Ranked by U.S. News as one of the Top 5 public universities in the nation and a Top 30 overall national university, the University of California—Santa Barbara now attracts six-figures worth of applications each and…

A popular filming location for shows/movies about brilliant young scientists (Big Bang Theory, Numb3rs, Real Genius, and countless others), the California Institute of Technology is a magnet for the most accomplished STEM minds in the…

Anyone who went to college thirty, twenty, or even ten years ago, would likely be shocked if you told them that Northeastern University, once viewed as more of a commuter school than a nationally-recognized institution,…

Most of the 33,000+ annual applicants to MIT would qualify as “geniuses” when measured by sheer IQ and traditional academic achievement. Yet, only 4% of this highly-capable applicant pool gets in each year. Back in…

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, they have seen a 146%…

Throughout the ’90s Dartmouth College sported an acceptance rate between 21% and 26%. By around 2010, that figure had fallen to 12-13%. In 2022, the school posted a 6% admit rate for the second consecutive…

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…

Sometimes a college’s growing athletic prowess can catapult its popularity, enhance its academic reputation, and lead to an increase in selectivity. Such is the case with Villanova University, a private, Catholic institution located in the…