Top Tier Admissions
Application volume across the University of California’s nine campuses surged nearly 23% within the past three years alone, with university-wide first-year applications totaling a whopping 210,840 in Fall 2022, compared to 203,700 applications in 2021 and 172,099 in 2020. It’s no wonder the UC system is so popular: with affordable in-state tuition ($13,752 for the […]
See highlights from Notre Dame’s official announcement below: Applicants around the world logged onto the Notre Dame application status portal at 6:42 p.m. EST last Thursday, the time serving as a nod to the University’s founding year of 1842. Notre Dame admitted a total of 3,399 students to the class of 2027 in this year’s cycle, […]
When asked “what is a liberal arts college?” or “why study the liberal arts?” by students and parents, Top Tier Admissions co-founder Dr. Michele Hernández often cites an article by Dr. James Tatum from Dartmouth College. Classics — and, more broadly, liberal arts — Tatum argues, grants people the “power to see what is going […]
See UVA’s official announcement below: Good news flowed Friday afternoon. The University of Virginia offered spots to just more than 2,000 students as it completed its third and final admissions cycle for the Class of 2027. On St. Patrick’s Day at about 5 p.m., notifications were delivered to 2,182 people in the regular decision round, […]
In honor of Women’s History Month, Top Tier Admissions acknowledges and celebrates the contributions of all-women’s colleges to the advancement of women’s education, equality, and empowerment. Many female-only colleges were founded in the 19th century, long before women had broad access to higher education. According to the Women’s College Coalition, in 1960 there were 230 […]
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