Swarthmore announced yesterday that it admitted 969 applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 14,287 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 7 percent.

Swarthmore anticipates an entering class size of 415 students.

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Tufts announced that 9.5 percent of applicants were admitted to the Class of 2027.

Over 34,000 applications were received.   

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The University of Notre Dame announced it admitted 3,399 applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 28,351 applications were received, resulting in an overall admission rate of 11.9 percent.    

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Johns Hopkins announced today that it admitted 1,592 applicants to the Class of 2027 under regular decision.  

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Wellesley announced today that it admitted 13 percent of applicants to the Class of 2027.  

Just over 8,400 applications were received.

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The University of Georgia admitted 15,340+ applicants to the Class of 2027.

A total of 43,700 applications were received, resulting in an overall admission rate of 35 percent.  The admit rate for Georgia residents was 48 percent, while the admit rate for non-Georgia/international applicants was 26 percent.

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 9,184 applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 56,439 applications were received, up 11 percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 16 percent.  The admission rate for residents was 27 percent vs out-of-state at 12 percent.

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 1,259 applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 26,914 applications were submitted this year, down 20 percent year over year after reinstating the standardized testing requirement, resulting in an overall admission rate of 5 percent.  

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 5,939 early action applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 36,443 early action applications were received, up 17 percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 16 percent.  The admission rate for residents was 27 percent vs out-of-state at 12 percent.

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QUESTION: what happens when a college wants a balanced class but has to draw on a much smaller male applicant pool?

ANSWER: higher admission rates for guys!

We looked at several popular coed institutions and searched for places where there was a 20% or greater admission rate advantage for male applicants.  The result: an intriguing list of 12 schools to consider.

The majority of the schools on the list are liberal arts colleges, but you'll also be surprised to see names like Baylor and Cal State Long Beach.    

To help you categorize schools into likelies, targets and reaches, we've included admission rates, mid-50th percentile SAT and ACT scores.  We've also provided links to each school's website to help you explore fit.  

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QUESTION: what happens when a college wants a balanced class but has a much smaller female applicant pool to draw on?

ANSWER: higher admission rates for females!

Like our previous post, we looked at several popular coed institutions and searched for places where there was a 20% or greater admission rate advantage, this time for women.  The result: a list of 51 schools for qualified applicants to consider.

The list is dominated by institutions strong in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), but you'll also find some unexpected names like Grinnell College and Kenyon College.    

To help you categorize schools into likelies, targets and reaches, we've included admission rates, mid-50th percentile SAT and ACT scores.  We've also provided links to each school's website to help you explore fit.  

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Trying to understand how demonstrated interest factors into a college/university you're considering?  Then check out our list of institutions where demonstrated interest is deemed important or very important.  

To compile the list, we've identified every school in our coverage universe where the Common Data Set entry for "level of applicant's interest" is reported as important or very important.  Note that the Common Data set defines four options—very important, important, considered and not considered—and that inconsistencies are likely to exist in the way colleges define these terms.  

Nevertheless, the list remains a great way to get a better sense for where visiting a campus (virtually), taking advantage of an optional interview or completing an optional essay prompt may more strongly weigh on your candidacy for admission. 

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Here's our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2027.  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!

Georgia Tech announced that it admitted 2,838 Early Action 2 applicants to the Class of 2027.  Early Action 2 is for international and out-of-state students only.  

Early Action 1 applications totaled exceeded 27,500, resulting in an admission rate of 10 percent.

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The University of Southern California announced today that it admitted roughly 2,400 early action applicants to the Class of 2027.  

Over 40,600 early action applications were received, resulting in an acceptance rate of 6 percent.

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