Colleges
Prepare for Early Decision
For most colleges, November 1 marks the early decision/early action deadline. Early applicants have a big advantage at top colleges—some, like U Penn, fill close to 40-50% of the freshman class from the early group. Narrow your search and prepare your apps in time for this deadline!
This week we are going to go over a few reminders for students who are in the process of finishing up early applications. If you aren’t applying this year, note these tips so when your turn rolls around you are prepared. These thoughts are based on some of the most common errors we see.
U.S. News Rankings
When prospective applicants talk about colleges’ “rankings,” they’re usually not referring to any official criteria but rather to the wildly popular – and controversial – annual survey by US News & World Report, which hit the newsstands in August. US News ranks universities and liberal arts colleges as separate categories according to measures such as acceptance rate, student-faculty ratio, and alumni donations. The magazine plugs that data into a formula and then produces its famous lists of the top 50 schools.
Ivy League Admissions Statistics
Our exclusive data on the Class of 2014 Ivy League Admissions statistics, now updated for Early Action and Early Admissions for the class entering 2010. See exactly how many students applied and how many were accepted to different schools.
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