Swarthmore announced today that it admitted 980 applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 10,749 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 9 percent.

Swarthmore anticipates an entering class size of 420 students.

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Pomona College announced today that it admitted 713 applicants to the Class of 2022.  

Overall, 10,245 applications were received, resulting in an overall admission rate of 6.9 percent.

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Johns Hopkins announced today that it admitted 2,284 applicants to the Class of 2022 under regular decision.  

Overall, 2,894 early and regular decision applicants were admitted from a total pool of 29,128, resulting in an overall admission rate of 10 percent.

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Williams announced today it extended offers to 1,163 applicants for the Class of 2022.  

A total of 9,559 applications were received, resulting in an overall admission rate of 12 percent.

The target size for the Class of 2022 is 550 students.

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Tulane University announced that 17 percent of applicants were admitted to the Class of 2022.  

A total of 38,813 applications were received, up 9 percent from last year.   

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 1,464 applicants to the Class of 2022.  

A total of 21,708 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 22 percent of applicants to the Class of 2022.  

In total, nearly 8,000 students were admitted from a total pool of over 35,600 early action and regular decision applicants.  

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In search of colleges and universities with strong undergraduate international relations programs?

Courtesy of Foreign Policy magazine and the College of William & Mary, we've compiled their list of top 50 programs in the United States, along with admit rate and test score data to help you locate likely, target and reach schools to add to your list.  As always, we've also included a link to each school's website to help you explore further.

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Here's an article from the Wall Street Journal with a look at how college admissions officers at Bucknell, Georgia Tech and Rice are attempting to keep up with surges in application numbers.  With applications being considered in eight minutes (or less), it's vital to stay focused, consistent and compelling in your materials.  

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 6,000 early action applicants to the Class of 2022.  

A total of 21,573 early action applications were received, resulting in an early admission rate of 27.8 percent.  44 percent of in-state applicants were admitted while 21.5 percent of out-of-state applicants were admitted.  

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Here's a good article from the Washington Post with an inside look at college admissions at the University of Maryland.

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Boston College announced today that it admitted 3,170 restrictive early action applicants to the Class of 2022.  

A total of 10,360 early action applications were received this year, up 15 percent, resulting in an early admission rate of 31 percent.  

Boston College hopes to fill approximately one-third of the Class of 2022 with students accepted early action.   

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Georgia Tech announced today that it admitted 4,677 early action applicants to the Class of 2022.  

Early action applications grew 16 percent to 18,124, resulting in an early action admission rate of 26 percent—46 percent for residents and 19 percent for non-residents.

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Northwestern University admitted 1,072 early decision applicants to the Class of 2022.  

Early decision applications rose 6 percent to 4,049, resulting in an early admission rate of 26 percent. With total applications topping 40,000, the overall admission rate is projected to fall to approximately 8 percent. 

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Wesleyan University admitted 279 early decision I applicants to the Class of 2022.

A total of 718 applications were received, resulting in an EDI admit rate of 39 percent.  

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