Posted on: 14 Aug 2025
If you blinked at some point during the 2010s, you may have missed Tulane’s meteoric rise in selectivity that resulted in a 13% acceptance rate for the Class of 2028. However, today, this mid-size private research university in New Orleans is among the most selective schools in the country. The average incoming freshman possesses 99th […]
Posted on: 14 Aug 2025
The United States is filled with excellent schools that are extremely hard to get into. There are also a solid number of excellent schools that accept the vast majority of applicants. The University of Alabama acceptance rate is a shining example of the latter category. Students flock to Tuscaloosa for a thriving Greek life, an […]
Posted on: 13 Aug 2025
If you are a college-bound student in Birmingham, you live in a city built on reinvention. A place once defined by iron and steel now runs on biomedical research, data science, and a growing startup scene. As a result, that shift creates real, usable opportunities for a strong application. The honest answer to whether Birmingham […]
Posted on: 13 Aug 2025
In the autumn of 1995, Ohio State University welcomed a typical freshman class of 5,794 individuals to campus. Ninety percent of this Buckeye cohort were Ohio residents and they carried an average SAT score of 1074 and a mean ACT just shy of 23. 30 years later, nearly 8,000 freshmen strutted onto campus with roughly […]
Posted on: 12 Aug 2025
A 3.6% acceptance for the Class of 2028 gives you a pretty informative introduction to the ultra-competitive admissions process at Harvard University. To dive deeper, Harvard rejects the majority of valedictorians who apply each year as well as a sizable chunk of those who bring 1600 SAT/36 ACT scores to the table. Further, in recent […]
Posted on: 12 Aug 2025
When applying to a school like Carnegie Mellon that only accepts 11% of applicants, it’s important to keep in mind that the other 89% of applicants will ultimately be denied admission. Many of these rejected individuals will have straight A’s in high school and/or SATs in the 1500s. Those applying to certain programs—computer science, for […]
Posted on: 12 Aug 2025
With over 78,000 applications from those wishing to join the Class of 2028, Boston University has entered the realm of the most desirable private universities on the planet. It also continues to climb to new heights in terms of selectivity with just an 11% acceptance rate for entering 2024-25 freshmen. In contrast, just twenty years […]
Posted on: 12 Aug 2025
With over 38,000 total undergraduates, Michigan State University caters to more BA/BS-pursuing students than its in-state rival, the University of Michigan. In addition, the Michigan State acceptance rate is typically four times that of UMich. This gives members of The Great Lakes State a second terrific in-state option. Students flock to East Lansing for a […]