A sharp rise in selectivity at the University of Florida in the 2020s has made the goal of becoming a Gator more difficult to achieve than ever before. While the first-year acceptance rate has plummeted…

If your dream is to become a Nittany Lion, but you don’t have the grades and test scores to make the cut directly out of high school, don’t worry—all hope is not lost. While still…

Much like the Ivy League colleges, Stanford, and MIT, the University of Chicago rejects many applicants who possess near-perfect (or perfect) test scores, grades, and extracurricular profiles. To further quantify this assertion, UChicago turned away…

Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is one of the most competitive private universities in the country. They reject close to 9 of every 10 applicants who apply to join CMU as a freshman. On…

In accepting as many as 550 transfer applicants per year, Emory University is one of the more transfer-friendly elite private institutions in the United States. Most schools with an 11% acceptance rate for freshman applicants…

Ranked among the top 30 public universities in the country, Texas A&M draws a competitive applicant pool for coveted spots in their freshman class. This includes almost 6,000 students who are not residents of the…

By any measure, the University of Notre Dame is an elite and highly-selective institution. Incredibly, last year, 87 of every 100 freshman applicants were turned away. In more cheerful news for Fighting Irish hopefuls, the…

For those applying as first-year applicants, Rice University has a single-digit acceptance rate. These high standards leave many aspiring Owls outside of the nest. Yet, not everyone is ready to give up on their dream…