One of the things we like to do on our college admissions blog is to point out popular misconceptions and inaccuracies relating to the highly stressful admissions process. In an article in “The Dartmouth,” America’s oldest college newspaper, in which our Founder, Bev Taylor, is featured, there is a belief …
Back in the day, students were able to conjecture whether or not they were admitted to a university by observing the thinness or thickness of the decision envelope. Their conjecture was often accurate as universities that admitted students included additional information about the university in the hope of swaying them …
The Harvard Early Action numbers are in. For the Class of 2017, 895 students were admitted to Harvard University via Early Action. Last year, only 774 were admitted, marking an increase of 16%. As you may remember, Harvard’s Early Action pool increased this year by 14.7% as compared to last …
The Stanford Early Action statistics are in for the Class of 2017. Under Stanford’s Restrictive Early Action program, 725 students have earned admission to The Farm (as compared to 755 from the Early pool last year). In all, 6,103 students applied to Stanford via Early Action. This marked the largest …
Duke Early Decision admissions data is out. This year, 2,540 students applied Early Decision to Duke University. Of those 2,540 applicants, 753 students will find out today that they’ve earned admission to the school in Durham, North Carolina. As compared to last year, Duke received 70 fewer applications. However, this …
The Dartmouth Early Decision admit rate isn’t as competitive as last year due to the 12.5% decrease in the applicant pool. This year, 464 students were admitted via Early Decision. That figure stood at 465 last year for the Early Decision pool. For this year’s Early Decision pool, 1,574 students …
If you applied Early Decision (or Early Action), we want to give you some advice on receiving your admissions decision. First and foremost, be alone. You might think that it would be fun to open it with friends or family around, but it’s always best to take the news in …
Early Decision admits (and Early Action admits), we’ve got some advice for you. After you learn that you’ve gotten into the college of your dreams, don’t wear your new college sweatshirt to school. So many students do this but it’s not very thoughtful. We know you’re proud of your new …
If you’ve received an Ivy League deferral (if you’ve been deferred admission by the Ivy League university to which you applied Early), does that mean that you have zero chance of getting in during the Regular Decision round? No. You do indeed have a chance. Does it mean that you …
Princeton Early Action numbers are in. There was an article yesterday in “The Princetonian” about the spike in Early Action applications to Princeton this admissions cycle in which our founder, Bev Taylor, is quoted. This year at Princeton, 3,791 students applied for admission in the Early cycle. This number marked …
