Posted on: 05 Aug 2025
In 1990, The New York Times published an article entitled, “With Money and Talent, Emory Raises Its Status.” The accelerated growth began when Coca-Cola magnate, Robert Woodruff, donated over 100 million dollars to the school—at the time, the largest gift ever handed to an educational institution. From 1980 to 1990, the number of applicants to […]
Posted on: 05 Aug 2025
Washington, DC, is an attractive locale for students looking to attend college in a bustling, cosmopolitan city with a bevy of recreational, cultural, and internship/pre-professional opportunities. Therefore, it makes sense that American University’s acceptance rate has dipped as low as 26% in recent years, a precipitous drop from the mid-2010s when admit rates were 20 […]
Posted on: 05 Aug 2025
Bowdoin College is among the most selective and respected liberal arts colleges in the United States, right up there with schools like Amherst, Swarthmore, and Claremont McKenna. These schools may lack the global name recognition of Ivy League universities (at least for the general public), but—make no mistake—institutions like Bowdoin College sport single-digit acceptance rates […]
Posted on: 05 Aug 2025
Barnard College, an all-female college located in Manhattan, also boasts an affiliation with Columbia University. With all of those desirable attributes, it’s no wonder the Barnard College acceptance rate dipped below 10% for the third straight year in 2024. For historical context, Barnard still accepted 50% of applicants in 1995 and admitted 31% as recently […]
Posted on: 04 Aug 2025
Amherst College is one of the most selective and esteemed liberal arts colleges in the country, in the same league as the likes of Williams, Swarthmore, and Pomona. While lesser-known to the general public than the Ivy League universities, these schools (including Amherst) sport single-digit acceptance rates and present an admissions challenge even for students […]
Posted on: 04 Aug 2025
Twenty years ago, the University of Wisconsin-Madison was hardly a hot-ticket destination for stellar students from all over the country/world. While always a popular and sound choice for locals, only 17,727 students applied for a chance to become Badgers back in 2001. Of those, 12,791 (72%) were ultimately accepted. That year, the 75th percentile standardized […]
Posted on: 04 Aug 2025
Outside of “Encourage your ultra-wealthy parents to donate a building” or “Be a heavily-recruited athlete who also happens to have an SAT score in the 99th percentile,” there is no meaningful nugget of wisdom that is going to unlock the gates to Harvard Yard. Successful Harvard applicants possess a sparkling transcript, perfect or near-perfect standardized […]
Posted on: 01 Aug 2025
Over 15,000 undergraduate students proudly don the distinctive orange gear associated with Syracuse University, a mid-sized school in Upstate New York. The ‘Cuse received a record 42,000+ applications for a spot in the 2023-24 freshman class. On a selectivity scale, Syracuse varies greatly from year to year, sporting acceptance rates as low as the low-40s […]