Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

This week we welcome Assistant Director of Admission, Ashley Brookshire, to the blog. the gray-area that is college admission. In keeping with that theme, lets venture to a topic that some of you may find highly relevant as college admission decisions are being released: deferrals. Welcome, Ashley! What should you do?

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 11, 2024

One major benefit of applying to college during the early rounds is receiving an admissions decision ahead of the regular timeline. For students who take advantage of the early admissions rounds, there are four possible outcomes: acceptance, denial, deferral, or direct-to-waitlist (a rarer option used at a few schools like UNC).

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Well break down trends, compare Early Decision and Regular Decision rates, and take a closer look at transfer and waitlist statistics. Out of this competitive pool, only 3,801 students secured admission, resulting in an acceptance rate of just 7.6%. Early Decision 5,207 1,174 22.6% See the difference?

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In this blog, well break down Rice Universitys acceptance rate and key admissions trends, including Regular and Early Admissions, yield, transfer, and waitlist rates. Early Decision 2,886 442 15.3% Class of 2029 stats More recently, Rice dropped its Early Decision results for the Class of 2029.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 1, 2024

That tiny number highlights how selective the admissions process is and how wildly popular Yale is among top-tier students aiming for the Ivy League. Here, we’ll break down Yale’s acceptance rate, explore how it’s changed over time, and share some practical tips to help boost your chances of standing out to admissions. 2027 52,303 4.5%

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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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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If you are reading this, you were either waitlisted by the University of Chicago or are very committed to planning ahead. In this post, well give you the tools you need to charge a successful future in college, with or without the University of Chicago but hopefully with if you play the waitlist right. Early Decision commitments.

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Admissions Village

APRIL 25, 2023

What can we say about test-optional admissions policies today? Just 4% of their member colleges in 2022-23 mandated admission test scores, down from 55% in 2019-20.” • In recent weeks, Columbia University, Vassar College, and all of the State Universities of New York (SUNYs) have announced that they will be permanently test-optional.

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Spark Admissions

MAY 30, 2023

Every year, college admission rates seem to get lower. This might be expected at Ivy League schools like Harvard University, Yale University, and Brown University, whose admission rates have dropped to record lows in recent years. But the trend is widespread at selective schools. News and World Report.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 3, 2024

To make sure this doesn’t happen to you, it’s important to understand what a revoked admission means and familiarize yourself with your college’s policies. Can a College Revoke Your Admission Acceptance Offer? In rare but serious cases, colleges and universities can pull the plug on an admission offer.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Well also give you tips to help boost your odds, break down important deadlines, and share insights into transfer and waitlist stats. Caltechs admissions process is about as tough as it gets. Unlike some schools, Caltech keeps the specifics of its Early Action (EA) and Regular Decision (RD) admissions under wraps.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Brown Acceptance Rate Trends Brown Regular Decision Acceptance Rate Brown Early Decision Acceptance Rate How to Get Accepted into Brown Brown Transfer Acceptance Rate Brown Waitlist Acceptance Rate Frequently Asked Questions Takeaways What Is Browns Acceptance Rate? Early Decision 6,244 898 14.4%

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Spark Admissions

JULY 7, 2022

Even setting aside the record-low admission rates at Ivy League schools this year, admission rates have dropped precipitously across the country. Below, we’ve highlighted some of the colleges and universities in the United States that saw a particularly significant drop in their admission rates.

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AdmissionSight

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In this guide, we’ll unpack the numbers behind Stanford’s acceptance rate, looking at everything from Regular Decision and Early Action stats to transfer and waitlist rates. Of the 2,099 students offered admission, 1,699 chose to join the incoming class. What Is Stanford’s Acceptance Rate? acceptance rate.

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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. What Does It Mean If You Get WaitListed?

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Anna Ivey Consulting

MARCH 12, 2025

Well, at least their admissions offices are. Have you noticed how quick they are to take your application fees say, back in September and you're still waiting for a decision in March? To which I say: Welcome to law school admissions. (Do This time of year I'm thinking of two examples in particular. Keep scrolling. More essays.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Factors to Consider When Committing to a College What to Do if You’re Waitlisted Frequently Asked Questions Takeaways How Do You Commit to a College? Before diving into the technical steps of how to commit to a college, take a moment to reflect on your decision. How Do You Commit to a College? Submit the enrollment deposit.

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Top Tier Admissions

JULY 19, 2024

VANDERBILT: RECORD-LOW ACCEPTANCE RATE While initially declining to report Early Decision statistics , we now know that Vanderbilt received 5,835 ED applicants to the Class of 2028, the most in its history. of students in the Regular Decision admissions round, for an overall acceptance rate of just 5.1%.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With such a low acceptance rate, gaining admission to UPenn has become increasingly challenging. These two options are important for prospective students to understand, as they each come with their own set of rules, deadlines, and strategies, including when to expect the UPenn Regular Decision release date.

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Admissions Village

APRIL 22, 2023

PART 2: College Admissions are increasingly more unpredictable for everyone, colleges included. The downside to a more robust, diverse applicant pool is that college admissions are increasingly more unpredictable. As a result, we had no choice but to significantly decrease the number of students to whom we offered admission.”

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Berkeley² Academy

DECEMBER 20, 2024

After spending months working hard on their college applications, our seniors are finally hearing back from schools where they applied under early admissions plans! However, even after youve submitted your applications and received a decision, there is still work to be done and options to be weighed.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

MAY 27, 2024

And while your teachers may have already sent you things to do (summer assignments/reading list), when it comes to college admission, I want to focus on your mindset and approach. The students most satisfied with their college admission experience are those who felt like they had agency. This is college admission. Of course not.

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Admissions.Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Overall, Northwestern reviewed over 52,000 first-year applications from over 10,000 high school around the world for a class that will ultimately only include roughly 2,100 students, according to Liz Kinsley, Northwestern’s Associate Dean & Director, Undergraduate Admission. Last year Northwestern reviewed 51,554 applications.

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Princeton College Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

While being deferred or waitlisted can be disappointing and in many respects can feel like a rejection, it is important to understand what being deferred or waitlisted means. Typically, a student who is deferred may still have a very strong application but the admissions committee feels they need to see a bit more from that student.

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CTK College Coach

JUNE 27, 2024

After coaching hundreds of high school students over the years, I finally had the chance to guide my oldest child through his college admissions journey, and I am thrilled for him to start college this fall at exactly where he wants to be. Be patient: deferrals and waitlists Oh, the agony of the deferral!

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Ivy College Essay

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Early Action or Early Decision: Ivy College Admissions. Choosing Early Action over Early Decision can be confusing. Early Action and Early Decision are both college application STRATEGIES. Early Action versus Early Decision: The Definitions.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 21, 2023

See Williams’ official announcement below: The College admitted 858 students on March 17 through its regular decision process, according to Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services Liz Creighton ’01. The total acceptance rate for the 2022-2023 admission cycle is 9.8 Last year, the College admitted one waitlisted student.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 23, 2025

Ivy Day, or Ivy League Day, is when all the Ivy League schools release their admissions decisions. Ivy Day is when all eight Ivy League schoolsBrown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yalesimultaneously release their undergraduate admissions decisions.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Check out a timeline that lays out what you need to tackle as you work through the college admissions process. Keep this list flexible—update it throughout your junior year and even early senior year as your preferences and goals become clearer. Submit your early decision application if that’s the route you’ve chosen.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Every year we hear stories from students who say they were discouraged from applying to schools ranked below number X; or decided only to apply to schools within the Top 10 in a particular field; or were pressured to ultimately choose the highest ranked school from which they received on offer of admission. Wave if you are following.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 13, 2023

Admissions Acceptance Rate Williams College received 10,315 applications in the regular decision round and admitted 858 students. Applicants who accept their offers of admission will join the 255 incoming students admitted through the early decision program in December to form the Class of 2027. Start today!

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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. Tulane has also intentionally left more space in its entering class to admit students who were deferred in its Early Action round or who applied Regular Decision.

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Top Tier Admissions

JULY 26, 2023

Our mission at Top Tier Admissions is to provide comprehensive support, guidance, and resources to students and families navigating the college admissions process. How do you bring your experience working as Assistant Director of Admissions at Cornell University to your private counseling students?

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Berkeley² Academy

MARCH 2, 2024

Applying to colleges with early decision, early action, or rolling decision deadlines may have gotten you responses from some schools as early as December or January! Now, other early decision, regular decision, and rolling decision deadlines will be preparing to release results in February, March, or early April.

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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. At Amherst there are two potential outcomes for an Early Decision application: acceptance or deferral. This is because Amherst typically does not reject Early Decision applicants.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Bowdoin offers Early Decision I and Early Decision II application options, and they defer students who are neither accepted nor denied from each round to the regular decision cycle. Every year , “many applications with the defer decision are admitted in RD.” This process isn’t lip service.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

They have also experienced a massive surge in Early Decision applicants, likely related to the decreasing acceptances at top colleges across the board nationally. Recently , “less than 5% were deferred to a later round of admission.” They also clearly state that they “only defer students who are viable candidates for admission.”

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