Posted on: 11 Aug 2025
Back in the ‘90s, American University had an acceptance rate of nearly 80%. In recent years, the acceptance rate has fallen as low as 26% and is typically between 40-60%. Test-optional for over a decade, this now highly selective university in Washington, DC, utilizes a truly holistic method of assessing candidates, which means that the […]
Posted on: 11 Aug 2025
Less than 10 miles from Boston, Brandeis University is yet another high-end option in a geographical region teeming with elite schools. Founded by the American-Jewish community in 1948, this mid-sized private university is home to just over 3,500 undergrads. The Brandeis acceptance rate has fluctuated between 30% and 40% in recent years. The average admitted […]
Posted on: 11 Aug 2025
Lehigh University, a top 50 school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is home to 5,900 undergraduate students, the vast majority of whom line up to study within the top-flight engineering, business, biology, and computer science programs. At the same time, from an admissions standpoint, Lehigh is somewhat unique in its vacillating selectivity metrics and nonlinear acceptance […]
Posted on: 11 Aug 2025
As far as accomplishments go, getting into Columbia University in 2025-26 versus getting accepted a generation ago are wholly incomparable. In fact, it would be like equating climbing Mt. Everest to meandering up a modest hill. In fact, it only takes one quick glance at the historical Columbia acceptance rate to see that this analogy […]
Posted on: 05 Aug 2025
All of the member schools within the Claremont Consortium have excellent reputations, but Pomona College and its 1,766 brilliant undergrads edge out Claremont McKenna for the title of “Most Selective.” In fact, along with schools like Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, and Bowdoin, Pomona College is one of the most revered liberal arts colleges in the United […]
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 […]