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Georgetown University, a prestigious private university in Washington D.C., is the oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Georgetown’s Early Action (EA) policy stands out in a few key ways. First, all applicants who are not accepted during the Early Action round are deferred to the Regular Decision pool for further review. Second, Georgetown’s EA […]
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a world-renowned research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has an undergraduate population of around 4,500. This year, 12,053 students applied through Early Action to the MIT Class of 2029 and 721 were offered admission. MIT ACCEPTANCE RATE: EARLY TRENDS MIT’s early acceptance rate rose slightly to 6% this year, compared to […]
The University of Virginia (UVA), a public university in Charlottesville, Virginia, informally dubbed as one of the “New Ivies” or “Public Ivies,” is rising in popularity. UVA offered admission to 1,282 students through Early Decision this year, from a record-breaking pool of 4,971 applicants. UVA ACCEPTANCE RATE: EARLY TRENDS UVA’s early in-state acceptance rate for […]
Williams College, a small private liberal arts school in Williamstown, Massachusetts was once again ranked the #1 Best Liberal Arts College in the nation by the 2025 U.S. News & World Report college rankings. WILLIAMS COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE Williams received 964 applications to its Early Decision program and admitted 257 of them to the Class […]
The University of Notre Dame, a private Catholic school in South Bend, Indiana, is ranked #20 of National Universities according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report. The university received a record 12,917 Restrictive Early Action applications to the Class of 2029. In turn, the acceptance rate for its early round hit a record […]
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