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December 15, 2023
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...
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...
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland is among the Ivy-equivalent colleges that now perennially sports a single-digit acceptance rate. This means that very few of the deserving crop of...
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...
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...
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...
December 14, 2023
We’d like to let you in on a little secret: no one, including us, enjoys writing timed essays. But a little practice goes a long way. If you want...
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...
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...
The average successful freshman applicant to the University of Washington has a 1370 SAT and a 3.8 GPA. If you fell short of these numbers and weren’t offered a...
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...
If you were not among the one-in-five freshman applicants to be accepted into the University of Michigan, your dream of becoming a Wolverine is not over. In fact, the...
The University of North Carolina is a dream school for many high-achieving teens from all over the world. While gaining acceptance to UNC Chapel Hill has never been tougher—the...
For prospective freshman applicants, Dartmouth—like all Ivies—sports an extremely low admit rate year after year. However, on the transfer front, the outcomes are far more variable. In recent years,...
The University of Virginia is among the most selective public universities in the country. While they take less than 20% of freshman applicants, UVA remains one of the best...
Those seeking to enter the University of Texas at Austin directly out of high school face an extremely selective admissions process. If they are from in-state and finish in...
December 13, 2023
Princeton University is a school that rejects 24 first-year applicants for every 1 that it accepts. The odds are even worse for transfer applicants. However, there is some reason...
The LA area is home to a number of well-regarded private schools. Choosing from the hundreds of available options can be a challenging enterprise as you seek to find...
Just a generation ago, Northeastern accepted the vast majority of quality applicants they received. However, last year, they took under 7%. There aren’t many schools that have skyrocketed in...
Georgia Tech is a far more selective school than many people presently comprehend. They now reject more than 4 in 5 of those who apply and are particularly tough...
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