Whether you're a senior deciding on school options, a junior gearing up for the process, or a counselor immersed in it all, March has truly been madness!  It's been crazy for us too, as we've been busy updating College Kickstart with fresh data, new financial aid ratings, a new help system and some polish based on your feedback.    

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Amherst College announced today that it admitted 13.7 percent of applicants to the Class of 2020. 

1,149 students were admitted from 8,397 applicants, inclusive of early decision.  Amherst is targeting an incoming class of 472 students.   

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Emory College announced today it admitted 4,927 applicants to the Class of 2020.

A total of 19,924 applications were received for the year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 25 percent.  

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Oxford College at Emory announced today it admitted 3,282 applicants to the Class of 2020.

A total of 8,644 applications were received for the year, resulting in an overall admit rate of 38 percent.

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The University of Notre Dame announced today that it admitted 3,665 applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 19,499 applications were received this year, up 7 percent from last year, resulting in an overall admit rate of 19 percent.  

The targeted class size is 2,040 students.  

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Georgetown University admitted 3,276 regular decision applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 20,002 regular decision applications were received this year, resulting in an regular decision admit rate of 16.4 percent. 

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Harvard announced it admitted 2,037 applicants to the Class of 2020.  

39,041 applications were received, up 4.6 percent from last year, resulting in an overall admit rate of 5.2 percent. 

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Kenyon announced today that it admitted 1,688 applicants to the Class of 2020.

Approximately 6,400 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 26 percent.  

The target size for the class is expected to be approximately 475 students.

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Yale announced today that it admitted 1,972 applicants to the Class of 2020.

A total of 31,455 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 6.3 percent.  An additional 1,095 students were offered a place on the waitlist.

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Dartmouth accepted 2,176 applicants to the Class of 2020.  

The total number of applicants totaled 20,675 for the year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 10.5 percent.

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Brown announced today that it admitted 2,250 students to the Class of 2020.  

Applications totaled 32,380 for the year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 9 percent.  An additional 1,000 students were waitlisted.

The target size for the class is expected to be 1,665.  

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Princeton University announced today it admitted 1,894 students to the Class of 2020.  

Applications totaled 29,303, resulting in an overall admission rate of 6.5 percent.  An additional 1,237 candidates were offered a place on the waitlist.

The target size for the class is anticipated to be 1,308 students.

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Columbia University announced today it admitted 2,193 applicants to the Class of 2020.

A total of 36,292 applications were received, resulting in an overall admit rate of 6.0 percent.

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Cornell admitted 6,277 applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 44,966 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admit rate of 14 percent. An additional 4,572 students were offered a place on the waitlist.

The targeted size of the Class of 2020 is 3,275.   

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The University of Pennsylvania announced today that it admitted 3,661 applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A totla of 38,918 applications were received, a record, resulting in an overall admit rate of 9.4 percent.

The targeted size of the Class of 2020 is 2,445 students.

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