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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ranks No. 2 among national universities and No. 1 for undergraduate engineering, according to U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Colleges rankings. For the Class of 2030, MIT admitted 1,299 of 28,349 applicants for an overall acceptance rate of 4.58% — a slight […]
Georgia Tech, a public research university in Atlanta long considered both a “New Ivy” and a “Public Ivy,” admitted 8,715 students to the Class of 2030 from a record 67,985 first-year applications—an overall acceptance rate of 12.8%, according to the university’s Office of Undergraduate Admission. That figure caps a five-year stretch in which Georgia Tech’s […]
Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina, is consistently ranked among the top 10 national universities and is widely regarded as one of the Southern Ivies. For the Class of 2030, Duke received a record-high 61,935 applications and admitted 2,930 students for an overall acceptance rate of 4.7%, holding near last year’s all-time low, according […]
Vanderbilt University, a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, is distinctive among elite institutions for housing four undergraduate schools under a single application. The university admitted just 2.8% of Regular Decision applicants to the Class of 2030, a record low, down from 3.3% the prior cycle, according to the Vanderbilt Hustler. Vanderbilt Acceptance Rate: Class […]
The 2026 college admissions cycle has seen acceptance rates plummet to unprecedented lows, particularly among top-tier institutions. As former Dean of Admissions at Dartmouth, here’s how I read between the lines of these numbers — and what it means for your family. Is Anybody Getting In? The overall acceptance rates at a range of the […]
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