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Class of 2027 Notre Dame REA acceptance rate falls to 15.2% from 17.3%

This is very impressive considering ND received 15% more REA applications than last year. Actually, ND received more REA applications than Harvard, Yale, or Stanford. With a yield rate of nearly 70%, …

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How important are Physics and Chemistry?

I am a freshman studying in a STEM high school. I will be specializing in the field of IT with computer science as the bulk of my subjects (6 year-long courses in 3 years). With this level of rigor an …

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3 years ago
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Will removing a completed application for a school on the Common App affect anything?

Once I submit an application to a school on the Common App, can I remove that school from my list? I am considering adding a couple more schools to my list but the limit on the application portal is 2 …

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My Part/Their Part

Hi, I've applied to a school already but I feel like they will look at my transcript and not really know why it looks the way it does. Covid severely affected my freshman, sophomore and junior years o …

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Do I need to write a letter of continued interest to Harvard after being deferred in the Restrictive Early Action?

I got deferred from Harvard. Do I need to write a letter of continued interest to Harvard after being deferred in the Restrictive Early Action to increase my chances in the Regular decision round? I k …

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Poor GPA due to illnesses... what should I do?

I'm a junior who'll graduate with a GPA of about 3.5 Weighted with 8-ish AP and college courses. I have a 1530 SAT, a 36 ACT, and 10/10 extracurriculars. My grades have tanked because of a variety of …

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Should I take the ACT?

Hi! I just want an opinion from anyone out there whether I should take the ACT... I'm not sure what to do because it's Junior year and I'm also in AP classes so I have to prepare for those exams as we …

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Are Ivy leagues feasible

I got to a very small school (like maybe slightly above 100 people in highschool) and they do not provide any advanced classes and I can't take a class ment for seniors. Would getting into an Ivy Leag …

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Does Harvard offer a Food Science major?

I'm in tenth grade.

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Can I write a research paper and mention it in my application if I want to attend the Ivy League as a 15 year old?

Sophomore

Wants to study Chemistry

Wants to attend Ivy League

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Class of 2027 ED1 for Boston College creeps up to 30% from 27% last cycle

Boston College received 2928 applications for (ED1) and accepted 878 which is a 30% acceptance rate. The last 2 cycles were like this: BOSTON COLLEGE - ED 27% (800/2940) vs Class of 2025 ED 39% (1280/ …

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Questions about my course rigor

Just rejected straightly by UPenn. But there are some factors just so not understandable. How hard is it to get into UPenn and is my situation really carefully evaluated by the committee? I am not r …

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Class of 2027 Columbia University ED acceptance rate goes up 1% from 10.3% to 11.3%

650 ED admits became Columbia Lions today out of a pool of 5738 applications for ED. Although, no one is claiming this drop to the significant retaliatory measures US News applied to Columbia, to me i …

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Class of 2027 ED1 Johns Hopkins drops to 19.74% from 20.8% !!! new record low

JHU accepted 533 students from a pool of 2700 ED 1 applicants this cycle which is an admit rate of 19.74% Last year, 520 were admitted from a pool of 2500 for an acceptance rate of 20.80%

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Yale Class of 2027 Restricted Early Action drops to 10% from 10.9%, A historical low!!!!!!

Just in, Yale reported it accepted 776 SCREA admits from a pool of 7744 applicants.

21 percent of applicants were deferred, 67 percent were denied, and 2 percent were withdrawn or incomplete.

Last cycle …

 
All IVY League acceptance rates will be lower for Class of '27
58%
 
All IVY League acceptance rates will be higher for Class of '27
2%
 
IVY League acceptance rates will be a mixed bag Class of '27
27%
 
I'm not applying to any IVY colleges so I don't care !
11%
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UPenn doesn't disclose ED admit rate for Class of 2027 but it's around 15%

Last year 7795 HS students applied to UPenn for ED and 1218 made it through for an acceptance rate of 15.6%. This year over 8000 applied so my best guess is around (1200/8050) got in or 14.9%. Typical …

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3 years ago
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Emory's Class of 2027 ED1 Acceptance Rate creeps slightly higher from 36.5% to 37.4%

Copied from Emory Presser:

"Some 903 students breathed a sigh of relief when they received emails Dec. 14 announcing they had earned Early Decision admission to Emory University’s undergraduate Class o …

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Class of 2027 Barnard College ED Acceptance rate is 25.5% down from 29.3% last year.

Barnard College received a record 1671 ED applications compared to 1501 last year.

Assuming the incoming class size of 710 remains constant, Barnard filled 60% of the Class of 2027 with ED admits vers …

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Harvard Class of 2027 never fails to lower expectations with record low SCREA admit rate of 7.5%

Today Harvard College today accepted 722 students to the Class of 2027 from a pool of 9,553 who applied under the early action program 7.53%. This is lower than the 7.87% figure from the last cycle 74 …

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Deferred in Columbia ED: Do I have a shot?

Just to give a brief background:

I am a Hispanic girl from the Midwest who applied to Columbia Early Decision and received a letter of deferment. I was told to write a letter of continued interest and …

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