Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As we close out the year, we’re especially proud of our growth at Top Tier Admissions to better serve our students and their families. Non-binding EA programs are booming with tens of thousands of applications at private universities like USC and Northeastern, and flagship public universities like Michigan, UVA, and UNC.

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It’s been another wild ride for 2024 high school seniors, and we’re only halfway through the admissions cycle. Whether you have been deferred in the early action round or are just waiting for your regular decision outcomes, it is completely normal to not hear from many schools until March or even the first week of April.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 1, 2024

Stanford has a total undergraduate enrollment of around 8,000 students who study on a beautiful 8,000-acre campus in Palo Alto, California. 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.

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 5, 2023

December’s arrival means students are finishing up any remaining regular decision supplemental essays and applications. While we all hope that the early admission decisions will bring good news, it takes some of the pressure off to know that all of the essays are finished, no matter what. Early decision applications rose by 4.4

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 22, 2024

The elite college admissions landscape has never been more competitive (or more confusing for applicants to navigate). News & World Report and has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,500. MIT offered admission to 1,275 students, for an overall acceptance rate of 4.5% (slightly lower than last year’s 4.8%).

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 15, 2024

The University of Texas at Austin is a public research university founded in 1883 with an undergraduate enrollment of over 42,000. ENROLL NOW Last year, UT Austin’s Class of 2027 received an all-time high number of applications — around 73,000. News & World Report in 2024. all else equal.”

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Cornell University Undergraduate Admissions Office

OCTOBER 11, 2023

If accepted to a school via ED, students must withdraw their Early Action and Regular Decision applications for other institutions. We’re here to answer other frequently asked questions you may have about the upcoming Early Decision deadline. Does Cornell offer Early Decision and/or Early Action? Ready to apply?

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Admissions Village

APRIL 22, 2023

The downside to a more robust, diverse applicant pool is that college admissions are increasingly more unpredictable. This flood of applications is not just unpredictable for students. Earlier in this blog, we mentioned many colleges had fewer applicants this year. Their applications decreased by a third.

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StandOut College Prep

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As shared in the post about early admissions, if you apply to college during Early Action and Early Decision cycles , you will face a lot of competition. When more students apply early, you’re also likely to be deferred from at least one college. Very selective colleges defer as many as 70-80% of early applicants.

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It’s been another wild ride for 2024 high school seniors, and we’re only halfway through the admissions cycle. Whether you have been deferred in the early action round or are just waiting for your regular decision outcomes, it is completely normal to not hear from many schools until March or even the first week of April.

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

A new lawsuit claims Harvard University discriminates against minority students by favoring legacy applicants. Legacy admissions has been highly criticized in recent years, though only a few elite colleges have jettisoned the practice. This preferential treatment overwhelmingly goes to white applicants and harms efforts to diversify."

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

See Highlights From The Emory Wheel Article Below: Emory University accepted 345 Early Decision II applicants to the Class of 2028 on Feb. Emory continued its test-optional policy this year and reported that 29% of ECAS applicants and 33% of Oxford applicants did not submit test scores.

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Anna Ivey Consulting

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Accepted, Denied – What to Do Now If you submitted early college applications, some decisions are rolling in now (some won’t come until later). WEEK 50 TO-DO’S THIS WEEK Do what you need to do in response to the decisions you receive from the colleges about your early applications. IF YOU WERE DENIED: 1.

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CTK College Coach

MARCH 20, 2023

This school deferred an unprecedented number of applicants this fall, and we don’t yet know how many of those students will ultimately be accepted this spring.” Clemson deferred 17,000 of those early applicants and rejected 500. for in-state applicants and 25.8% for out-of-state and international applicants combined).

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 29, 2023

In their 6-3 vote on both Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina , they restricted the ability of colleges and universities to consider a student’s race or ethnicity in their review of applicants for admission. The picture in Texas is a bit more complicated.

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StandOut College Prep

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Applicants can be full-time college students, Arc New York Chapter members, or those in New York State special education certification programs. Application here and additional info here. Applicants must plan to attend an ABET-accredited university in-state and study manufacturing engineering or manufacturing engineering technology.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Next up in our series highlighting early round acceptance rates at top colleges is Dartmouth College — an Ivy League institution located in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dartmouth has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,500, most of whom live on campus. These students come from 47 U.S.

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The Ivy Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Although only time will tell which impacts are permanent and which are only temporary, I am certain that college admissions ­– like many things – will never return to precisely the way it was before 2020. As a result, their admissions process became even more selective, with historically low acceptance rates.

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StandOut College Prep

MARCH 24, 2023

In this post, we cover everything you need to know about getting into Binghamton University, including what to include in your application, different admissions types, and how to submit your application. Key Takeaways There are two types of admissions for Binghamton University. However, the deadlines usually differ.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JANUARY 29, 2023

This post will break down Columbia’s application requirements to help you perfect your Columbia application. Columbia University Statistics Rankings & Enrollment With a 3.73% acceptance rate for the class of 2026, it is clear that the Columbia University experience is one of the most sought after. ACT scores average 34.

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College Kickstart

MAY 4, 2018

Our standard board report begins with a summary of admission and matriculation highlights for the most recent three years. You'll be able to track simple items like class size and applications per student, as well as compare your high school's overall admission rate to the comparable national/global admission rate for schools we cover.

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College Kickstart

MAY 4, 2018

Featuring the latest admissions data and rankings along with comprehensive analysis of your results, the service makes it easy to communicate results within the context of the national admission trends. All that's needed is a standard Applications by Colleges export from Naviance for the most recent three years. How it Works.

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The Thoughtful College Search

MARCH 27, 2023

It’s probably good for colleges as part of an enrollment management plan, but what about for students? Only instead of “if you order now,” with regard to Early Decision the message is “if you don’t order now.” When it comes to Early Decision, the college is the chicken and the student is the pig. That’s indefensible.

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College Essay Guy

JULY 28, 2023

The MCAT, short for the Medical College Admission Test, is a standardized exam administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). It serves as a crucial component of the application process for medical schools across the United States and Canada. How much does it cost to take the MCAT?

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College Essay Guy

JULY 28, 2023

The MCAT, short for the Medical College Admission Test, is a standardized exam administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). It serves as a crucial component of the application process for medical schools across the United States and Canada. How much does it cost to take the MCAT?

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BestColleges

APRIL 23, 2024

Yield is the percentage of accepted students who choose to enroll. A high yield rate helps colleges minimize the volatility of the admissions cycle. Colleges aim to boost their yield through several strategies, including early admissions policies. In the world of college admissions, two metrics indicate popularity.

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Spark Admissions

JUNE 22, 2023

But when you dug deeper, you found a lot more than “early decision” – you found Early Action, Early Decision I, Early Decision II, and something called Single Choice Early Action, whatever that is. Using it to your advantage could substantially increase the likelihood of admission to your top choice school.

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Ivy College Essay

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Each of these options comes with its own set of rules and benefits, and understanding the differences between them can help you make the best choice for your college application strategy. Early Action (EA) Early Action is a non-binding admissions option offered by many colleges and universities.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In their 6-3 vote on both Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina , they restricted the ability of colleges and universities to consider a student’s race or ethnicity in their review of applicants for admission. LEARN MORE Will legacy preferences end?

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 10, 2024

See Highlights From The Harvard Crimson’s Article Below: Harvard’s early acceptance rate increased by more than 1% from last year, with 8.74% students, or 692, admitted to the Class of 2028 from a pool of 7,921 who applied under the Early Action Program.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 19, 2023

Application Boot Camp Need strategic guidance from start to finish? Try Application Boot Camp®. JHU Admissions Highlight: JHU is taking the lead (along with Amherst College) in abolishing legacy admissions: they do not give preference to students who have alumni parents or grandparents.

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StandOut College Prep

AUGUST 17, 2023

Applicants must be graduating seniors, and identify as African American or Black. Applicants must be graduating high school, intend to enroll into a four year college/university, display the qualities above, and have a minimum SAT score of 1000 or ACT score of 22. This application is due January 12th. More details here.

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Great College Advice

JULY 24, 2023

In return for this early decision, the student, parents, and school counselor sign a pledge that, if accepted, they will attend that college. The student agrees to withdraw all other applications, and not accept any other offers of admission. Early action programs are a hybrid.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In spring of 2022 Princeton announced that, for the first time in recent history, they would not be releasing admissions data on the pool of applicants to the Class of 2026. What we know: a total of 1,500 students enrolled in the Class of 2026 – the largest class ever. College Admissions Private Counseling. ENROLL NOW.

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Admissions Madness

JUNE 4, 2022

Many elite universities offer binding Early Decision deadlines that oblige students to enroll if offered admission. Early Decision (ED) differs from Early Action (EA) or Priority deadlines because students may only apply to a single ED school. The first early admissions deadlines arose in the 1950s.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

There have been a number of changes to the admissions process as well, above all, the end of affirmative action this summer by the US Supreme Court. Additionally, Penn announced the end of its $400 enrollment deposit — which typically signifies an “intent to enroll” at a university — for the Class of 2027 and future accepted classes.

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BestColleges

MARCH 15, 2023

Note Reference [1] Check Fall enrollment dropped 2.6% 2] Check Fall 2022 showed signs of recovery, with first-year enrollment up 4.3%. million total undergraduates were enrolled. [3] Three years later, some enrollment statistics show that higher education is recovering. Note Reference [1] Fall enrollment dropped 2.6%

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