AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Knowing what the acceptance rates look like can help set realistic expectations and guide you in crafting a stronger, more targeted application. 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%.

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Top Tier Admissions

AUGUST 30, 2024

LEARN MORE Michigan maintained their “test-flexible” policy for the Class of 2028. 52% of applicants submitted SAT scores while 18% submitted ACT scores. The university’s supplemental essays have not changed for the 2024-2025 application cycle and both questions are required for all applicants.

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Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Class of 2028 had a 5.16% overall acceptance rate. The regular decision acceptance rate was 3.8%, slightly higher than recent years due to a smaller applicant pool. Applicants to the Class of 2029 will need to submit an SAT or ACT score although there are some exceptions for those unable to take these exams.

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Admissions.Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Northwestern University Deering Library Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois has added six new essay prompts to its 2023-2024 supplement to the Common Application for first-year applicants. What is not yet clear is how such essays will be assessed by colleges’ application review committees.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

is pretty intimidating, knowing the numbers upfront can actually help you shape a stronger, more targeted application. For the Class of 2028 , the MIT acceptance rate stands at 4.5%. Let’s do the math: out of 28,232 applications, only 1,284 students made it through. F or the Class of 2028, MIT’s yield rate was a hefty 86%.

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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

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.” SAT Tutoring Expert one-on-one guidance to boost your score.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 26, 2024

Race-neutral admissions policies have historically failed to boost racial diversity among college students. Now we have one answer thanks to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which recently released a profile of its incoming class of 2028 , becoming the first elite school to offer such figures.

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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. They will join the 692 applicants accepted during the Early Action cycle. ACT Tutoring Hit your target score with our renowned ACT tutors.

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Berkeley² Academy

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Below we have compiled a list of B2A students’ favorite, most applied to colleges and their release dates for Rolling, Priority, and Early applications. You will be reviewed again along with the Regular applicants. Rejected – The colleges have decided to go with other applicants. What decisions may you hear for this early round?

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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. Emory continued its test-optional policy this year and reported that 29% of ECAS applicants and 33% of Oxford applicants did not submit test scores.

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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 recent years, data shows that women have accounted for nearly twice as many applications as men, despite being admitted at a similar rate.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 4, 2023

See highlights from Yale’s official announcement below: Yale College admitted 2,275 students to the class of 2027 from its largest-ever pool of 52,250 applicants, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions announced on Thursday. An additional 1,145 applicants were offered spots on the waitlist. percent for the class of 2026, 4.62

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Admissions.Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Princeton University has released its 2023-2024 supplemental essay prompts for first-year applicants, making it the final Ivy League institution to do so. 50 words or fewer; returning prompt from last year) Princeton also requires applicants to submit a graded written paper as part of their applications. Start drafting!

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 1, 2024

While we don’t have access to the early admissions numbers for the Class of 2028, we can interpret newly released data for the Class of 2027 and anticipate continuing trends this year. 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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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Diversity Drops for the Class of 2028 As the new academic year was getting underway, MIT let the world know that its incoming class of 2028, the first to be admitted under the new restrictions on affirmative action set by the Supreme Court in 2023, was decidedly less diverse than in previous years. MIT is hardly alone in this regard.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JULY 8, 2024

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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. One of the unknowns is whether the applicant pool this year looked substantially different from that of previous years.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Diversity Drops for the Class of 2028 As the new academic year was getting underway, MIT let the world know that its incoming class of 2028, the first to be admitted under the new restrictions on affirmative action set by the Supreme Court in 2023, was decidedly less diverse than in previous years. MIT is hardly alone in this regard.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In their 6-3 vote on both Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina , they restricted the ability of colleges and universities to consider a student’s race or ethnicity in their review of applicants for admission. LEARN MORE Will legacy preferences end?

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

of early decision I and II applicants were admitted. The university recently announced it is extending its test-optional policy for applicants seeking entry to the university through Fall 2027. For the Class of 2027, RD and overall acceptance rates were both the lowest in university history at 4.2% and 5.6%, respectively.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 19, 2024

of its 1,068 binding early decision applicants to the Class of 2028. Last year, it accepted 27% of ED applicants. Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services, Liz Creighton, said that the college usually admits “a small number” of deferred applicants through the regular decision round. News & World Report.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

See Highlights From The Dartmouth Article Below: Dartmouth College admitted a record-low 17% of applicants during its binding Early Decision round following an all-time high of 3,550 students applying — an 18% jump from last year’s applicant pool.

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The Koppelman Group

JUNE 24, 2024

The most popular majors are computer science, economics, biology, public policy, and psychology, and the proof of the alchemy Duke offers is in the pudding. The seeds of that kind of thinking are exactly what Duke is looking for in compelling applicants. acceptance rate for the class of 2028. Lots of students want in.

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Admissions.Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

In addition being required to respond to the first prompt, which is a returns from last year, all first-year applicants to WashU will now have the opportunity to respond in 250 words or fewer to one of the additional three optional prompts. Louis’ Class of 2028. 2023-2024 WashU Supplemental Prompts REQUIRED: 1. .

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

The university receives around 50,000 applications annually, and the acceptance rate has decreased year over year for…well…years. The rate of admission for the Class of 2028 in the regular decision cycle was only 4.1%. The five most popular majors for undergrads are Computer Science, Economics, Biology, Public Policy, and Psychology.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Colby isn’t an Ivy, but it boasts Ivy acceptance rates, with the Class of 2028 boasting a 6% acceptance rate. With those kinds of numbers, and their test-optional policy (which you should submit if you can), we think no supplement is wild. And here’s the kicker: there’s no supplement. NO SUPPLEMENT?!? Absurd, we say.

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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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Admissions.Blog

JULY 31, 2023

Harvard University’s 2023-2024 supplemental short essay prompts for first-year applicants have now been revealed with the launch of the 2023-2024 Common Application. This is up to 1,000 additional words of supplemental writing applicants can use to further differentiate their applications for first-year admission.

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Admissions.Blog

JULY 31, 2023

University of Pennsylvania has released its 2023-2024 supplemental essay prompts for first-year applicants. All first-year applicants to Penn will complete several Penn-specific short essays; yet, for the first time, the exact prompts students respond to will depend on the school within the university that they are applying to.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 15, 2024

They received over 63,000 applications for the class of 2028, and only accept about 17% of applicants averaging out across in-state and out-of-state prospective students. UNC has also enacted a curious SAT/ACT policy that requires some close reading. Students making up that 18% come from 100 countries!

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 30, 2024

This policy isn’t necessarily permanent, but they are testing out what a long-term test optional process would look like and how it would impact their admissions outcomes. For the class of 2027, they received 34,000 applications and accepted only 10.1% of applicants. There are also four campuses, each with its own personality.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 29, 2024

We think that’s because they got rid of their supplement in 2018 and then adopted, and have maintained, a test-optional policy during COVID. For the Class of 2028, Northeastern had a 5.6% acceptance rate and almost 100,000 applicants. Well, with almost 100k applicants, you gotta stand out somehow! Don’t plagiarize us.

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The Koppelman Group

JUNE 16, 2024

This has only increased the popularity of Dartmouth, and they received over 30,000 applicants for the Class of 2028. The tuition for the Dartmouth program is steep, and students are required to submit test scores and transcripts as part of the application. So, it may be worth it for you if your family can swing it financially.

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 5, 2023

December’s arrival means students are finishing up any remaining regular decision supplemental essays and applications. BIGGEST COLLEGE-RELATED NEWS OF THE WEEK UVA RELEASES ED AND EA NUMBERS The Cavalier Daily reported that the University of Virginia received 42,093 early action and early decision applications—an increase of 3.4

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 18, 2024

For the class of 2028, the acceptance rate was 3.7%. Most of us at TKG are humanities majors, so we’re not biased against an English degree, but we tend to give greater weight to majors that are more focused and specific, lending themselves to clear career applications. First, though, let’s talk numbers. Applied Mathematics, B.A.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 18, 2024

They receive nearly 12,000 applications, and the acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 was only 7%. Barnard is a college with its own application process, and its own administration. Barnard is test-optional for the 2024-25 application cycle. Before starting your application, there is one thing you may want to look into.

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