Posts by Dave Bergman:

Virginia Tech Supplemental Essays 2025-26 — Prompts & Advice

Posted on: 31 Jul 2025

Unlike many other public institutions with notable strengths in the areas of business, computer science, and engineering, Virginia Tech’s acceptance rate does not yet strike fear into the hearts of prospective applicants (although it has fallen from 70% to 55% in the past four years). However, it is important for wannabe Hokies to be aware […]

How to Get Into Clemson University: Acceptance Rate & Strategies

Posted on: 31 Jul 2025

Clemson University, a public land-grant institution located in South Carolina, is home to more than 23,000 undergraduate students. After receiving an all-time record of 60,000+ applications in 2024, it is fair to say that becoming a Clemson Tiger has never been a more common goal for stellar students in South Carolina as well as throughout […]

Emory Supplemental Essays 2025-26 — Prompts and Tips

Posted on: 31 Jul 2025

Emory’s 15% acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 came after they received approximately 37,000 applicants for admission, numbers that have held steady over the past several years. Whether applying to Emory College, Oxford College, or both, applicants to this prestigious Atlanta-based research university face an epically challenging admissions process ahead. Emory is a rare […]

How to Get Into Colgate University: Acceptance Rate & Strategies

Posted on: 31 Jul 2025

Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, has long been a highly selective liberal arts school, but its popularity among top-of-their-class teens has exploded in the last couple of years. In fact, the amount of applications received has nearly tripled since 2020, leading to a Colgate acceptance rate that inches closer to single digits every year. […]

How to Get Into Middlebury: Acceptance Rate & Strategies

Posted on: 31 Jul 2025

Situated in scenic Addison County, Vermont, Middlebury College is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 liberal arts schools in the United States. While not quite as selective as the likes of Amherst, Swarthmore, or Bowdoin, Middlebury has extremely high standards for prospective applicants and rejects about 90% of those who apply. Middlebury has […]

Dartmouth Supplemental Essays 2025-26 — Prompts and Advice

Posted on: 30 Jul 2025

Of the eight Ivy League schools, Dartmouth receives the fewest number of applications. There were 28,230 hopefuls for the Class of 2029, around half the number at Columbia or Harvard. Applications also decreased slightly during the 2024-25 cycle, resulting in a slightly friendlier but still uber-competitive 6% acceptance rate (up from 5.3% the previous year). […]

How to Get Into Pepperdine University: Acceptance Rate & Strategies

Posted on: 30 Jul 2025

Pepperdine University is a rare institution that is ranked by U.S. News as a top 100 school while also having an acceptance rate of just under 63% last year. This private Christian university, located in gorgeous Malibu, is home to 3,500 undergraduate students. If you’re dreaming of joining them in the fall of 2026, this […]

How to Get Into Tulane: Acceptance Rate and Strategies

Posted on: 29 Jul 2025

Oh, to be alive in 1998…we watched with childlike naiveté as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa launched home run after home run assisted by their “totally natural” superhero muscles, the dotcom bubble continued to balloon every time a new domain was registered, and Andrew Johnson was still the lone president ever to have been impeached. […]