Top Tier Admissions
For high school seniors, the beginning of January generally brings a sense of relief. After months of writing essays, filling out applications, and stressing about your college choices, your applications are finally in! Pretty soon, though, you may find yourself feeling a new kind of stress—the kind that comes from waiting to hear your college […]
Now that December’s flurry of early admissions decisions has abated, we can take a deep dive into the data to understand both the results and the institutional priorities that drove decision-making. Spoiler alert: a growing number of applicants led to ever-lower early admit rates at many of the nation’s top colleges and universities. In our […]
In spring of 2022 Princeton announced that, for the first time in recent history, they would not be releasing admissions data on the pool of applicants to the Class of 2026. Instead, they provided an info sheet on the University website that focuses on the matriculating class. What we know: a total of 1,500 students […]
Although the November 1st early admissions deadlines are behind us, most colleges have yet to publicly announce updates on the number of early applications they received. Application results shared by two top universities—the University of Georgia and Yale University—offer some preliminary insight into how this year’s application numbers might trend. Here’s what we know so […]
Top Tier Admissions is the most trusted team of college admissions experts. We are committed to making the process more transparent for our community. With this goal in mind, we have collected and analyzed years of Ivy League university and college admissions statistics to demystify the application process and empower applicants to make informed decisions […]
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