028. DARTMOUTH REINSTATES STANDARDIZED TESTING Just a few days ago, Dartmouth announced that it would be reinstating its standardized testing requirements , beginning with next year’s Class of 2029.

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Admissions Village

MARCH 24, 2024

We have spent a lot of time talking about all the things students can do to help their chances of admission to highly selective colleges. At colleges like Harvard, the majority of applicants have perfect or near-perfect test scores and grades. This year, they received 38,100 applications, but their admissions rate was lower.

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College Essay Guy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Think of it as your friendly trail guide leading you through the Northwestern admissions wilderness. The good news is we’ve created this guide on how to get into Northwestern to help you navigate its admissions requirements. Applicants should score between 1520 and 1600 on their SAT to be strong candidates for admission to this school.

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Solomon Admissions

JUNE 29, 2023

In addition to the usual application materials, like transcripts, letters of recommendation, and essays, students are often asked to submit standardized test scores from either the SAT or ACT exam when applying to college. Top schools do not recommend one test over the other; students are allowed to submit whichever one they prefer.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

See Highlights From The Daily Pennsylvanian Article Below: The University of Pennsylvania did not immediately release the Class of 2028 early acceptance rate, continuing its decision to no longer publicly announce its acceptance rate during the regular decision admissions cycle for the Class of 2026.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 10, 2024

At Top Tier Admissions, we are committed to making the college admissions process more transparent. Easy access to clear data helps families understand trends in college admissions to make more informed decisions. We’re collecting early acceptance rate data at selective schools and providing insight and analysis of our own.

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 15, 2024

At the same time, Williams admissions officials know that international students may have a different level of access to activities than students in the United States, but that doesn’t really change their expectations. Standardized Tests Once you have your extracurriculars framed out, it’s time to talk tests.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

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%. They just don’t like it enough, yet, to make an offer of admission. Remember, this shouldn’t be based on gut feeling or ‘intuition’, either.

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Admissions.Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

What does a decade’s worth of increasingly identity-based admissions look like at University of Wisconsin-Madison? As a result of these factors, the number of first-year applicants has surged, leading to increasingly competitive admissions processes in recent years. You’re about to find out.

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 5, 2023

While we all hope that the early admission decisions will bring good news, it takes some of the pressure off to know that all of the essays are finished, no matter what. A big mid-cycle shift like this has the potential to throw all the admission models into chaos this spring.

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 16, 2024

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that all this makes Penn quite difficult to gain admission to. The Class of 2028 was even more competitive — they received more than 65,000 applications, the largest number ever. Penn expects exemplary standardized test scores that back up your outstanding grades.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 was only 3.7 %, the lowest acceptance rate in the history of the university. Yale requires that all applicants submit test scores, but you do have some options. This post isn’t about the standardized test policy, though. The 6,750ish undergraduate student fight hard to get there.

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 21, 2024

Binghamton University Binghamton University, a part of the SUNY complex, received 53,654 applications to their Class of 2028, the highest number of applications received over the last 5 years. University of Virginia UVA’s impressive Class of 2028 saw an overall in-state acceptance rate of 25.5% for the Class of 2028.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In the meantime, please let us know how we can help you crack the the college admissions code. You can also learn more about our 1-on-1 college admissions support here. How hard is it to get into Dartmouth? Your guide is on its way. Dartmouth College ranking Forbes: 16 Niche: 8 U.S. tuition, room, board, and fees) lands at $87,793.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

We’re here to show you how to write the Princeton supplemental essays, helping you give your best shot at walking through FitzRandolph Gate as a freshman in the Great Class of 2028. With the norm being top-notch standardized test scores like these – and a similarly top-notch unweighted GPA of 3.9 But what kind of writing?

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 26, 2024

COLUMBIA’S ACCEPTANCE RATE REMAINS STEADY A total of 2,319 students were offered admission to the Class of 2028 by Columbia College and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science on Ivy Decision Day. At Top Tier Admissions, we are committed to making the college admissions process more transparent.

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Spark Admissions

JANUARY 23, 2023

While no one can be sure yet how these new policies will affect admissions trends at these schools, a larger question hangs over the proceedings for current juniors: what does this all mean for them? Which colleges will be test-optional for the high school Class of 2024 (a.k.a. the college Class of 2028)?

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