Posted on: 15 Jul 2025
Unlike its Ivy League peers, the undergraduates at Brown University shy away from a competitive, cutthroat classroom atmosphere in favor of a more intellectually curious, artsy, and progressive vibe. Brown’s famous Open Curriculum gives students a chance to genuinely pursue their academic passions from their first moment on campus. Yet, earning the right to spend […]
Posted on: 14 Jul 2025
In the wake of the Varsity Blues scandal of 2019, it’s not hard to come up with a number of cynical, mocking responses on the topic of “How to get into USC.” Such a list would likely include: 1) Hire someone else to take the SATs for you. 2) Photoshop your way to becoming a […]
Posted on: 14 Jul 2025
Many of the 26,000+ annual applicants to MIT would qualify as “geniuses” when measured by sheer IQ and traditional academic achievement. Yet, somehow the majority of this highly capable applicant pool gets left behind each year as the MIT acceptance rate remains under 5%. Back in the early 1990s, the applicant pool was only one-fifth […]
Posted on: 14 Jul 2025
The oldest Jesuit institution in the U.S. is also among the nation’s most elite undergraduate universities. What’s more, its popular Washington, DC, locale helps draw massive numbers of applicants each year. Back in 1990, in a friendlier admissions universe, the average SAT for a Georgetown freshman was 1230; today, the median SAT is just shy […]
Posted on: 10 Jul 2025
In recent years, the University of Michigan has opened its doors to more and more out-of-state and international students than at any point in the school’s history. Presently, roughly half of the undergraduate student population is non-Michigan residents; a decade ago, 64% were Michigan natives. The 34,000+ current Wolverine undergrads are a more high-achieving bunch […]
Posted on: 07 Jul 2025
Over 33,000 high-achieving teens applied to be part of Carnegie Mellon’s Class of 2028, and the vast majority of successful applicants had pristine transcripts and SATs of 1500 or better. Selectivity at this school, which is named after two famous/infamous Captains of Industry/Robber Barons is nothing new, but it has reached previously unimaginable levels in […]
Posted on: 04 Jul 2025
Successful applicants to Cornell University universally possess an ‘A’ average in a rigorous high school curriculum, stellar SAT/ACT scores, and 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 the homogeneous horde of high-achieving candidates […]
Posted on: 04 Jul 2025
It is rare to find a college, even of the public variety, with an annual tuition figure only four digits in length. It is even rarer to find a university that provides an elite undergraduate education with numerous top-ranked academic programs for such an affordable sum. UNC-Chapel Hill is one the finest higher education bargains […]