Posted on: 04 Aug 2025
Washington University in St. Louis (often referred to as WashU) is a mouthful to say, but the name of this private research university founded in 1853 comes out of the mouths of more top students every year when naming their top-choice institution. Yet, this wasn’t always the case. Back in the 1970s, the school, then […]
Posted on: 04 Aug 2025
The University of Pennsylvania was founded in the 18th century as a member of the Ivy League. This being the case, it’s surprising that it took 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 […]
Posted on: 04 Aug 2025
When it comes to getting accepted into Yale, the good news is that the school is enrolling more undergraduate students now than at any previous point in the university’s history. In recent years, the university expanded its undergraduate enrollment target from 5,400 to 6,200 students. The bad news is…well, just about everything else. Such is […]
Posted on: 04 Aug 2025
When you look at a list of the lowest college acceptance rates in the country and your dream school occupies one of the top positions, this is hardly cause for celebration. Stanford’s latest acceptance rate is even more selective than MIT, Caltech, and Yale and is quite similar to Harvard, Columbia, and Princeton. This means […]
Posted on: 04 Aug 2025
Any list of the top colleges in the U.S. South will typically start with names like Duke, Vanderbilt, UNC-Chapel Hill, and the University of Virginia. Somewhat hidden toward the end of this generally accepted “top-tier” is a mid-sized, private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that was founded in 1834—Wake Forest University, the home of the […]
Posted on: 04 Aug 2025
In 1999, Vanderbilt received under 10,000 applications and sported an acceptance rate of 61%. The turn of the millennium saw annual incremental increases in selectivity that led to the Vanderbilt acceptance rate hitting an all-time low in 2024. If you are a regular reader of our content, you know that we frequently point out staggering […]
Posted on: 04 Aug 2025
NYU has a reputation for world-class academics with an international flair. In fact, the 29,000+ undergraduates situated in Greenwich Village include the highest number of international students of any school in the U.S. as well as the greatest number of students who elect to study abroad as part of the college experience. It’s no wonder […]
Posted on: 30 Jul 2025
A Coastal Market with Uncommon Academic Resources Newport Beach is one of Orange County’s wealthiest and most tightly zoned communities. That fact shapes its secondary schools in ways that matter for college admissions. Families here choose among a comprehensive public system, a full International Baccalaureate track, and a small set of well-resourced independent schools. Each […]