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The University of Southern California, a private research university in Los Angeles ranked among the top 25 nationally, offers more than 150 majors across signature schools including Marshall (business), Viterbi (engineering), and Cinematic Arts. USC admitted 9,251 first-year students from a pool of 79,290 applicants to the Class of 2030—an overall acceptance rate of 11.7%, […]
Columbia University, an Ivy League institution in New York City founded in 1754, is defined by its Core Curriculum—rigorous, discussion-based seminars in literature, philosophy, art, and science central to the Columbia College experience. The university admitted 2,581 students from 61,031 applicants to the Class of 2030 for an overall acceptance rate of 4.23%, down from […]
Yale University, an Ivy League institution in New Haven, Connecticut, enrolls approximately 6,600 undergraduates and maintains a 5:1 student-to-faculty ratio across more than 80 majors in Yale College. Yale admitted 2,328 students from a pool of 54,919 applicants to the Class of 2030 for an overall acceptance rate of 4.2%, down from 4.59% last cycle, […]
Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, received more than 5,600 Early Decision applications to the Class of 2030, according to the Daily Northwestern. Dean of Undergraduate Admission Liz Kinsley characterized this as a decline of roughly 7% from the prior cycle, the first notable dip in Northwestern’s ED volume since the pandemic-era […]
Emory University, a top-25 research university in Atlanta, Georgia, received a record 3,593 Early Decision I applications to the Class of 2030 and admitted 1,041 students for an early acceptance rate of 29%, according to the Emory Wheel. The 8.5% jump in applications extends a six-year streak of consecutive growth that has nearly doubled the […]
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