College & Ivy League Early Admissions Statistics for the Class of 2020
Ivy League – Early Action and Early Decision Acceptance Rates – Entering Fall 2016
| EARLY ROUNDS | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Admit | Applied | % | Admit | Applied | % | Admit | Applied | % |
| Brown ED | 669 | 3,030 | 22.08 | 617 | 3,016 | 20.46 | 583 | 3,088 | 18.88 |
| Columbia ED | 620 | 3,520 | 17.61 | 600 | 3,373 | 17.79 | 650 | 3,296 | 19.72 |
| Cornell ED | 1,338 | 4,866 | 27.41 | 1,196 | 4,560 | 26.23 | 1,325 | 4,775 | 27.75 |
| Dartmouth ED | 494 | 1,927 | 25.64 | 483 | 1,859 | 25.98 | 469 | 1,678 | 27.95 |
| Harvard SCEA | 918 | 6,173 | 14.87 | 977 | 5,919 | 16.51 | 992 | 4,692 | 21.14 |
| Penn ED | 1,332 | 5,762 | 23.12 | 1,316 | 5,489 | 23.98 | 1,299 | 5,149 | 25.23 |
| Princeton SCEA | 785 | 4,229 | 18.56 | 767 | 3,850 | 19.92 | 714 | 3,854 | 18.53 |
| Yale SCEA | 795 | 4,662 | 17.05 | 753 | 4,693 | 16.05 | 735 | 4,750 | 15.47 |
| Total Ivies | 6,951 | 34,185 | 20.33 | 6,713 | 32,999 | 20.34 | 6,767 | 31,282 | 21.63 |
Please note that the numbers in italics for Columbia are estimated for the Class of 2019.
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Stanford and MIT – Early Action Ivy League Admissions
| EARLY ROUNDS | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Admit | Applied | % | Admit | Applied | % | Admit | Applied | % |
| Stanford SCEA | 745 | 7,822 | 9.52 | 743 | 7,297 | 10.18 | 748 | 6,948 | 10.77 |
| MIT EA | 656 | 7,767 | 8.45 | 625 | 6,519 | 9.59 | 612 | 6,820 | 8.97 |
| Total Ivies | 1,401 | 15,589 | 8.99 | 1,368 | 13,816 | 9.90 | 1,360 | 13,768 | 9.88 |
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More Selective Schools – Early Action and Early Decision College Admissions
| EARLY ROUNDS | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Admit | Applied | % | Admit | Applied | % | Admit | Applied | % |
| Duke ED | 813 | 3,455 | 23.53 | 815 | 3,180 | 25.63 | 797 | 3,180 | 25.06 |
| Georgetown EA | 892 | 7,027 | 12.69 | 907 | 6,840 | 13.26 | 955 | 6,734 | 14.18 |
| J. Hopkins ED | 584 | 1,929 | 30.27 | 539 | 1,865 | 28.90 | 526 | 1,595 | 32.98 |
| Northwestern ED | 1,061 | 3,022 | 35.11 | 1,011 | 2,793 | 36.20 | 925 | 2,863 | 32.31 |
| Notre Dame REA | 1,610 | 5,321 | 30.26 | 1,400 | 4,700 | 29.79 | 1,960 | 6,551 | 29.92 |
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Percentage of Early Admissions in the Class of 2020
The tables below present the percentages of early applicants in the projected enrollment.
| Early | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivies | Admit | Enroll Est | % Early | Admit | Enroll Est | % Early |
| Brown ED | 669 | 1,500 | 44.60 | 617 | 1,500 | 41.13 |
| Columbia ED | 620 | 1,400 | 44.29 | 600 | 1,400 | 42.86 |
| Cornell ED | 1,338 | 3,200 | 41.81 | 1,200 | 3,200 | 37.50 |
| Dartmouth ED | 494 | 1,175 | 42.04 | 483 | 1,175 | 41.11 |
| Harvard SCEA | 918 | 1,700 | 54.00 | 772 | 1,700 | 45.41 |
| Penn ED | 1,332 | 2,445 | 54.48 | 1,316 | 2,420 | 54.38 |
| Princeton SCEA | 785 | 1,300 | 60.38 | 1,316 | 2,420 | 54.38 |
| Yale SCEA | 795 | 1,360 | 58.46 | 753 | 1,360 | 55.37 |
| Total Ivies | 6,951 | 14,080 | 49% | 6,508 | 14,055 | 46% |
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| Other Schools | Admit | Enroll Est | % Early | Admit | Enroll Est | % Early |
| Duke ED | 813 | 1,705 | 47.68 | 815 | 1,705 | 47.80 |
| Northwestern ED | 892 | 2,025 | 44.05 | 1,011 | 2,025 | 49.93 |
| Notre Dame REA | 1,610 | 2,000 | 80.50 | 1,400 | 2,000 | 70.00 |
| MIT EA | 656 | 1,050 | 62.48 | 625 | 1,050 | 59.52 |
| J. Hopkins ED | 584 | 1,300 | 44.92 | 539 | 1,300 | 41.46 |
| Stanford SCEA | 745 | 1,700 | 43.82 | 743 | 1,700 | 43.71 |
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Liberal Arts Colleges – Early Decision College Admissions – Class of 2020
| Liberal Arts Colleges | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Admit | Applied | % | Admit | Applied | % | Admit | Applied | % |
| Bowdoin ED1 | 207 | 614 | 33.71% | 208 | 662 | 31.41% | 243 | 598 | 40.63% |
| Davidson ED1 | 207 | 458 | 45.20% | 273 | 638 | 42.79% | 283 | 640 | 44.22% |
| Dickinson ED1 | 220 | 251 | 87.65% | 188 | 373 | 50.40% | 284 | 401 | 70.82% |
| Middlebury ED1 | 338 | 636 | 53.14% | 280 | 667 | 41.98% | 292 | 699 | 41.77% |
| Williams ED | 246 | 585 | 42.05% | 244 | 593 | 41.15% | 240 | 584 | 41.10% |
College Admissions – Class of 2020
| Â | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Admit | Applied | % | Admit | Applied | % | Admit | Applied | % |
| Johns Hopkins | 2,539 | 27,095 | 9.37% | 3,065 | 24,717 | 12.40% | 3,586 | 23,875 | 15.02% |
| Middlebury | 1,415 | 8,820 | 16.04% | 1,512 | 8,894 | 17.00% | 1,422 | 8,196 | 17.35% |
| MIT | 1,485 | 19,020 | 7.80% | 1,467 | 18,306 | 8.01% | 1,419 | 18,357 | 7.73% |
| Pomona | 743 | 8,104 | 9.10% | 790 | 8,091 | 9.76% | 939 | 7724 | 12.16% |
| USC | 8,920 | 54,010 | 16.50% | 9,050 | 51,800 | 17.47% | 9,200 | 51,700 | 17.79% |
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