Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Class of 2028 had a 5.16% overall acceptance rate. Transfer students may still take advantage of a test-optional policy. Brown University , an Ivy League institution located in Providence, Rhode Island, is known for its commitment to a flexible and open curriculum. SAT Tutoring Expert one-on-one guidance to boost your score.

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Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 9, 2024

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TRENDS Testing Requirements — The Ever-Shifting Landscape In the last several months, Brown University , Dartmouth College , Harvard University , and Yale University have all returned to requiring standardized testing as part of the admissions process, beginning with applicants to the Class of 2029.

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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. 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

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%. Let’s zoom in on the numbers: Columbia Class Total Applications Overall Acceptance Rate 2028 60,248 3.85% 2027 57,129 3.9% 2026 60,377 3.7%

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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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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%. Here’s a glimpse into how things have shifted over the years: MIT Class Total Applications Overall Acceptance Rate 2028 28,232 4.5% Fast forward to the Class of 2028, and it’s down to just 4.5%.

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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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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. In another blog footnote, Schmill states that “we cannot reliably predict academic success at MIT without relying on standardized testing.”

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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

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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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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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The policies of the UNC System sanction any university that overenrolls out-of-state students two or more years in a row and requires that those students’ tuition be removed from that university’s budget—a potential cost to UNC Wilmington of 4 million dollars.

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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. If you choose to submit AP or IB scores to fulfill the requirement, you need to take the tests before submitting your application.

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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.

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College Essay Guy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Northwestern Application Deadlines Northwestern Early Action Policy Northwestern Supplemental Essay Prompts Northwestern Essay Tips How hard is it to get into Northwestern? If your GPA is lower than suggested at the time you apply, you may have to perform above average on your standardized tests.

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Admissions.Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

With the results of the Class of 2028 census now in, we can now look holistically at ten years worth (all the way back to the 2014-2015 admissions cycle) of admissions and enrollment data from first-year applicants/students at University of Wisconsin-Madison, which I dissect below.

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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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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. The post Columbia University: Class of 2028 Acceptance Rate appeared first on Top Tier Admissions.

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Spark Admissions

JANUARY 23, 2023

After the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult or impossible for many students to take the ACT and the SAT, the vast majority of American colleges and universities chose to institute temporary (or, in some cases, permanent) test-optional policies. Which colleges will be test-optional for the high school Class of 2024 (a.k.a.

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Spark Admissions

JANUARY 23, 2023

After the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult or impossible for many students to take the ACT and the SAT, the vast majority of American colleges and universities chose to institute temporary (or, in some cases, permanent) test-optional policies. Which colleges will be test-optional for the Class of 2024?

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Spark Admissions

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Because the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult or impossible for many students to take the ACT and the SAT, the vast majority of American colleges and universities chose to institute temporary (or, in some cases, permanent) test-optional policies. Which colleges will be test-optional for the Class of 2023?

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 13, 2024

CLASS OF 2028 ADMISSIONS: MOST UP, SOME DOWN Last month, many university and college press releases breathlessly proclaimed record-breaking volume and lowest admit rates in their history. A record number of high school students applied to Lehigh to be part of its Class of 2028, up 11% from the previous year. Last year, 56,538 applied.

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