Top Tier Admissions
Vanderbilt University, founded in 1873, is currently ranked #18 in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report’s list of best schools (tied with Dartmouth). Almost 80% of students live on its 340+ acre campus in Nashville, Tennessee — which is also designated as an arboretum. Vanderbilt has increased in popularity in recent years. The Common […]
The term “Hidden Ivies” was popularized in 2000 by educational consultants Howard and Matthew Greene’s guidebook of the same name. The authors’ goal was to “create greater awareness of the small, distinctive cluster of colleges and universities of excellence that are available to gifted college-bound students.” The Greenes highlighted a group of small, private liberal […]
A recent article in Forbes tackled the growing public scrutiny of Ivy League monopoly by spotlighting the “New Ivies,” 10 public universities and 10 private universities that are “turning out the smart, driven graduates craved by employers of all types.” How did they come up with this list? Forbes identified schools with graduates in high […]
The term “Public Ivies” has arguably been around longer than any of the other “Ivy adjacent” categories (“Southern Ivies,” “New Ivies,” etc.). A Yale University admissions officer, Richard Moll, coined the phrase in 1985 to refer to state universities that offer exceptional educations at a fraction of the Ivy league price for in-state students. The […]
As with other trending “Ivy adjacent” categories (New Ivies, Public Ivies, etc.), there is no consensus on a definitive list of “Southern Ivies.” However, there are a few clear standout private universities in the South that offer similarly high-caliber educational opportunities in appealing locations. This admissions cycle has made clear just how selective these colleges […]
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