Rice University admitted 408 early decision applicants to the Class of 2023.  

Early decision applications rose 39 percent to 2,628, resulting in an admission rate of 15.5 percent.

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Did you know it's possible to be guaranteed admission to certain public universities based solely on your academic credentials?  

While institutions like the University of California won’t guarantee you admission to a specific campus, the good news is that most will based on some combination of class rank, GPA and test scores.

For example, if you’re an Arizona resident interested in the University of Arizona, a 3.0+ GPA or top 25% class rank will assure you admission. Or if you’re a Texas resident interested in the University of Texas at Austin, a top 6% class rank will grant you automatic admission.

Better yet, assured admission often extends to non-residents as well. A top 10% class rank or 3.5+ GPA will assure admission to Washington State University, for example, or a 24+ ACT or 1160+ SAT will assure admission to the University of Missouri. 

Of course, you’ll still need to complete an application and sweat the details, like making sure you’ve satisfied curriculum requirements and that your GPA is calculated appropriately. To help you understand the specifics, we’ve included links to program criteria for the public institutions listed.

If that’s still too much work, consider checking out College Kickstart. We track assured admission criteria for 35 programs across the nation and will automatically flag situations where your academic credentials appear to meet assured admission criteria for schools on your list.  It's a great way to take some of the stress out of the process!  

Click on Continue Reading to see our list of selected institutions with assured admission programs.

Georgetown University admitted 919 restrictive early action applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 7,802 early action applications were received this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 12 percent. 

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Northwestern University admitted approximately 25 percent of early decision applicants to the Class of 2023.  

Early decision applications rose 9 percent to 4,399.  Early decision admittances are expected to fill 53-54 percent of the class. 

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Middlebury College announced today that it admitted 297 early decision I applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 654 early decision I applications were received this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 45 percent.

Middlebury expects admitted early decision applicants to comprise 41 percent of the targeted class size of 730.  

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The University of Notre Dame announced today that it admitted 1,534 restrictive early action applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 7,334 early action applications were received this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 19 percent. Total early action applications were up 17 percent over the previous year.   

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted 707 early action applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 9,600 applications were submitted this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 7.4 percent.  

6,182 applicants were deferred and 2,483 were denied.

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Cornell accepted 1,395 applicants to the Class of 2022 under early decision.  

Early decision applicants totaled 6,159, resulting in an admisison rate of 22.6 percent.

Legacy students made up 22.1 percent of early admits and athletes made up 13.5 percent.   

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Dartmouth accepted 574 applicants (including 25 matched through QuestBridge) to the Class of 2023 under early decision.  

The total number of early admission applicants grew to 2,474 this year, up 9 percent.  This resulted in an early admission rate of 23 percent.

Dartmouth anticipates these early admits will account for 48 percent of this year's class.    

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Yale admitted 794 applicants to the Class of 2023 under Single Choice Early Action.

6,016 applications were received, resulting in an early admission rate of 13.2 percent.  56 percent of applicants were deferred, 30 percent were denied, and 2 percent were withdrawn or incomplete.

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Barnard announced a 24 percent increase in early decision applicants for Class of 2023.  

Overall, 1,235 applications were received for the year compared to 993 for the Class of 2022. 

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Johns Hopkins admitted 641 applicants to the Class of 2023 under early decision.  

A total of 2,068 early decision applications were received, resulting in an early admission rate of 31 percent.

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Columbia University announced it received 4,461 early decision applications for the Class of 2023, up 9 percent from the previous year.  The actual admission results were not provided.  

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Harvard announced earlier today that it admitted 935 applicants to the Class of 2023 under restrictive early action.  

A total of 6,958 early applications were received, resulting in an early admission rate of 13.4 percent. 

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Brown accepted 769 applicants to the Class of 2023 under early decision.  

The total number of early decision applicants was 4230 this year, up 21 percent and resulting in an early admission rate of 18 percent.

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