Posts by Andrew Belasco:
How to Get Into the University of Chicago: Acceptance Rate and Strategies
Posted on: 05 Jun 2023
In the 1990s and early 2000s, the University of Chicago was still a premier destination for quiet, bookish types, many of whom had their heart set on a future in research/academia. Always a haven for intellectuals, UChicago was more concerned with providing an epically rigorous educational experience (the school was then known as “where fun […]
How to Get Into UT Austin: Acceptance Rate and Strategies
Posted on: 05 Jun 2023
A top-40 national university and a top-10 public university, the University of Texas at Austin is the number one target institution of many Lone Star State teens as well as high-achieving students from around the globe. With an elite undergraduate business and engineering school and highly-rated programs in literally dozens of academic concentrations, it’s little […]
How to Get Into Boston College: Acceptance Rate and Strategies
Posted on: 05 Jun 2023
From 1980 to 1990, Boston College accepted as few as 31% of applicants and as many as 45% of prospective Eagles. Between 1994 and 2003, the average SAT score jumped roughly 100 points with the 50th percentile scores climbing from 1120-1270 up to 1210-1360. The most generous year for acceptance was 1991, when 56% of […]
How to Get Into Johns Hopkins: Acceptance Rate and Strategies
Posted on: 03 Jun 2023
Like many other elite private colleges, Johns Hopkins University has fared quite well in higher education’s selectivity arms race since the start of the present millennium. As the Baltimore Sun reported back in 1996, the school received an all-time record of 8,503 applicants for a spot in the Class of 2000; the Johns Hopkins acceptance […]
How to Get Into Boston University: Acceptance Rate and Strategies
Posted on: 02 Jun 2023
There is so much to like about Boston University that it’s not hard to figure out why it received almost 81,000 applications for a spot in the 2023-24 freshman class. This school has experienced such a sharp rise in popularity/prestige that the Boston University acceptance rate is now a fraction of what it was just […]
How to Get Into UPenn– Acceptance Rate & Strategies
Posted on: 01 Jun 2023
The University of Pennsylvania was founded in the 18th Century as a member of the Ivy League; yet, it took roughly 250 years for it to become the uber-elite, highly-selective institution that it is today. If your parent, grandparent, or older neighbor went to Penn, they faced an entirely different admissions landscape than that encountered […]
How to Get Into Cornell: Acceptance Rate and Strategies
Posted on: 01 Jun 2023
Successful applicants to Cornell University universally possess an ‘A’ average in a rigorous high school curriculum, stellar SAT/ACT scores (with some pandemic-driven exceptions), as well as a record of accomplishment outside of the classroom in (typically) two or more extracurricular activities. However, these attributes are necessary but often not sufficient, as Cornell rejects 93% of […]
How to Get Into Princeton: Acceptance Rate & Strategies
Posted on: 01 Jun 2023
Tom Cruise’s iconic Princeton University interview in the ’80s classic Risky Business leads his character, Joel Goodson, to receive an against-all-odds letter of acceptance. Back in 1983 when the film debuted, the Princeton University acceptance rate was a comparatively unintimidating 20%. Today, the acceptance rate is roughly one-fifth that figure, rendering brash, profanity-laced alumni interviews […]
