Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 1, 2022

You submitted your Early Decision and Early Action applications, and you are now resisting the urge to refresh your email as you await good news. Even with top scores and strong grades, a deferral simply highlights how incredibly competitive the early admission landscape has become. You did it! Take heart!

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The Ivy Dean

JANUARY 6, 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s early admissions cycle has set new records for the country’s most prestigious post-secondary schools. As anyone hoping to begin college in fall 2021 is likely aware, all schools with an early application program released their early acceptance decisions within the past few weeks.

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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. Both decreased from the year prior when 49% of enrolled students submitted SAT scores and 23% submitted ACT scores.

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StandOut College Prep

MARCH 24, 2023

There is a ton of detail on how to apply for Binghamton University further down in this blog post, however, let’s explore what early decision and early action mean and if these options are right for you. The reason behind that is that an early decision is legally binding and so if you get in you have to go.

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College Kickstart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Capitalizing on odds-boosting early decision/early action opportunities. And if you haven't been able to take an SAT or ACT, you'll also be able to run College Kickstart with just your GPA or class rank. With early admission deadlines looming, now's the time to let College Kickstart make a difference for you.

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Early Admissions Trends for the Class of 2024: How are colleges handling the massive increase in applications? SAT, ACT, and test optional: with Dartmouth now requiring test scores, will the test optional trend reverse? Reach out to me if you want my advice on whether, when, and how to prepare for the SAT or ACT.

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AHM Advising

MARCH 23, 2022

CMU offers Early Decision and Regular Decision deadlines , as well as an Early Admission plan for high school juniors who are prepared to graduate early and head off to college. My interpretation - plan to take the SAT or ACT, as a good score may end up helping you.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 19, 2023

Caltech Admissions Highlight: Caltech is one of the most selective “test blind” schools, meaning they do not consider the SAT or ACT. Duke Admissions Highlight: 13% of current students are North Carolina residents and 14% are international students. As they quip: “Don’t send it. We won’t see it.”

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights by Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), alleges the practice violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. What's more, Students for Fair Admissions mentioned legacy admissions specifically in its complaint against Harvard. The complaint, filed with the U.S.

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The Ivy Dean

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools waived the requirement for SAT/ACT scores, leading more students to apply to schools that would have ordinarily been beyond their reach.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JANUARY 29, 2023

SAT and ACT For first-year and transfer applicants to CC and SEAS matriculating from fall 2023 through fall 2024 , Columbia is maintaining a test-optional policy. Previously, Columbia has required scores from either the SAT or the ACT, but no requirement for the writing section. For both the SAT and the ACT, Columbia superscores.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Contrast this with Princeton’s regular decision acceptance rates of 3.71%, 4.19%, and 3.89% for the Classes of ’24, ’23, and ’22 respectively and it’s clear EA applicants have the advantage. Moreover, the Classes of ’23 and ’22 were filled 57.15% and 61.46%, respectively, by early admissions. THE DATA ON “HOOKS”.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Although the November 1 st early admissions deadlines are behind us, most students are still awaiting their decisions and most colleges have yet to publicly announce the number of early applications they received. percent increase from the 40,713 early applications received for the Class of 2027.

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BestColleges

MARCH 15, 2023

Despite more than 300 schools extending their admission deadlines as well as waiving SAT/ACT requirements in hopes of retaining numbers, undergraduate enrollment dropped considerably. Number of Standardized Test-Takers, 2019-2022 Year SAT ACT GRE 2019 2.2 million 341,574 Source: College Board [14] , [15] , [16] , ACT Inc. [17]

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A pending bill in the Massachusetts Legislature seeks to eliminate legacy admissions and early decision programs at all colleges in the commonwealth. Legacy admissions faced criticism before the Supreme Court banned affirmative action, and scrutiny has intensified since that ruling. Co-filed by state Rep.

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