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In 1 cycle, Wesleyan's admit rates dropped about 30%, in large to almost getting an additional 20% in applications.

This year they received 14521 applications and accepted 2013 for their freshman clas …

Although NW received a record 51554 applications vs 47174 last cycle, it admitted almost 400 more incoming freshman than last cycle.

Since they had a yield rate of 52% for the Class of 24 and a yield …

I am starting the process of writing and thinking about college application essays and was wondering where I can find things to include vs what not to. Also, what makes a good application essay.

I am currently a junior in high school and will be a senior next year, my parents keep telling me to start applying for scholarships as soon as possible. They are telling me to apply for as many as I …

This cycle the Tuft admission office received 34880 applications and just accepted 9.0% vs 11.43% last year.

This marks the first time Tufts has broken through the magical 10% acceptance rate barrier.

These are the stats for Vanderbilt's 3 rounds of applications

ED1 - 650 admits out of 2700 for a 24.07% ED1 rate

ED2 - 250 admits out of 2407 for a 10.33% ED2 rate

RD - 1964 admits out of 41610 for a 4.7 …

In last month's Daily Free Press, it was stated that BU wanted to curb enrollment at 3200 but ended up enrolling 4011 or 811 more freshman for the Class of '25 vs Class of '24.

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Even though official numbers are not out, this newsletter spills the beans and states that Tulane received about 42000 applications (vs 45517) and that they are going to accept about 10% this year (vs …

This is a huge surprise because in the past couple cycles Emory was struggling to be competitive with say Tulane, USC, WashU. Now they have dropped to the "uber"-competitive category of near-elite col …

Did you know that if you get 20 Karma Points for having the best accepted answer, you are still at risk of losing the 20 points if the poster makes a request to have a CV expert answer the question af …

I'm a junior currently and feel as though I need to do more for community service. I just don't know where to start or how to even "log" my community service. I do most of service through BETA but oth …

Hi!! I'm an upcoming junior applying to UCLA SON. what do you think my chancing would be and if you were on an admission team would you accept this? I'm also a Canadian high school student so most of …

I am a junior in high school and I have an unweighted gpa of 3.9, barely any extracurriculars and no AP classes (though I applied to take 4 in senior year).

I want to major in computer science and I k …

I need to know how much colleges expect out of a d1 golfer. I have been doing well in school with around a 3.5-3.8 GPA each year. I could drop some classes for my senior year and focus more on golf. W …

Hey, my name is Caitlin, and I'm curious as to how long it usually takes for an admission consultant to respond to my message I sent. I realize that they are extremely busy, but I'm anxious for a resp …

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I was just wondering how to take honors/AP classes, as well as college courses, in my freshman year of high school. Should I talk to my school counselor?

I was wondering what classes I should take next year to be competitive for a top 20 college (including liberal arts colleges). I am taking AP World History right now, and I find the workload pretty ea …

I’m in my sophomore year right now and i’m trying to prepare and have an early start to narrowing down what colleges I want to go to.

I have all A+’s besides one class, which is an A still, and althoug …