Spark Admissions

APRIL 11, 2023

In recent years, the percentage of students applying Early Decision and Early Action to American colleges and universities has steadily risen, often outstripping the overall rise in applications. At some of the most selective schools, early applications seem to have plateaued after spiking during the prior two admission cycles.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you were denied admission by your early round target school, you are not alone. for Early Decision 1) are reporting increasing numbers of early round applications. This in turn means record-low early decision (ED) acceptance rates. Schools such as UVA (up 4.4% RD) or Yale (<4.3%

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Ivy Central

JUNE 8, 2023

One remarkable aspect of Dartmouth's admissions landscape is its consistent acceptance rate of 6% for the third consecutive year. The admissions process at Dartmouth comprises both regular decision and early decision rounds. The Class of 2025 had a similar overall acceptance rate of 6.2%.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Students who apply Early Decision to Brown tend to pick the university for very specific reasons, and there may not be another school of Brown’s caliber that fully fits the bill. Brown has, in recent years, deferred between 15% and 30% of Early Decision applicants. of Early Decision applicants were accepted.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 19, 2024

You applied to Wellesley Early Decision, and this wasn’t the plan. In this post, we’ll break down what you need to do to increase your chances of turning a deferral into an offer of admission. First, let’s talk about Wellesley Early Decision. You were going to get in, or you weren’t. Let’s get real, though.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

First, we want to say that Dartmouth is an incredibly hard school to get into – a 6% overall acceptance rate and a 20% ED acceptance rate put it solidly in that “far reach” category. You are the kind of student who applied early decision to Dartmouth, which tells us that you are probably extremely Type A.

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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. acceptance rate. acceptance rate.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 20, 2023

In the past three years, the acceptance rate for the Class of 2027, 2026, and 2025 has been 4.1%, 4.47%, and 5.7%, respectively. As the admission process becomes increasingly competitive, gaining insights into the acceptance rates and application statistics of top universities like UPenn can provide valuable information for aspiring students.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 5, 2023

Cornell University, renowned for its academic excellence and commitment to shaping future leaders, has witnessed a remarkable shift in its admissions landscape in recent years. Looking ahead to the Class of 2027, Cornell experienced a surge in applications, with an astounding 68,000 students vying for admission.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 5, 2023

Cornell University, renowned for its academic excellence and commitment to shaping future leaders, has witnessed a remarkable shift in its admissions landscape in recent years. Looking ahead to the Class of 2027, Cornell experienced a surge in applications, with an astounding 68,000 students vying for admission.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

All you have to do is put the work in, and you can turn it around for regular decision. Last year , their overall acceptance rate was just over 6%, and their early decision acceptance rate was just under 17%. You should check your list to see if any of your schools offer a second early decision round.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 5, 2023

Harvard College, a citadel of academic excellence, is experiencing notable shifts in its admissions landscape for the Class of 2027. percent of applicants gaining acceptance, marking the second-lowest admissions rate in the College's history. During the early admissions cycle, Harvard College admitted 7.56

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Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Tulane’s Gibson Hall Tulane will release Early Decision II (EDII) notifications to first-year applicants on Monday, February 5, at 5:00 p.m. According to Tulane’s admissions office, those accepted EDII had an average core unweighted GPA of 3.62

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Admissions.Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana will release its Early Decision I (EDI) decisions tomorrow, December 5, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. The vast majority of EDI applicants will receive one of three decisions: an acceptance, a denial, or a nonbinding offer to join Tulane’s cohort of Spring Scholars.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 23, 2024

If you applied to Vassar Early Decision, you were probably expecting to get in. The acceptance rate is high enough that strong students approach it with confidence, and since it’s Early Decision the admissions office at the college knows that you are a serious applicant. into whether they accept you.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Amherst receives nearly 14,000 applications for first-year admissions, and about 10% of those are submitted in the Early Decision round. Instead of the acceptance you were hoping for, you’ve been deferred. At Amherst there are two potential outcomes for an Early Decision application: acceptance or deferral.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 5, 2023

Delving into the numbers, the admissions team rejoices in extending offers of admission to 2,246 deserving individuals, marking an overall acceptance rate of 3.9 Reflecting on the journey of the previous admissions cycle, the Class of 2026 sheds light on the evolving landscape. With an overall acceptance rate of 3.73

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Ivy Central

JUNE 5, 2023

Delving into the numbers, the admissions team rejoices in extending offers of admission to 2,246 deserving individuals, marking an overall acceptance rate of 3.9 Reflecting on the journey of the previous admissions cycle, the Class of 2026 sheds light on the evolving landscape. With an overall acceptance rate of 3.73

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

You were a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed prospective college student when you applied to Middlebury Early Decision, or something like that. Middlebury had 12% overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2028. They haven’t published the early decision acceptance rate in recent years, but we can identify trends from past data.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Applying to Brown Early Decision comes with some advantages. The rate of acceptance is higher than in the regular decision round, and you can confirm your plans for college months before the regular decision cycle sorts things out for most students. The overall Brown acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 was 5.2%.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 14, 2024

As a result, the acceptance rate has plummeted, dropping nearly 20% over the past 20 years. The acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 was only 7% , a record low. Every year , “many applications with the defer decision are admitted in RD.” Public perception, though, has skyrocketed. We help students get into dream schools.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 8, 2024

You applied to Williams Early Decision because you wanted a decision, early. If it was an acceptance, that would be preferred. The overall acceptance rate for the Williams Class of 2028 was 7.5% , the lowest acceptance rate on record. However, this isn’t actually a horribly low acceptance rate.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

If you’ve been rejected by NYU Early Decision, that’s a major downer. You picked New York University for your Early Decision school because it was a top choice that you knew you wanted to attend, and believed you had a strong chance at. You’ve been rejected by your Early Decision school — not deferred, rejected.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 31, 2024

First of all, this admissions decision is not a reflection of who you are as a person or of your hard work and talent. overall acceptance rate, and a 14% ED acceptance rate. Getting rejected early decision sucks. Many colleges accept a significant portion of their class from early rounds, including ED2!

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Getting deferred from Early Decision is really disappointing. Then you went through the effort of applying Early Decision — and it didn’t pan out. For enrollment in the fall of 2023, Columbia accepted 14.6% of Early Decision applicants. Do not spam the admissions office.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Cornell has been holding back on releasing their admissions statistics in recent years, which means we have to rely on estimates based on the most recently available data. For enrollment in the fall of 2023, the overall acceptance rate was just under 8%. The early decision acceptance rate that same year was 17.5%.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

You were going to get into Duke Early Decision, and that would be it. There was an advantage to applying to Duke Early Decision. The Duke Regular Decision acceptance rate in the most recent application cycle was 4.1%. The Early Decision acceptance rate was much higher. were admitted.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As the college admissions landscape becomes increasingly competitive, a thoughtful, data-driven application strategy is more important than ever. At Top Tier Admissions , we often talk about the early advantage , which can be a game-changer for applicants who want to improve their chances of getting into their dream school.

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Ivy Central

MAY 30, 2023

Class of 2027 embarks on the shifting of the admissions landscape at Yale University since the pandemic. The overall acceptance rate of the Class of 2027 is 4.35%. The low acceptance rate showcases the institution's selective nature. 7,744 applicants applied early for Yale and 776 students were admitted to the institution.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

There are things you can do to nearly guarantee you aren’t accepted in the regular decision round, though, and things you can do to greatly improve your chances of admission. The most recent Barnard acceptance rate was 8.8% They also only deferred 10% of Early Decision applicants.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 10, 2024

You applied to Swarthmore Early Decision because you wanted an answer, early. Accepted or rejected, at least you would have an answer. But now you’re here, with a deferral decision, and everything is up in the air. To pull of an impressive array of acceptances, you’ll need to get to work.

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Top Tier Admissions

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

If you’re a senior, it’s time to mark your calendars: early decision and early action deadline dates are coming up fast! If you don’t believe us, simply look at last year’s admissions stats; the proof is in the data. And it’s not just the Ivies with these dramatic dips: Duke accepted 16.5% Our advice?

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 7, 2024

You applied to Tulane Early Decision or Early Action because you really want to attend the university. Now, you are stuck in this weird middle ground where you aren’t accepted, but you also aren’t rejected. You can still get in, but getting to the point of an acceptance requires hard work.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Whether you applied Early Decision or Early Action, you were probably invested in getting into the University of Virginia. However, something gave them pause, and they needed more time to make their decision. During ED, their acceptance rate is around 24%, and EA is around 16%. Getting deferred can be really hard.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Last year, Northwestern’s acceptance rate was just around 7%. While their early decision acceptance rate was more like 22%, this number is always a little inflated by recruited athletes, legacies, and other ‘preferred applicants’ who tend to apply in the early round. You just need to put the work in.

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Ivy College Essay

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Deferred from Early Decision or Early Action? Have you been deferred from Early Decision or Early Action? By now, everyone who was applying for college Early Decision for the Nov 1 deadline has gotten everything in and is in a holding pattern. In other words: just waiting.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Getting a deferral decision is a bummer no matter where you applied, but it’s especially frustrating when it comes from a dream school. 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%. Let’s break it down.

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