The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 1,275 applicants to the Class of 2028.  

A total of 28,232 applications were submitted this year, up 5 percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of percent.  

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Brown announced this month that it will reinstate standardized testing requirements for most applicants beginning with the class of 2029.  

Exceptions will be permitted for some applicants where the IB or a national exam may be substituted, and the school will continue to be test-optional for student veterans, transfer applicants, and Resumed Undergraduate Education students

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Tulane announced that it admitted 13 percent of applicants to the Class of 2028. 

Over 30,000 completed applications were received.

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Vanderbilt University reported that it admitted 15.2 percent of early decision applicants to the Class of 2028.

15.2% of students were admitted from a pool of 5,835 early decision applications.

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Yale announced today that it adopted a test-flexible policy for all first years and transfers applying for fall 2025 entry.

Applicants will have the option to submit either SAT, ACT, Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) scores.

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• Announcement (link)
• Details (link)
• Interview with Jeremiah Quinlan, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid (link)

Several popular colleges and universities now support the Self-Reported Academic Record (SRAR), also known as the Self-Reported Student Academic Record (SSAR), which allows students to submit their courses, grades, and test results to colleges during the application process.

That said, how the SRAR is used by these institutions varies. To help you navigate it all, we've enhanced the current list of participating institutions and polices for domestic and international applicants with admit rates, test score ranges and direct links to the SRAR section of their admissions websites.

Note that while most of the 30+ participating institutions are public universities, there are two notable privates requiring the SRAR: New York University (NYU) and Northeastern University.

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Here's our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2028.  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.

Good luck, seniors!

Dartmouth College announced today that the submission of standardized test scores will be required for a student's application for admission.      

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Dartmouth accepted 606 applicants to the Class of 2028 under early decision.  

Early decision applicants totaled 3,550, up 18 percent year over year, resulting in an acceptance rate of 17 percent.   

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The University of Notre Dame announced it admitted 1,724 restrictive early action applicants to the Class of 2028.  

A total of 11,498 early applications were received, up three percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 15 percent.    

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 661 early action applicants to the Class of 2028.  

A total of 12,563 applications were submitted this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 5.3 percent.  

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Rice University admitted 442 early decision applicants to the Class of 2028.  

2,886 early decision applications were received, an increase from last year. The admission rate was 15%

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The University of Georgia offered 9,000 early action applicants to the Class of 2028.

A total of 26,760 applications were received, up 3.5 percent from the previous year, resulting in an admit rate of 34 percent.  

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Williams College announced 249 early decision applicants were admitted to the Class of 2028.

A total of 1068 early decision applications were received this year, resulting in an admission rate of 23 percent.   

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Brown accepted 898 applicants to the Class of 2028 under early decision.  

Early decision applications totaled 6,244 this year, down 8 percent and resulting in an early admission rate of 14 percent.

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