![]() Unlike Early Decision acceptances which are binding on accepted applicants, REA acceptances are non-binding. While the acceptance advantage does not appear to be as great with Restricted Early Action (REA), it still offers a much higher acceptance rate compared to Regular Decision applications.įor applicants to the class of 2025, Harvard and Yale offered Restrictive Early Action (REA) to applicants instead of Early Decision. Only at Pomona College and Rice University were Early Decision acceptance rates less than 3 times Regular Decision acceptance rates. At UPenn, 15% of Early Decision applicants were accepted compared to 4% of Regular Decision applicants.Īt Amherst, Bowdoin, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore College and Vanderbilt, Early Decision acceptance rates were generally more than 3 times those of Regular Decision acceptance rates. ![]() Columbia accepted 10% of its Early Decision applicants, but only 3% of its Regular Decision applicants.Ĭornell and Dartmouth each accepted 21% of their Early Decision applicants, but only 7% of Regular Decision applicants at Cornell and 5% of Regular Decision applicants at Dartmouth. ![]() A majority of 52% of its class of 2025 was accepted through Early Decision.Īt the Ivy League colleges, Early Decision applicants were accepted at rates that were between 2 and 4 times that of Regular Decision applicants.īrown accepted 16% of its Early Decision applicants, but only 4% of its Regular Decision applicants. Northwestern University accepted 25% of its Early Decision applicants, but only 5% of its Regular Decision applicants, favoring Early Decision applicants by a multiple of 5 times. A substantial 41% of the class of 2025 at Williams was accepted Early Decision. Williams College accepted 33% of its Early Decision applicants, but only 7% of its Regular Decision applicants, favoring Early Decision applicants by a multiple of 4.7 times. At Barnard, a whopping 62% of the class of 2025 was accepted through Early Decision leaving very little room for those who applied Regular Decision subsequently. At the colleges that disclosed complete data, Early Decision acceptance rates were generally three to four times those of Regular Decision acceptance rates.īarnard College accepted 34% of its Early Decision applicants, but only 6% of its Regular Decision applicants, favoring Early Decision applicants by a multiple of 5.6 times. Table of Colleges with Acceptance Rates Below 10% - Class of 2025Īcademic Statistics that Matter at the Top Collegesĭo Test Scores Improve your Chances of Admission The Early Decision AdvantageĪ total of 18 out of the 24 colleges with single digit overall acceptance rates offer Early Decision. The acceptance data in the table for the class of 2025 makes this very clear. On the other hand, the acceptance rates for applications made through Early Decision, Restrictive Early Action or Early Action have been multiples of the acceptance rates for Regular Decision at these 24 colleges. Prudent applicants planning to apply Regular Decision to these colleges should place them squarely in the “stretch” school column, and applicants should maintain very low expectations of gaining admission. The Regular Decision acceptance rates at these 24 colleges are even lower than the overall acceptance rates announced by the colleges. ![]() 40% or more of the available seats for the class are already committed to Early Decision acceptances, leaving the huge pool of applicants at Regular Decision to scramble for the remaining seats. The substantially reduced number of seats available by the time Regular Decision rolls around. The huge number of applicants to these colleges during Regular Decision, numbers that were further inflated with the introduction of test optionality in Fall 2020, The main drivers for the near impossible odds of admission at the Regular Decision phase of the application cycle are: These 24 colleges include all eight of the Ivy League colleges, Stanford, MIT, and CalTech plus thirteen more colleges, seven of which are liberal arts colleges. With overall acceptance rates below 10%, these 24 uber elite colleges are incredibly tough to gain admission to when you apply Regular Decision.
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