NYU has a reputation for world-class academics with an international flair. In fact, the 29,000+ undergraduates situated in Greenwich Village include the highest number of international students of any school in the U.S. as well as the greatest number of students who elect to study abroad as part of...
Read MoreTom Cruise’s iconic Princeton University interview in the ’80s classic Risky Business leads his character, Joel Goodson, to receive an against-all-odds letter of acceptance. Back in 1983 when the film debuted, the Princeton University acceptance rate was a comparatively unintimidating 20%. Today, the acceptance rate is roughly one-fifth that...
Read MoreUnlike 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 chance to genuinely pursue their academic passions from their first moment on campus....
Read MoreMany of the 26,000+ annual applicants to MIT would qualify as “geniuses” when measured by sheer IQ and traditional academic achievement. Yet, somehow the majority of this highly capable applicant pool gets left behind each year as the MIT acceptance rate remains under 5%. Back in the early 1990s,...
Read MoreThe oldest Jesuit institution in the U.S. is also among the nation’s most elite undergraduate universities. What’s more, its popular Washington, DC, locale helps draw massive numbers of applicants each year. Back in 1990, in a friendlier admissions universe, the average SAT for a Georgetown freshman was 1230; today,...
Read MoreIn recent years, the University of Michigan has opened its doors to more and more out-of-state and international students than at any point in the school’s history. Presently, roughly half of the undergraduate student population is non-Michigan residents; a decade ago, 64% were Michigan natives. The 34,000+ current Wolverine...
Read MoreOver 33,000 high-achieving teens applied to be part of Carnegie Mellon’s Class of 2028, and the vast majority of successful applicants had pristine transcripts and SATs of 1500 or better. Selectivity at this school, which is named after two famous/infamous Captains of Industry/Robber Barons is nothing new, but it...
Read MoreSuccessful applicants to Cornell University universally possess an ‘A’ average in a rigorous high school curriculum, stellar SAT/ACT scores, and a record of accomplishment outside of the classroom in (typically) two or more extracurricular activities. However, these attributes are necessary but often not sufficient, as Cornell rejects 93% of...
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