Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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. The Class of 2028 had a 5.16% overall 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. They will join the 692 applicants accepted during the Early Action cycle.

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 12, 2024

Application Boot Camp® Need strategic guidance from start to finish? Try Application Boot Camp®. Christiansen said around half of the applicant pool submitted standardized test scores , similar to previous years. uptick in application numbers. Emory announced it will remain test-optional for the Class of 2029.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

Dartmouth College, known for its academic excellence and strong sense of community, sets high standards for its applicants. These scores demonstrate the high level of academic proficiency expected from Dartmouth applicants. For the Class of 2029 and beyond, Dartmouth has reinstated its standardized testing requirement.

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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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BestColleges

APRIL 15, 2024

On April 11, Harvard College announced it would require applicants for the class of 2029 — applying in fall 2024 — to submit SAT or ACT scores. Caltech does not consider SAT or ACT testing, its website stated until its policy reversal. Add Harvard to the list of universities reinstating standardized test requirements.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 3, 2024

Dartmouth experienced an all-time high of 3,550 students applying ED — an 18% increase from last year’s applicant pool. Dartmouth received almost 3,000 more RD applications this year than compared to the last cycle. If your scores are 1400 and your high school’s average scores are 1100, that says a lot about your ability and potential.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 26, 2024

The college isn’t wildly different from what it was just 15 years ago, but the increase in popularity (and subsequent decrease in the acceptance rate) can be linked to a dramatic rise in the number of applicants to well-respected colleges of all kinds across the country. There are three key ways that you’re going to do this.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 23, 2024

Most recently, Harvard reversed course in an April 11 announcement that it would require students applying for fall 2025 admission to submit either an SAT or ACT score. Brooks School of Public Policy and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations but encourages applicants to submit SAT and/or ACT scores. Provost Michael I.

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Admissions Village

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This week, Yale announced that they will require testing but that they are flexible on which type of testing, SAT, ACT, AP, or IB exam score. Yale has said if you want to submit AP scores in lieu of SAT or ACT scores they would like to see all of them. Perhaps not surprisingly, demand for SAT and ACT testing has been rising.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 19, 2024

BROWN UNIVERSITY: OVERALL ACCEPTANCE RATE REMAINS STABLE Brown offered admission to 5.16% of its applicants to the Class of 2028, slightly down from last year’s acceptance rate of 5.23% for the Class of 2027. of regular decision applicants were admitted, slightly higher than its acceptance rate in recent years due to a smaller applicant pool.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This morning, Dartmouth College announced that they are reactivating the standardized testing requirement for undergraduate admission, effective with the Class of 2029. Second, in a test-optional system, many applicants don’t submit test scores. This will be enormously helpful to students as they approach the application process.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 22, 2024

This has made Brown very popular among international applicants who want an urban experience that isn’t overwhelming, and they have a little over 1,000 international students at any given time. International applicants,” they say , “adhere to the same requirements, standards and deadlines as all students.”

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 13, 2024

There are the obvious things, like trying to sort out what college is best for you from the thousands of colleges and universities, and then there are the more nitty gritty bits like choosing whether to submit SAT or ACT scores and how to ask a teacher for a recommendation. Below, we break this down more.

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Ivy College Essay

AUGUST 3, 2023

For the class of 2026, Harvard received 61,221 applications and offered admission to 1,984. You will then need to impress the admissions officers with the remainder of your application, your letters of recommendation, your essay, your extracurriculars, athletics, and interview. What SAT or ACT scores do I need to get into Harvard?

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 11, 2024

They received a record-breaking 31,657 applications for the Class of 2028, resulting in a 5.3% In 2024, Dartmouth led the charge for making the SAT and ACT not just expected but mandatory for applicants. Do the SAT or ACT make a difference in the diversity and outcomes for an accepted class? If you act, write a side.

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BestColleges

APRIL 19, 2023

Gavin Newsom's big investments in the state's three polytechnic universities are paying off in surging applications and enrollment. Now, applications and enrollment at the new California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt are expected to increase by 50% within three years and 100% within seven years. California Gov.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 5, 2024

This new policy will begin with the class of 2029. Transfer applicants, however, can still take advantage of a test-optional policy. The Brown Daily Herald also reported that, during the 2020-21 applicant cycle, 40% of applicants to Brown chose not to submit test scores.

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 18, 2023

The decision won’t come into play until next cycle, for the class of 2029, so we don’t know exactly how things will change. The Court held that Harvard College’s admissions system does not comply with the principles of the equal protection clause embodied in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 26, 2024

This year’s 3.85% overall acceptance rate is slightly down from last year’s 4%, when Columbia admitted 2,285 applicants from 57,126 applications. During the Early Decision round, Columbia received 6,009 applications and accepted 750 students for an ED acceptance rate of 12.48%.

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BestColleges

JUNE 24, 2024

Thirty-three senators and 28 members of the House of Representatives co-introduced the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act on Thursday. The Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act would reverse this change and allow students to access Pell for up to 18 semesters once again. after June 15, 2007.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 3, 2024

Supreme Court declared in 2023 that considering an applicant's race in college admissions — also known as affirmative action — is unlawful. Legacy admission refers to the practice, often among elite universities, of giving preferential admissions treatment to applicants whose parents attended the institution.

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BestColleges

MARCH 13, 2023

Biden recommitted to doubling the Pell Grant by 2029 in his latest budget proposal. His budget also seeks to raise the discretionary maximum federal Pell Grant another $820 per year in 2024, which would help him reach his goal of doubling the max Pell Grant from 2023-2029. Approximately 6.8

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