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What we know so far is that Amherst received more applications this cycle because they 100% dropped legacy admissions! Amherst like MIT and CalTech gives zero preferential treatment to legacy applican …

Vanderbilt Class of 2026 Acceptance Rates will be lower this Cycle

So far what we know is that the TOTAL Early Acceptance rate at Vandy is 17.6% versus 18.1% from last year.

This years ED1 rate was 24.1 …

Last year for the Class of 2025 Pomona admitted 771 from a record pool of 11620, for a admit rate of 6.6% (Class of 2025) down from 8.6% (Class of 2024). This year I expect the total application pool …

Wellesley College Class of 2026 acceptance rate drops to 13% from 16%

Class of 2025 vs Class of 2026

First-year applications 8725 vs 7920 (10% increase)

First-year admits 1135 vs 1267 (Actual Admit Numbe …

Johns Hopkins University Class of 2026 Acceptance Rate stays relatively flat at 6.48%

Class of 2025 vs Class of 2026

First-year applications 37150 vs 38513 (3.5% decrease)

First-year admits 2408 vs 2476 …

University Of Virginia Class of 2026 Acceptance Rates drops down to 18.68%

Class of 2026 versus Class of 2025

Number of Applications all cycles

50962 vs 48011 (increase of 6.15%)

Number of Admits all cyc …

University of Notre Dame Class of 2026 Acceptance Rate is 12.87%

Class of 2025 vs Class of 2026

First-year applications 26504 vs 23642 (12% increase)

First-year admits 3412 vs 3562 (Actual Admit Number)

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SO FAR in this current cycle CalTech is the hardest college to get into. But over the next 3 weeks there are many top colleges announcing admissions data including the Ivys so this might get bumped do …

On Pi Day 3.14.22, MIT completed its Class of 2026 admissions cycle admitting 1337 applicants out of total EA/RD pool of 33796 applications.

Class of 2025 vs Class of 2026

First-year applications: 33,2 …

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law overturning the STAY.

This gives UC Berkeley to right to accept a record amount of Regular Decision applicants regardless of the future havoc it causes.

Therefore US B …

Today BU's school newspaper published this article about lowering the admit pool in order to avoid over crowding and lack of housing/dining hall support which has been a problem at BU for 2 semesters. …

I've been reading posts of HS students scrambling to apply to pay-to-play college summer programs. Some of these are short like a week or two. Some are six to eight weeks. The shorter ones do not not …

Hi! I’m an indecisive person and I’m struggling to choose a path to study in college. I enjoy doing so many different things, ranging from graphic design to politics. Any ideas you have, I will greatl …

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Any suggestions as to what I should do as I'm waiting to hear back from Gonzaga regarding my admission status?

Decisions are supposed to come out in Mid-Late February, but it's been over 2 months sinc …

What all can colleges see exactly? Are they able to see things like if I was in ISS or not?

Dartmouth College yesterday announced that it received $40 million and will apply that to extending its Financial Aid to international students on a Need Blind basis while meeting 100% of the demonstr …

I will start.

Not starting earlier.

Is there anyone here who has already done the Bryn Mawr Supplement Essay or is a Bryn Mawr Student? I'm having some trouble with understanding what the question is asking. It says "As you prepare to j …