There he goes again. In a tirade in The New York Times entitled “Merit Aid (or Lack Thereof) Makes Early Decision Ever Murkier,” Ron Lieber writes “Early decision isn’t binding, and Northeastern should say so on its website, using those same italics that are already there. (It is indeed as …
The University of Notre Dame has notified Early Action applicants to its Class of 2026 of their decisions. In all, an all-time record 9,683 students applied Early Action to Notre Dame this fall. Last year, this same figure stood at 7,744. EA applications were thus up over 25% year-over-year, an …
One of the core objectives of this college admissions blog has long been to debunk misconceptions about the highly selective college admissions process. And today we will do just that as we address an article in The New York Times by Ron Lieber entitled “Early Decision Isn’t Binding. Let Us …
Another Early Action cycle at Georgetown University is in the books. In all, 8,832 students applied Early Action to Georgetown’s Class of 2026. Of these students, 881 earned admission. As compared to last year, for the Class of 2025, applications rose by 1.4% and the admission rate dropped by 0.79% …
Vanderbilt University has notified Early Decision I applicants of their decisions. In all, approximately 2,700 students applied to Vandy in the first round of the school’s binding Early Decision program. Of these students, around 650 earned admission, marking an ED I admission rate of about 24.1%. And here’s where we’d …
The University of Pennsylvania has released Early Decision admissions notifications for the Class of 2026. In all, 7,795 students applied to UPenn’s Class of 2026 under the school’s binding Early Decision program. It was, by all means, a large applicant pool — just, as Ivy Coach’s famously accurate crystal ball …
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has released admissions notifications to Early Action applicants to the Class of 2026. In all, 14,781 students applied Early Action to MIT’s Class of 2026. Of these students, 697 earned admission. It doesn’t take a degree in mathematics from MIT to discern that MIT’s Class …
Columbia University has released its Class of 2026 application tally for the Early Decision round of admissions. In all, 6,305 students applied under Columbia’s binding Early Decision program to the Class of 2026. And how does this figure stack up against last year’s Early Decision application tally? For the Class …
Williams College has notified Early Decision applicants of their decisions. In all, 814 students applied to the Class of 2026 under the liberal arts college’s binding Early Decision program. Of these students, 255 earned admission, marking an Early Decision admission rate of 31.3%. Last year, for the Class of 2025, …
Emory University’s Early Decision I round for the Class of 2026 is in the books and we’ve got the numbers for our readers. In all, 2,205 students applied in the Early Decision I round to Emory’s Class of 2026. Of these students, 804 earned admission. This marked a 36.46% Early …
