At Stanford, we don’t just admit students—we admit them as a class. The university’s holistic review process means that we get to know our students as individuals, and not just as numbers on an application form. Because of this, it is impossible to quantify the breadth and depth of an incoming class to Stanford. We practice holistic admission, and admission statistics can only narrowly describe facets of a class rich in life experiences, perspectives, talents, and accomplishments. We provide these statistics as a snapshot of a Stanford class selected through a rigorous and thoughtful holistic review.

Overview for the Class of 2024

• Total Applicants: 45,227
• Total Admits: 2,349
• Total Enrolled: 1,607

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First-Year Enrolled Student Profile for the Class of 2024

Class Overview

• 56 home countries and 50 US states are represented
• 9.9% are international citizens representing 53 countries
• 20.2% are first generation college students

Gender Balance

• Women: 52%
• Men: 48%

School Type

• Public: 65%
• Private: 23%
• International: 12%
• Home School: <1%

SAT Middle 50% Test Scores

• SAT Math Section: 720-800
• SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 700-770

ACT Middle 50% Test Scores

Class of 2025 Waitlist Notification Dates and Stats

UPDATE #3 (6/30)

For those of you who have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, here’s a list of 2020 waitlist statistics for several popular private and public schools, along with notification dates and latest status where available.  

Our sample of waitlist statistics from 100 private and public institutions paints the following picture:

• The number of students admitted from the waitlist rose 97 percent year over year from 22,223 in 2019 to 43,867 in 2020
• On average, 29 percent of students accepting a place on a waitlist were admitted in 2020, up from 18 percent in 2019
• 33 percent of the schools admitted 10 percent or less of the students accepting a place on the waitlist last year (vs. 48 percent in 2019)
• 17 percent of the schools admitted 5 percent or less (vs. 29 percent in 2019)
• 3 percent admitted no one (vs. 8 percent in 2019)

These results come as no surprise given the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic last cycle. That said, we strongly caution against assuming a similar level of waitlist activity this cycle as much of this uncertainty is now behind us and most schools are resuming normal operations.

Be sure to bookmark this page as we expect to be updating status over the next several weeks.

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Top Artificial Intelligence Programs for Undergraduates

Interested in studying “the skill of the century” and accessing a global market that is worth over $300 billion? Look no further than artificial intelligence (AI) and check out our latest list of colleges with strong undergraduate AI programs in the United States. The term “artificial intelligence” was coined as early as 1956 and refers to the broad concept of making it possible for machines to perform human-like tasks, such as solving problems, making decisions, understanding language, and processing sounds and images. However, AI only became increasingly popular recently, and along with this rise in popularity came spikes in investment, which led to rapid growth in the AI industry.

The demand for skilled workers has increased dramatically over the past few years due to an increase in demand for more intelligent machines and robots that can help us carry out simple tasks or even perform complex ones on their own. AI experts who have a deep understanding of this technology are highly sought after by companies across all industries—not just tech giants like Google or Apple—and are often paid handsomely for their expertise.

In fact, according to data from LinkedIn’s latest Global Recruiting Trends Report 2019

Studying AI prepares students to solve problems across a variety of fields and introduces them to a huge job market that continues to expand today. Drawing from U.S. News, TechTarget, CSRankings, Computer Science Degree Hub, Great Value Colleges and Value Colleges, we’ve curated a list of some of the top undergraduate programs in artificial intelligence across the nation. This list also covers information about the overall admission rates and profiles, offered AI programs, curriculum, and research opportunities and facilities for each listed institution.

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Class of 2025 Regular Decision Notification Dates

UPDATE #57 (3/31)

Here’s our updated list of regular decision notification dates for the Class of 2025.  As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their “official” notification dates, so we’ve compiled the most recently updated dates for you here, along with the notification dates from last year.  Bookmark this site, as we’ll post updates often

Colleges Where Female Applicants Have an Edge

QUESTION: what happens when a college wants a balanced class but has a much smaller female applicant pool to draw on?

ANSWER: higher admission rates for females!

Like our previous post, we looked at several popular coed institutions and searched for places where there was a 15% or greater admission rate advantage, this time for women.  The result: a list of 46 schools for qualified applicants to consider.

The list is dominated by institutions strong in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), but you’ll also find some unexpected names like Connecticut College and Kenyon College.    

To help you categorize schools into likelies, targets and reaches, we’ve included admission rates, mid-50th percentile SAT and ACT scores.  We’ve also provided links to each school’s website to help you explore fit.  

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Class of 2025 Early Decision and Early Action Results

UPDATE #21 (2/24)

Here’s our latest list of reported early decision and early action admission rates for the Class of 2025.

This list includes results from Amherst College, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Colgate, Colorado College, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Notre Dame, Providence College, Rice, University of Georgia, University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Williams and Yale.

Bookmark this page, as we’ll be updating it frequently over the next several weeks.

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Class of 2025 Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates

UPDATE #61 (2/9)

Here’s our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2025.  As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their “official” notification dates, so we’ve compiled the most recently updated dates for you here where available, as well as last year’s notification dates for reference.   Bookmark this page, as we’ll be updating it frequently over the next 30 days

Class of 2024 Early Decision and Early Action Results

UPDATE #12 (10/7)

Here’s our initial list of reported early decision and early action admission rates for the Class of 2024.

This list includes results from Barnard, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Colby, Colgate, Colorado College, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Emory (Oxford), Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Lafayette, Middlebury, MIT, Providence College, Rice, Santa Clara, University of Georgia, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Washington University in St. Louis, Wesleyan, William & Mary and Yale.

Bookmark this page, as we’ll be updating it frequently over the next several weeks.

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U.S. News & World Report Posts 2021 College Rankings

U.S. News & World Report released their 2021 college rankings earlier today.  Over 1,400 schools were covered nationwide and evaluated on multiple measures of academic excellence and outcomes to produce the final rankings.

This year’s methodology includes consideration of new student debt metrics, social mobility and inclusion of test-blind institutions. The weighting of outcomes has also increased.

Princeton retains sole possession of the top spot for National Universities, and Williams College tops the list of Liberal Arts Colleges.  

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Top Undergraduate Political Science Departments

Hoping to make a difference in the way our country is governed?

Then check out our latest list of colleges with strong undergraduate programs in Political Science. Using information compiled from several ranking sites, including U.S. News and Niche, we’ve summarized admission rates and profiles, program highlights and links to each institution’s home page for more information.

Click on Continue Reading to see our list of top undergraduate Political Science programs now.

Class of 2024 Waitlist Notification Dates and Stats

UPDATE #3 (6/23)

For those of you who have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, here’s a list of 2019 waitlist statistics for several popular private and public schools, along with notification dates and latest status where available.  

Our sample of waitlist statistics from 132 private and public institutions paints the following picture:

• The number of students admitted from the waitlist more than doubled year over year from 9,882 in 2018 to 21,180 in 2019
• On average, 15 percent of students accepting a place on a waitlist were admitted in 2019, up from 7 percent in 2018
• 48 percent of the schools admitted 10 percent or less of the students accepting a place on the waitlist last year (vs. 70 percent in 2018)
• 27 percent of the schools admitted 5 percent or less (vs. 44 percent in 2018)
• 7 percent admitted no one (vs. 12 percent in 2018)

Given the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, we fully expect the rise in waitlist activity to continue for 2020 (Class of 2024).

Be sure to bookmark this page as we expect to be updating status over the next several weeks.

Class of 2024 Regular Decision Notification Dates

UPDATE #45 (3/27)

Here’s our updated list of regular decision notification dates for the Class of 2024.  As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their “official” notification dates, so we’ve compiled the most recently updated dates for you here, along with the notification dates from last year.  Bookmark this site, as we’ll post updates often.

Coronavirus Impact on Campus Visits

UPDATE #17 (3/17 7:52AM PT)

The Coronavirus outbreak has caused many colleges and universities to cancel campus tours, information sessions and other admission-related activities.

To make life easier for you as you plan your spring break travel, here’s the latest status on campus visit availability for several popular colleges and universities we cover.

As you know, the situation changes rapidly so bookmark this page as we’ll be updated statuses regularly.

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Class of 2024 Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates

UPDATE #29 (1/31)

Here’s our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2024.  As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their “official” notification dates, so we’ve compiled the most recently updated dates for you here where available, as well as last year’s notification dates for reference. 

The Early Admission Advantage (Part 3 of 3)

PART III: PUTTING EARLY ADMISSION STRATEGIES TO WORK

In Part II of this series developed an early admission strategy based on your competitiveness as an applicant, your college list, and your strength of commitment to the top schools on your list.  If you’re a competitive applicant with strong qualifications, we recommend that you:

• Take full advantage of Early Action for all the schools on your list
• Apply Restrictive Early Action to your top school or when the restrictions don’t inhibit your ability to take advantage of early admission programs at higher ranked schools 
• Apply Early Decision I when you are strongly committed to attending your top choice school and have no concerns about affordability
• Apply Early Decision II if you have been denied admission to your top choice school, you’re strongly committed to attending this ED II school as your next best option, and have no concerns about affordability

With this early admission strategy in place, let’s put it to work in Part III against a couple of hypothetical applicants.   

The Early Admission Advantage (Part 2 of 3)

PART II: WHEN AND HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY ADMISSION PROGRAMS

In Part I of this series we covered the fundamentals of college early admission programs.  We learned that:

• Colleges offer early admission programs to manage yield, lock up prized applicants and improve prestige in the process
• There can be as much as a 2-4x difference in admit rates between early and regular decision applicants
• Because there is often a high proportion of an enrolled class coming through early admission, your chances of getting in via regular decision are actually worse than you might think

In short, you should always consider early admission programs as part of your college plan.  But under what conditions does it make sense and how do you apply it against your list of schools?  This is the topic for Part II.  

Class of 2025 Admission Rates

Here are Some of the First Admission Rates for the Class of 2025

While the regular school year is finishing out virtually for many students in response to the coronavirus, it’s still business as usual when it comes to admissions decisions, with colleges releasing their admissions decisions and results through the rest of March.

This has been an usual year for college admissions in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, with continued SAT/ACT interruptions, test-optional admissions, colleges closed for formal and informal visits, increasing application numbers, and more students applying to even more colleges than ever before. All of this has led to an even more competitive year at the most selective colleges in the US, while other schools plan to admit more students than ever before in order to manage enrollment numbers.

UChicago and MIT were some one of the first schools to release decisions this March. It was another competitive year at MIT, with 4% of applicants admitted to the class of 2025, significantly lower than the 7.2% admit rate last year.

Class of 2025 Application Numbers

As far as application numbers go, many schools saw applications skyrocket as more students chose to apply to a wider range of schools in light of widespread test-optional admissions policies. Overall the Common Application saw an 11% increase in submitted applications over last year, but only a 2% increase in unique applicants.

The most competitive colleges and universities saw incredible increases in application numbers, with increases of almost 42% at Harvard, 66% at MIT, 103% at Colgate, and 35% at Boston College, just to name a few.

Class of 2025 Admit Rates

Below are some available admission rates for the class of 2025. Check back for updates as colleges continue to release regular admission decisions and more statics become available!

School	Class of 2025 Admission Rate	Class of 2024 Admission Rate
Barnard College	10.4%	13%
Boston College	18.9%	24%
Boston University	18.3%	18.5%
Bowdoin College	8.8%	8.3%
Brown University	5.4%	6.9%
Colby College	8%	9.4%
Colgate University	17.2%	27.5%
Columbia University	3.7%	6.1%
Cornell University	~8.7%	10.7%
Dartmouth College	6.2%	8.8%
Duke University	5.7%	7.7%
Emory University	20.4%	20.7%
Georgetown University	TBA	15%
Harvard University	3.4%	4.92%
Johns Hopkins University	7.4%	8.8%
Middlebury College	15.7%	24%
MIT	4%	7.2%
New York University	12.8%	15%
Northwestern University	6.8%	9%
Pomona College	TBA	7.2%
Princeton University	3.9%	5.55%
Rice University	9.3%	10%
Stanford University	TBA	5.19%
Swarthmore College	8%	8.8%
Tufts University	11%	15%
University of Chicago	TBA	6.2%
University of Notre Dame	14.6%	16.5%
University of Pennsylvania	5.7%	8%
University of Southern California	12%	16%
University of Virginia	20.6%	20.5%
Vanderbilt University	6.7%	10.4%
Washington University in St. Louis	13%	16%
Wellesley College	16%	19%
Williams College	8%	12%
Yale University	4.6%	6.54%

2025 Ivy League & College Admission Statistics

Admission Statistics for the Class of 2025

This year was the “triple storm” of events that drove up applications and drove down admissions rates: 1 – the pandemic forced colleges to become “score optional” so thousands more students sent in applications to top tier colleges 2 – because students couldn’t visit colleges, they tended to apply to “big name” schools sight unseen and 3 – up to a fifth of freshman from last year deferred because of Covid so colleges had to “reserve” a lot of spaces and take fewer students this year.

As a result, applications hit all-time highs while admissions rates hit all-time lows. The numbers are insane – Princeton for example only accepted 3.96% of applicants (and they did not have an early round at all) and all the Ivies were sub-10%. Amherst and Williams were tied at 8% so it wasn’t just the bigger Ivies. We hope next year colleges will take more students but we expect admission rates to stay fairly low, though hopefully not as low as this year which may prove to be the toughest year in college admissions.

Ivy League — Class of 2025

	Overall Acceptance			Early Round Acceptance			Regular Decision Acceptance
Class of 2025	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%

Brown	2,537	46,568	5.45	885	5,540	15.97	1,652	41,028	4.03
Columbia	2,218	60,551	3.66	650	6,435	10.10	1,568	54,116	2.90
Cornell	5,836	67,000	8.71	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dartmouth	1,749	28,357	6.17	566	2,664	21.25	1,183	25,693	4.60
Harvard	1,968	57,435	3.43	747	10,086	7.41	1,221	47,349	2.58
Penn	3,202	56,333	5.68	1,194	7,962	15.00	2,008	48,371	4.15
Princeton	1,498	37,601	3.98	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Yale	2,169	46,905	4.62	837	7,939	10.54	1,332	38,966	3.42

Total Ivies	21,177	400,750	5.28	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Ivy League — Classes of 2023-2025

	2025			2024			2023
Overall 3 Years	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%

Brown	2,537	46,568	5.45	2,533	36,794	6.88	2,551	38,674	6.60
Columbia	2,218	60,551	3.66	2,465	40,084	6.15	2,190	42,569	5.14
Cornell	5,836	67,000	8.71	5,514	51,500	10.71	5,183	49,118	10.55
Dartmouth	1,749	28,357	6.17	1,881	21,394	8.79	1,876	23,650	7.93
Harvard	1,968	57,435	3.43	1,980	40,248	4.92	1,950	43,330	4.50
Penn	3,202	56,333	5.68	3,404	42,205	8.07	3,345	44,960	7.44
Princeton	1,498	37,601	3.98	1,823	32,836	5.55	1,895	32,804	5.78
Yale	2,169	46,905	4.62	2,304	35,220	6.54	2,178	36,843	5.91

Total Ivies	21,177	400,750	5.28	21,904	300,281	7.29	21,168	311,948	6.79

MIT & Stanford — Classes Of 2023-2025

	2025			2024			2023
Overall 3 Years	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%

MIT	1,340	33,240	4.03	1,457	20,075	7.26	1,410	21,312	6.62
Stanford	NA	NA	NA	2,349	45,227	5.19	2,062	47,498	4.34

Total	NA	NA	NA	3,806	65,302	5.83	3,472	68,810	5.05

MIT & Stanford — Class Of 2025

		Overall			Early Rounds			Regular Decision
Class of 2025	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%

MIT	1,340	33,240	4.03	719	15,036	4.78	621	18,204	3.41
Stanford	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Total	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Ivies Plus© — Volume of Applications — From 2016 to 2026

Annual Volume Applications	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016

Brown	46,568	36,794	38,674	35,438	32,724	32,390	30,397	30,432	28,919	28,742
Columbia	60,551	40,084	42,569	40,203	37,389	36,292	36,250	32,952	33,531	31,851
Cornell	67,000	51,500	49,118	51,328	47,038	44,965	41,907	43,041	40,006	37,812
Dartmouth	28,357	21,394	23,650	22,033	20,034	20,675	20,505	19,296	22,416	23,110
Harvard	57,435	40,248	43,330	42,749	39,506	39,041	37,305	34,295	35,023	34,303
MIT	33,240	20,075	21,312	21,706	20,247	19,020	18,306	18,357	18,989	18,109
Penn	56,333	42,205	44,960	44,482	40,413	38,918	37,267	35,868	31,280	31,217
Princeton	37,601	32,836	32,804	35,370	31,056	29,303	27,290	26,641	26,498	26,664
Stanford	NA	45,227	47,498	47,452	44,073	43,997	42,487	42,167	38,829	36,631
Yale	46,905	35,220	36,843	35,306	32,900	31,455	30,237	30,932	29,610	28,974

Ivies Plus© — Changes in Volume of Applications — From 2016 to 2025

Change in Applications	Change 24 to 25	Change 23 to 24	Change 22 to 23	Change 21 to 22	Change 20 to 21	Change 19 to 20	Change 18 to 19	Change 17 to 18	Change 16 to 17	Change 16 to 25

Brown	26.56%	-4.86%	9.13%	8.29%	1.03%	6.56%	-0.12%	5.23%	0.62%	62.02%
Columbia	51.06%	-5.84%	5.89%	7.53%	3.02%	0.12%	10.01%	-1.73%	5.27%	90.11%
Cornell	30.10%	4.85%	-4.31%	9.12%	4.61%	7.30%	-2.63%	7.59%	5.80%	77.19%
Dartmouth	32.55%	-9.54%	7.34%	9.98%	-3.10%	0.83%	6.27%	-13.92%	-3.00%	22.70%
Harvard	42.70%	-7.11%	1.36%	8.21%	1.19%	4.65%	8.78%	-2.08%	2.10%	67.43%
MIT	65.58%	-5.80%	-1.82%	7.21%	6.45%	3.90%	-0.28%	-3.33%	4.86%	83.56%
Penn	33.47%	-6.13%	1.07%	10.07%	3.84%	4.43%	3.90%	14.67%	0.20%	80.46%
Princeton	14.51%	0.10%	-7.25%	13.89%	5.98%	7.38%	2.44%	0.54%	-0.62%	41.02%
Stanford	NA	-4.78%	0.10%	7.67%	0.17%	3.55%	0.76%	8.60%	6.00%	NA
Yale	33.18%	-4.41%	4.35%	7.31%	4.59%	4.03%	-2.25%	4.46%	2.20%	61.89%

Ivies Plus© — Historical Number of Admitted Students— From 2016 to 2025

Historical Number Admits	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016

Brown	2,537	2,533	2,551	2,566	2,919	2,580	2,619	2,649	2,760	2,757
Columbia	2,218	2,465	2,190	2,214	2,193	2,228	2,291	2,311	2,363	2,419
Cornell	5,836	5,514	5,183	5,288	6,277	6,234	6,019	6,062	6,123	6,538
Dartmouth	1,749	1,881	1,876	1,925	2,176	2,120	2,220	2,252	2,180	2,270
Harvard	1,968	1,980	1,950	1,962	2,037	1,990	2,023	2,029	2,076	2,188
MIT	1,340	1,457	1,410	1,464	1,485	1,467	1,419	1,548	1,620	1,715
Penn	3,202	3,404	3,345	3,731	3,661	3,697	3,551	3,785	3,846	3,935
Princeton	1,498	1,823	1,895	1,941	1,894	1,908	1,939	1,931	2,095	2,300
Stanford	NA	2,349	2,062	2,071	2,085	2,118	2,138	2,210	2,427	2,437
Yale	2,169	2,304	2,178	2,229	1,972	1,963	1,935	1,991	1,975	2,109

Ivies Plus© — Historical Admit Rates — From 2016 to 2025

Historical Admit Rates	Admit Rate 2025	Admit Rate 2024	Admit Rate 2023	Admit Rate 2022	Admit Rate 2021	Admit Rate 2020	Admit Rate 2019	Admit Rate 2018	Admit Rate 2017	Admit Rate 2016

Brown	5.45%	6.88%	6.60%	7.24%	8.92%	7.97%	8.62%	8.70%	9.54%	9.59%
Columbia	3.66%	6.15%	5.14%	5.51%	5.87%	6.14%	6.32%	7.01%	7.05%	7.59%
Cornell	8.71%	10.71%	10.55%	10.30%	13.34%	13.86%	14.36%	14.08%	15.31%	17.29%
Dartmouth	6.17%	8.79%	7.93%	8.74%	10.86%	10.25%	10.83%	11.67%	9.73%	9.82%
Harvard	3.43%	4.92%	4.50%	4.59%	5.16%	5.10%	5.42%	5.92%	5.93%	6.38%
MIT	4.03%	7.26%	6.62%	6.74%	7.33%	7.71%	7.75%	8.43%	8.53%	9.47%
Penn	5.68%	8.07%	7.44%	8.39%	9.06%	9.50%	9.53%	10.55%	12.30%	12.61%
Princeton	3.98%	5.55%	5.78%	5.49%	6.10%	6.51%	7.11%	7.25%	7.91%	8.63%
Stanford	NA	5.19%	4.34%	4.36%	4.73%	4.81%	5.03%	5.24%	6.25%	6.65%
Yale	4.62%	6.54%	5.91%	6.31%	5.99%	6.24%	6.40%	6.44%	6.67%	7.28%

Review of the Ivy League Class of 2025 — Entering Fall 2021

Brown University

Brown University offered admission to 5.45 percent of its applicants to the Class of 2025, down from last year’s acceptance rate of 6.88 percent for the Class of 2024. Out of the 46,568 students who applied—the largest pool in University history —2,537 students were admitted. The 1,652 students accepted through the regular decision process joined the 885 students admitted in December. The rate of admission for the ED round stood at just below 16 percent. Last year, Brown offered admission to 6.88 percent of its applicants to the Class of 2024, up from the previous year’s acceptance rate of 6.60 percent. For the Class of 2024, 36,794 students applied and 2,533 students were admitted with 800 students admitted in December for a rate of admission for the ED round of 17.54 percent. 

Columbia University

For the Class of 2025, Columbia accepted 2,218 students from 60,551 applications, a 51 percent increase from last year. The acceptance rate of 3.66 percent is below last year’s 6.15 percent when Columbia admitted 2,465 applicants from 40,084 applications. For this admission cycle, we estimate that Columbia received 6,435 early decision applications and accepted 650 students for an admission rate just above 10 percent.

Cornell University

This year, Cornell admitted 5,836 applicants from a pool of 67,000 to the Class of 2025. Cornell did not release the statistics of its Early Decision round. In previous years, Cornell received 51,500 applications for admission to the Class of 2024 and 49,118 applications for the Class of 2023.

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College offered admission to 1,749 students for the Class of 2025 for an overall acceptance rate of 6.17 percent, down from last year’s 8.79 percent. Last year Dartmouth College extended offers of admission to 1,881 applicants for its Class of 2024. The Class of 2025 saw an increase in applications of 33 percent over last year’s record applicant pool with applications jumping up from 21,394 to 28,357. This follows the implementation of a test-optional admissions policy due to pandemic-related testing difficulties. The total number of accepted students to the Class of 2025 includes the 591 admitted through the early decision process in December. Last year, Dartmouth College offered early admission to 574 students in December. 

Harvard University

Harvard accepted 3.43 percent of applicants to its Class of 2025. This year, Harvard received a total of 57,435 applications compared to 40,248 for the Class of 2024. With 1,968 admitted students to the Class of 2025, the rate of admission decreased from 4.92 percent to just 3.43 percent for the combined SCEA and regular decision. In the early round, Harvard University received 10,086 applications and accepted 747 for an admit rate of 7.41 percent, down from 13.93 percent the previous year. Harvard’s SCEA admit rate (the early round only) is substantially higher than the regular decision acceptance rate of 2.58 percent. Last year, Harvard received a total of 40,248 applications compared to 43,330 for the Class of 2023. With 1,980 admitted students to the Class of 2024, the rate of admission increased from 4.50 to 4.92 percent for the combined SCEA and regular decision. Also, for the Class of 2024’s early round, Harvard University received 6,424 applications and accepted 865 for an admit rate of 13.93 percent. 

Penn – The University of Pennsylvania

Of the 56,333 students who applied to Penn’s Class of 2025 in the early and regular rounds, 3,202 were admitted, leading to an overall acceptance rate of 5.68 percent. The 3,202 admitted students to the Class of 2025 included 1,194 students who were admitted through the early decision round. The admission rate for the ED round was 15 percent out of 7,962 applicants. Last year, 42,205 students applied to Penn’s Class of 2024 in the early and regular rounds and 3,404 were admitted, leading to an overall acceptance rate of 8.07 percent. Out of the total 3,404 admitted to the Class of 2024, 1,269 students were admitted through the early decision round.  The admission rate for the ED round was 19.67 percent out of 6,453 applicants. For the Class of 2023, 44,960 students applied to in the early and regular rounds and 3,345 were admitted, leading to an overall acceptance rate of 7.44 percent. 

Princeton University

Princeton University has offered admission to 1,498 students, or 3.98 percent of the 37,601 applicants to the Class of 2025. Last year, Princeton University offered admission to 1,823 students, or 5.55 percent of the 32,836 applicants to the Class of 2024. Princeton received over 5,000 early action applications for the Class of 2024 and accepted 791 applicants. Princeton University offered admission to 1,895 students, or 5.78 percent of the 32,804 applicants to the Class of 2023. Princeton received 5,335 early action applications and accepted 743 applicants to their Class of 2023. 

Yale University

Yale’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions accepted 2,169 students or 4.62 percent of the 46,905 students who applied to the Class of 2025. This represents a decrease from last year’s rate of 6.54 percent. The SCEA round accounted for 837 acceptances out of a pool of 7,939 applications. Last year Yale accepted 2,304 students or 6.54 percent of the 35,220 students who applied to the Class of 2024. The SCEA round accounted for 796 acceptances out of a pool of 5,777 applications. For the Class of 2023, Yale accepted 2,178 students or 5.91 percent of the 36,843 students who applied. The SCEA round accounted for 794 acceptances out of a pool of 6,020 applications.  

MIT – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted 1,340 students out of 33,240 applicants for the Class of 2025 for an acceptance rate of 4.03 percent. In its early round, MIT admitted 719 students out of 15,036 applications, yielding 4.78 percent which is also the lowest rate of acceptance in an early round among its peer group composed of the Ivy League and Stanford. Last year, MIT admitted 1,457 students out of 20,075 applicants to the Class of 2024 for an acceptance rate of 7.26 percent. In its early round, MIT admitted 687 students out of 9,291 applications, yielding an admission rate of 7.39 percent.  In the previous year, the school admitted 1,410 students out of 21,312 applicants to the Class of 2023 for an acceptance rate of 6.62 percent. In the 2023 early round, MIT admitted 707 students out of 9,600 applications. 

All Universities – Classes of 2023-2025

Universities	2025			2024			2023
By Alphabet	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%

American	NA	NA	NA	7,527	20,072	37.50	6,515	18,500	35.22
Boston College	7,570	39,875	18.98	6,881	29,400	23.40	9,500	35,500	26.76
Boston University	13,884	75,733	18.33	11,278	61,006	18.49	11,260	62,210	18.10
Brown	2,537	46,568	5.45	2,533	36,794	6.88	2,551	38,674	6.60
Caltech	NA	NA	NA	520	8,008	6.49	537	8,367	6.42
Columbia	2,218	60,551	3.66	2,465	40,084	6.15	2,190	42,569	5.14
Cornell	5,863	67,000	8.75	5,514	51,500	10.71	5,183	49,118	10.55
Dartmouth	1,749	28,357	6.17	1,881	21,394	8.79	1,876	23,650	7.93
Duke	2,854	49,517	5.76	3,057	39,783	7.68	3,064	41,613	7.36
Emory	4,343	33,385	13.01	4,827	28,209	17.11	4,512	30,017	15.03
Florida	15,220	52,513	28.98	14,561	49,401	29.48	14,136	41,407	34.14
Georgetown	3,235	27,650	11.70	3,309	21,318	15.52	3,202	22,788	14.05
Georgia	15,350	39,400	38.96	13,131	28,524	46.03	13,050	29,314	44.52
Georgia Tech	8,105	45,357	17.87	9,169	42,199	21.73	7,000	36,936	18.95
Harvard	1,968	57,435	3.43	1,980	40,248	4.92	2,009	43,330	4.5
Johns Hopkins	2,476	38,725	6.39	2,604	29,655	8.78	2,950	32,231	9.15
MIT	1,340	33,240	4.03	1,457	20,075	7.26	1,410	21,312	6.62
Northeastern	13,542	75,233	18.00	13,199	64,459	20.48	11,240	62,263	18.05
Northwestern	3,239	47,633	6.80	3,542	39,261	9.02	3,612	40,579	8.90
Notre Dame	3,446	23,639	14.58	4,035	21,253	18.99	3,515	22,200	15.83
NYU	12,199	95,308	12.80	13,000	85,000	15.29	12,307	76,919	16.00
Penn	3,202	56,333	5.68	3,404	42,205	8.07	3,345	44,960	7.44
Princeton	1,498	37,601	3.98	1,823	32,836	5.55	1,895	32,804	5.78
Rice	2,749	29,523	9.31	2,346	23,443	10.01	2,364	27,084	8.73
Stanford	NA	NA	NA	2,349	45,227	5.19	2,062	47,498	4.2
Tufts	3,431	31,190	11.00	3,469	23,127	15.00	3,324	22,766	14.60
UC Berkeley	NA	112,820	NA	15,433	88,068	17.52	14,657	87,353	16.78
UC Davis	NA	87,118	NA	35,838	76,907	46.60	30,508	78,063	39.08
UC Irvine	NA	107,969	NA	29,245	97,937	29.86	25,394	95,556	26.57
UC Los Angeles	NA	139,463	NA	15,643	108,874	14.37	13,747	111,266	12.36
UC S. Barbara	NA	105,640	NA	33,530	90,958	36.86	27,719	93,423	29.67
UC San Diego	NA	118,360	NA	38,305	100,067	38.28	32,005	99,112	32.29
USC	8,804	71,000	12.40	9,500	60,000	15.83	7,260	66,000	11.00
Vanderbilt	3,162	47,174	6.70	2,907	32,376	8.98	3,402	37,310	9.12
Villanova	6,100	24,399	25.00	6,394	22,049	29.00	6,313	22,872	27.60
Virginia	9,875	48,011	20.57	8,420	40,839	20.62	9,725	40,869	23.80
WUSTL	4,374	33,634	13.00	3,561	27,900	12.76	3,556	25,400	14.00
Yale	2,169	46,905	4.62	2,304	35,220	6.54	2,178	36,843	5.91

Liberal Arts Colleges – Classes of 2023-2025 Listed by Alphabet

Liberal Arts	2025			2024			2023
By Alphabet	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%

Amherst	1,120	14,000	8.00	1,244	10,601	11.73	1,144	10,567	10.83
Barnard	1,084	10,395	10.43	1,022	9,411	10.86	1,051	9,319	11.28
Bates	NA	NA	NA	1,085	7,696	14.10	998	8,222	12.14
Bowdoin	821	9,325	8.80	780	9,402	8.30	831	9,332	8.90
Bucknell	3,826	11,252	34.00	3,712	9,890	37.53	3,370	9,845	34.23
Claremont McKenna	NA	NA	NA	708	5,306	13.34	625	6,066	10.30
Colby	1,279	15,857	8.07	1,307	13,922	9.39	1,295	13,584	9.53
Colgate	3,010	17,533	17.17	2,345	8,582	27.32	2,247	9,951	22.58
Colorado College	1,556	10,917	14.25	1,395	10,257	13.60	1,277	9,456	13.50
Davidson	1,101	6,435	17.11	1,124	5,621	20.00	1,080	5,982	18.05
Dickinson	2,518	6,295	40.00	2,776	5,375	51.65	2,574	6,426	40.06
Hamilton	1,313	9,380	14.00	1,283	7,443	17.24	1,367	8,339	16.39
Harvey Mudd	NA	NA	NA	610	3,397	17.96	553	4,045	13.67
Haverford	NA	NA	NA	835	4,539	18.40	810	6,963	11.63
Macalester	2,805	9,049	31.00	2,356	6,367	37.00	2,045	6,598	30.99
Middlebury	1,871	11,908	15.71	2,022	9,174	22.04	1,498	9,754	15.36
Pitzer	NA	NA	NA	706	4,260	16.57	605	4,415	13.70
Pomona	748	NA	NA	895	10,388	8.62	770	10,401	7.40
Swarthmore	1,014	13,000	7.80	1,023	11,600	8.82	1,022	11,442	8.93
Vassar	2,068	10,884	19.00	2,055	8,663	23.72	2,098	8,961	23.41
Washington&Lee	NA	NA	NA	1,223	4,997	24.47	1,147	6,178	18.57
Wellesley	1,267	7,920	16.00	1,259	6,627	19.00	1,298	6,488	20.01
Wesleyan	2,544	13,145	19.35	2,531	12,752	19.85	2,114	13,358	15.83
Williams	1,000	12,500	8.00	1,322	8,745	15.12	1,205	9,715	12.40