Top Tier Admissions
Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee, continues to soar in popularity among college applicants as both a “New Ivy” and “Southern Ivy.” Vanderbilt admitted a record-low 3.7% of students in the Regular Decision round for the Class of 2028, for an overall acceptance rate of just 5.1%. Rising application numbers makes it even more important […]
Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, is a member of the Ivy League and the ninth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Roughly 60% of Dartmouth’s 4,500 undergraduates are involved in Greek life and 25% participate in its Division I sports teams. Dartmouth’s Class of 2028 had a record low Regular Decision […]
Ah, the joys of senior fall! Many students who’ve just barely survived the wringer of junior year— with AP courses, standardized test prep, and campus visits ramping up college admissions pressure—are already feeling weary. They’re facing an ever-growing college list and an onslaught of supplemental essays asking them to capture their souls in 150 words and […]
California Institute of Technology, also known as Caltech, is a private research university in Pasadena, California known for its strong engineering program. Considered an Ivy Plus school, Caltech is one of the most selective “test-blind” colleges in the nation with a sub-3% acceptance rate for the Class of 2028. Caltech changes its supplemental essay questions […]
The University of Chicago, currently ranked #12 in the U.S. News and World Report rankings of National Universities (tied with Columbia and Cornell), is also considered an Ivy Plus school. UChicago is known for asking unique and provocative supplemental essay questions which change every year. The 6 options are inspired by ideas from newly admitted […]
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