Top Tier Admissions
The majority of our high school seniors are enjoying their spring semester, eagerly looking forward to a summer without any college admissions work and a fall at the school of their dreams. They put in the work and got the admissions results they hoped for. We are aware, however, that this admissions cycle has been […]
This was quite a year in admissions for the Class of 2025, MIT had a 4% acceptance rate, Harvard deferred 80% of applicants who applied early to their regular round and Colgate University had 102% more applications than last year. Check here for all of our early data. REGULAR ROUND RESULTS *UPDATE: Check out our full […]
Another year for the record books, as top colleges and universities see their overall application volumes soar in this most unprecedented cycle. Among the eye-popping statistics we’ve seen, NYU tops 100,000 applications, Harvard’s pool grows by 57 percent, and Colgate receives double the number of applications as compared to last year. TEST-OPTIONAL = DRIVING FORCE […]
It’s here! What you’ve all been waiting for, Top Tier’s annual deep dive analysis into this year’s early admissions round. Let’s get started… Looking at the chart below, which of the following can you infer? More students apply early to a dream school and application volumes soar. Selectivity increases as admit rates plunge, especially when […]
Next month, as colleges finalize and release decisions on their early action and early decision applicants, we’ll have our first indication of the kinds of decisions colleges have begun to make as they build a base for their first-year class. But, while we wait, let’s look at some of the information that has been made […]
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