Emory College announced today it admitted 4,512 applicants to the Class of 2023.

A total of 30,017 applications were received for the year, up 9 percent from the previous year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 15 percent.  

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Oxford College at Emory announced today it admitted 3,432 applicants to the Class of 2023.

Approximately 17,500 applications to Emory were also to Oxford College, resulting in an overall admit rate of 19 percent.

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Amherst College announced that it admitted 11 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023. 

1,144 students were admitted from a pool of 10,567 applicants.     

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Haverford College announced today that it admitted 801 applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 4,968 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 16 percent.    

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Colby College announced today that it admitted 1,295 applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 13,584 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 9.5 percent.    

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Williams announced today it extended offers to 1,205 applicants for the Class of 2023.  

A total of 9,715 applications were received, resulting in an overall admission rate of 12 percent.

The target size for the Class of 2023 is 550 students.

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Swarthmore announced today that it admitted 995 applicants to the Class of 2023.  

Over 11,400 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 9 percent.

Swarthmore anticipates an entering class size of 415 students.

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Washington University in St. Louis admitted 14 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023.  

Over 25,400 applications were submitted this year.  

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Johns Hopkins announced today that it admitted 2,309 applicants to the Class of 2023 under regular decision.  

Overall, 2,950 early and regular decision applicants were admitted from a total pool of 32,231, resulting in an overall admission rate of 9 percent.

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 1,410 applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 21,312 applications were submitted this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 7 percent.  

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Georgia Tech announced today that it admitted 18.8 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023.  

In total, approximately 7,000 students were admitted from a total pool of over 36,936 early action and regular decision applicants.  

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If you've been wondering how much merit aid is available for National Merit scholars, then check out our list of Colleges with Great Scholarships for National Merit Finalists.

We've focused on institutions in our coverage universe that are particularly generous with merit aid—including those offering full tuition or full cost of attendance—and provided a brief summary of the package, whether it's competitive, and a link to each institution's website for the details. There's a good mix of public and private institutions, and in the case of public institutions, packages are often available for non-residents as well as residents.  

The list isn't exhaustive but should provide you an excellent start—enjoy!

The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 6,550 early action applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 25,126 early action applications were received, up 17 percent from the previous year, resulting in an overall early admission rate of 26 percent.  While the in-state admission rate was not reported, 19.3 percent of out-of-state applicants were admitted.  

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Here's our updated list of early decision and early action dates for the Class of 2023.  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.   

Good luck, seniors!