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Early Decision Denial? Here are Your Next Steps

Top Tier Admissions

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. The post Early Decision Denial?

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Thoughts On What 2023 College Admissions Tell Us About Future Applications

Ivy Central

Opponents of testing argue that factors such as school GPA, extracurricular activities and teacher recommendations are better predictors, while testing reduces diversity in the college population as students from disadvantaged groups do less well in tests.

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Duke Early Decision Acceptance Rate

AdmissionSight

Duke’s Early Decision acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 dropped to a record low of 12.9%, even as the school received its highest number of Early Decision applications in the last eight years. The Early Decision Application Process at Duke Is Duke Test Optional?

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Best and Unique Computer Science Extracurricular Activities

The Koppelman Group

Taking Advantage of Extracurriculars Knowledge might be power, but experience is just as important when youre looking to get into a top-tier college. After thats fully drafted, we work on Early Decision and Early Action application supplements well in advance of the deadlines.

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Deferred by Brown Early Decision 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

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. Breaking it down, the regular decision rate was actually only 3.8%.

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Deferred by Cornell Early Decision 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

The early decision acceptance rate that same year was 17.5%. WHAT CORNELL WANTS If you have been deferred by Cornell, you are part of a fairly small group of applicants who have been bumped from Early Decision to the Regular Decision application round. This is what we know. This number is good, but it isn’t great.

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Deferred Early Decision by Amherst College 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

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.