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 […]
Posted on: 18 Aug 2026
Princeton’s most recently confirmed acceptance rate is 4.42% for the Class of 2029, when the university admitted 1,865 students from 42,303 applications. Princeton withheld its Class of 2030 figures on Ivy Day, consistent with a policy it has followed since 2021. In the university’s own words, Princeton does not release information on an incoming class […]
Posted on: 18 Aug 2026
In its most recent completed cycle, NYU received 120,633 applications, a record-breaking figure for the university, and admitted 9,288 students for an all-time low acceptance rate of 7.7%. To put these numbers in proper context, consider for a moment that in 1991, NYU had an acceptance rate of 65%. At the start of the Obama […]
Posted on: 18 Aug 2026
Rice University, the STEM powerhouse in Houston, Texas, admitted 2,984 students from 38,603 applicants for its Class of 2030, a record-low 7.7% acceptance rate. Given that the applicant pool, including many of the 92% who are ultimately rejected, is immensely talented and qualified, any aspiring Rice student needs to find ways to stand out on […]
Posted on: 18 Aug 2026
Situated in the state capital of Raleigh, North Carolina State University is a stellar public research institution that attracts droves of high school stars from around the country. Known for its standout STEM and business programs, NC State still rejects more applicants than it accepts. In its most recent completed cycle, the university received roughly […]