Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

of early decision I and II applicants were admitted. The university recently announced it is extending its test-optional policy for applicants seeking entry to the university through Fall 2027. For the Class of 2027, RD and overall acceptance rates were both the lowest in university history at 4.2% and 5.6%, respectively.

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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. In the last few years, Stanford has seen widespread debate over the future of legacy admissions, test-optional policies, and race-based affirmative action.

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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. Start here for ideas on what to do next in 2023.

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni. What's more, Students for Fair Admissions mentioned legacy admissions specifically in its complaint against Harvard. It's not like elite institutions can't thrive absent legacy admissions.

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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. While standardized testing was optional for Fall 2022, they have not yet announced their testing policy for Fall 2023 and beyond.

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Admissions Village

APRIL 22, 2023

Interesting side note: Early apps were up at many places, even at some colleges whose overall apps were actually down. Most selective schools experienced a slight rise in early application numbers that continue to be very high. Colleges especially like Early Decision to help them manage enrollment.

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CTK College Coach

MARCH 20, 2023

Georgia has one of the most transparent admissions offices (thank you, UGA), and it shared on March 17 that it admitted 15,340 applicants of the 43,700 total applicants (early admission and regular decision combined). for in-state applicants and 25.8% for out-of-state and international applicants combined).

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Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Although the November 1 st early admissions deadlines are behind us, most colleges have yet to publicly announce updates on the number of early applications they received. Early application volume for the Class of 2026 was a bit more of a mixed bag – up slightly at some schools, down slightly at others.

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Great College Advice

JULY 24, 2023

This is the time of year when I get calls from parents and students asking whether they should apply to college via early decision vs regular decision. This decision is a very important one, especially if you are considering some of the more selective colleges and universities in the country.

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DC College Counseling

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

RISE IN NUMBERS OF EARLY APPLICATIONS Now that the deadlines for most early applications have passed, the Common App has released preliminary data about early decision and early action numbers. According to them, early applications to member schools are up 41% over pre-pandemic numbers from 2019-2020.

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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. This holds up even if you are a junior (in which case you you must specify that they are applying for early admission in the additional information section of the application).

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2023

Although there has been some variability, the trend in early applications indicates that more students are choosing to apply for Early Decision or Restrictive Early Action to highly selective colleges. Here is a summary of early admissions statistics for the Class of 2027. Click here for the Crimson article.

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Ivy College Essay

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The college admissions process can be an overwhelming and confusing experience for both students and their families. Among the many decisions to make is whether to apply under Early Action (EA), Early Decision (ED), or Early Decision II (EDII).

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The Ivy Dean

DECEMBER 21, 2022

At the time of publication, six schools have published data about their early applicant pool and acceptance rates: Brown University released its admissions information for the Class of 2027 on December 21: 879 early decision students were accepted, out of an applicant pool of 6,770 (10% more early applicants than last year).

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Some forms of merit aid – more accurately competitive pricing strategies – are powerful tools used by enrollment leaders at non-competitive schools to incentivize students to accept an offer of admission. Among the interesting tidbits we’ve learned: Harvard sees its early applications drop by nearly 20%. Our key takeaway?

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BestColleges

APRIL 23, 2024

Colleges aim to boost their yield through several strategies, including early admissions policies. Around this time of year, high school seniors conduct post-mortems on their college applications, trying to make sense of the increasingly unpredictable and seemingly capricious nature of undergraduate admissions.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 19, 2023

Like many schools, Duke accepts roughly 50% of its class through the binding Early Decision round. Johns Hopkins University / JHU (Baltimore, Maryland) Johns Hopkins is a leader in public health education and research, with top-ranked programs in epidemiology, global health, and health policy.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Test-optional policies brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic account for the highly competitive 2020-21 admissions cycle. Princeton announced its test-optional policy in the summer of 2020 and has since renewed the policy into the 2022-23 admissions cycle (for admission to the Class of 2027).

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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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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 13, 2024

Applications to early decision/early action programs, which have swelled by more than one million applications in the last five years (a 60% increase) will continue to grow unabated. With four Ivies asking for testing, you can be sure that all Ivies and other top colleges will see a higher number of applicants submitting scores.

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