Posted on: 20 Aug 2026
The University of Notre Dame is a famed Catholic institution located outside the city of South Bend, Indiana. It is a dream college for many brilliant high school students around the globe, across all faiths. For the Class of 2029, the acceptance rate fell to roughly 9%, about one-third the figure seen back in the […]
Posted on: 20 Aug 2026
With roughly 60,000 applicants per year, you might think that the University of Maryland College Park admissions committee would want to create a fast-paced assembly line for application reviews that is 99% based on hard numbers like GPA and SAT scores. Yet, in addition to those important data points and the 650-word Common App essay, […]
Posted on: 20 Aug 2026
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has joined the ranks of premier flagship universities that high-achieving teens from around the country and the world now line up to attend. Like UVA, UNC-Chapel Hill, and the University of Michigan, UW-Madison requires its in-state residents to sport excellent grades and test scores, and it holds an even higher bar […]
Posted on: 20 Aug 2026
UChicago has long been known for their “provocative” essay prompts, viewing them as a chance for “students to talk about themselves, their tastes, and their ambitions.” The University of Chicago admissions committee invites you to approach the UChicago supplemental essays with “utter seriousness, complete fancy, or something in between.” While writing this “uncommon essay” sounds […]
Posted on: 20 Aug 2026
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is one of the top public universities in the entire United States. Top-ranked computer science, engineering, and business programs, in particular, attract an endless stream of high-caliber applicants from around the globe. Great grades and test scores will put aspiring members of the Fighting Illini on strong footing. However, you […]
Posted on: 20 Aug 2026
The University of Washington’s main campus in Seattle isn’t the type of public school that just services local residents. Rather, UW-Seattle attracts roughly twice as many applicants from out of state and abroad as from Washington each year. Top-ranked computer science, engineering, business, and nursing programs, in particular, attract an endless stream of high-caliber applicants […]
Posted on: 20 Aug 2026
Getting accepted into Swarthmore College, one of the very best liberal arts schools in the country, is equivalent to gaining acceptance into an Ivy League school. With a 7.4% acceptance rate for the Class of 2030, when the college admitted 969 students from 13,029 applications, Swarthmore rejects the bulk of perfectly qualified candidates who apply […]
Posted on: 20 Aug 2026
Tufts University has long been a highly selective school, and it keeps getting more so. For the Class of 2030, Tufts admitted 10% of applicants from a record pool of 36,000, a decline from the prior year. Applications have grown roughly 70% over the past decade while the admitted class has stayed about the same […]