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 […]
Posted on: 01 Aug 2025
Fordham University differs from many in its peer group of selective, academically strong schools located in the Northeast who have seen their acceptance rates plummet over the last decade. In fact, Fordham, a Jesuit Catholic university on a beautiful 85-acre campus in the Bronx, has seen their acceptance rate spike as high as 58% in […]
Posted on: 31 Jul 2025
Mesa sits in an unusual spot in the national admissions landscape. It is the third-largest city in Arizona, with a population approaching 520,000. Yet it rarely appears in the college counseling conversation the way smaller, better-branded cities do. Families here default comfortably toward Arizona State University in nearby Tempe. That gravitational pull is understandable. ASU […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]