How to Get Into Brown: Admissions Data & Strategies
Unlike its Ivy League peers, the undergraduates at Brown University shy away from a competitive, cutthroat classroom atmosphere in favor of a more intellectually-curious, artsy, and progressive vibe. Brown’s famous Open Curriculum gives students a…
How to Complete the Common Application Activities List
For all of the first-class treatment applicants give to their Common App essay, the activities list is all too often relegated to steerage. If antiquated steamship analogies do little for you, a more apropos comparison…
How to Transfer into an Elite College
Trying to calculate your chances of gaining acceptance into an elite college or university through the transfer admissions process is about as easy as handicapping a cat race. Unlike the regular admissions process, there is…
Gender in College Admissions – Do Men or Women have an Edge?
Countless mediocre-to-bad “comedic” films feature the storyline of a young man or woman posing as a member of the opposite sex in order to gain some level of competitive advantage. In Ladybugs (mediocre) to Juwanna Mann (bad),…
How to Get Into Duke: Admissions Data and Strategies
Just 5.8% of applicants to the Blue Devil Class of 2025 were accepted, and only 4.3% of Regular Decision applicants enjoyed positive outcomes. This means that Duke now has a lower acceptance rate than Dartmouth…
Is There a Private School Advantage in College Admissions?
Prior to the 1920s, attendance at a top-flight prep school was nothing less than a prerequisite for admission into an Ivy League college.
How to Get Into Swarthmore College: Admissions Data & Strategies
Swarthmore College is one of the most competitive liberal arts colleges in the country, in the same league with the likes of Williams, Amherst, and Pomona. While lesser-known to the general public than the Ivy…
How to Get Into Harvard: Admissions Data and Strategies
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 succinct nugget of wisdom…
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