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12 April 2018

Forbes Releases Best Value College Rankings for 2018

Posted in College Rankings

forbesForbes released its list of America's Best Value Colleges for 2018. 

The Forbes ranking methodology is driven by alumni earnings (20%), net price (20%), net debt (20%), school quality (20%), timely graduation (10%) and Pell grant recipients (10%).  

At the top of this year's list:

  1. UCLA
  2. University of California - Berkeley
  3. Brigham Young University
  4. University of California - Irvine
  5. University of Washington - Seattle
  6. Harvard University
  7. Stanford University
  8. Princeton University
  9. University of California - San Diego
  10. Amherst College

 

Click here for the full list.

28 March 2018

Harvard Admits 1,962 Applicants to the Class of 2022

Posted in Class of 2022

harvardHarvard announced it admitted 1,962 applicants to the Class of 2022.  

42,749 applications were received, resulting in an overall admit rate of 4.6 percent. 

Click here for the news release.

 

27 March 2018

Class of 2022 Regular Decision Notification Dates

Posted in Class of 2022

UPDATE #37 (3/27)

student-questionsHere's our latest list of regular decision notification dates for the Class of 2022.  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, along with the notification dates from last year.  Bookmark this site, as we'll post updates often.

Good luck, seniors!

20 February 2018

Top Ranked Colleges for International Relations Majors (2018)

Posted in Your College List

foreignpolicy logo 400x400In 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.

Click on Continue Reading for the list, or here for the Foreign Policy article. 

20 December 2017

Class of 2022 Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates

Posted in Early Admission, Class of 2022

UPDATE #39 (12/20)

student questionsHere's our latest list of early decision and early action dates for the Class of 2022.  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.   

Case Western is set to announce today at 8pm ET (both EDI and EA).  Colorado College (EA), Kalamazoo and the University of Michigan are on tap for Wednesday 12/20.

With ED/EA decisions released for virtually all of the schools we track, we'll call this 38th update our final one this season. 

Good luck, seniors!

12 December 2017

Harvard Admits 964 Early Applicants to Class of 2022

Posted in Early Admission, Class of 2022

harvardHarvard announced earlier today that it admitted 964 applicants to the Class of 2022 under restrictive early action.  

A total of 6,630 early applications were received, up 2.4 percent from last year, resulting in an early admission rate of 14.5 percent. 

Click here for the news release.

 

11 October 2017

Class of 2021 Early Admission Results

Posted in Early Admission, Class of 2021

FINAL UPDATE (10/11)

college-studentsHere's our latest list of reported early admission rates for the Class of 2021.

This list includes several popular private and public schools, including Barnard, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Claremont McKenna, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Duke, Emory, Emory (Oxford), Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Hamilton, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Johns Hopkins, Middlebury, MIT, Northwestern, Notre Dame, NYU, Pitzer, Pomona, Princeton, Rice, Scripps, Trinity College, University of Georgia, UMass Amherst, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virgina, Vanderbilt, Wesleyan, William & Mary, Williams and Yale. 

Stanford and the University of Chicago don't plan to release statistics until the end of the admissions cycle.

Click Continue Reading for the list.

12 September 2017

U.S. News & World Report Posts 2018 College Rankings

Posted in Class of 2022, College Rankings

usnwr bestcollegesU.S. News & World Report released their 2018 college rankings earlier today.  Over 1,800 schools were covered nationwide and evaluated on multiple measures of academic excellence and outcomes to produce the final rankings.

Princeton retains sole posession of the top spot for National Universities, and Williams College tops the list of Liberal Arts Colleges.  

Click on Continue Reading to see the rankings changes. 

04 August 2017

Forbes Releases 2017 College Rankings

Posted in College Rankings

forbesForbes released its list of top ranked colleges for 2017. 

The Forbes ranking methodology is driven by student experiece (20%), post-graduate success (35%), student debt (20%), graduation rate (12.5%) and academic success (12.5%).  

At the top of this year's list are:

  1. Harvard University
  2. Stanford University
  3. Yale University
  4. Princeton University
  5. MIT
  6. Caltech
  7. University of Pennsylvania
  8. Duke University
  9. Brown University
  10. Pomona College

 

Click here for the full list.

12 July 2017

Money Magazine College Rankings (2017-18)

Posted in Your College List, Class of 2022, College Rankings

moneymagMoney Magazine just released its college rankings for 2017-18. Over 2,000 schools were evaluated based on 27 factors along three categories: educational quality, affordability and outcomes. The result: 711 schools that deliver a great education at an affordable price, with good outcomes post graduation.

The top of the list:

  • Princeton University
  • Baruch College (CUNY)
  • University of Michigan 
  • University of California - Berkeley 
  • University of California - Los Angeles
  • Stanford University 
  • University of California - Irvine 
  • MIT
  • University of California - Davis 
  • Harvard University 

Click here for the rankings or here for the methodology.

 

07 July 2017

Class of 2021 Admission Results

Posted in Class of 2021

UPDATE #23 (7/7)

gradcapsairHere's our latest list of reported overall admission rates for the Class of 2021. Results are now available for American, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brown, BYU, Cal Poly SLO, Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Colgate, College of William & Mary, Colorado College, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Franklin Olin, George Washington, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Hamilton, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Kenyon, Lehigh, Macalester, Middlebury, MIT, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oberlin, Oxford at Emory, Pitzer, Pomona, Princeton, Scripps, Stanford, Swarthmore, Trinity College, Tufts, Tulane, Union College, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, University of Florida, University of Pennsylvania, USC, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Wake Forest, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams and Yale.

Bookmark this page as we'll update frequently as more institutions report results. 

Click Continue Reading for the list.

30 March 2017

Harvard Admits 2,056 Applicants to the Class of 2021

Posted in Class of 2021

harvardHarvard announced it admitted 2,056 applicants to the Class of 2021.  

39,506 applications were received, resulting in an overall admit rate of 5.2 percent. 

Click here for the news release.

 

29 March 2017

Class of 2021 Regular Decision Notification Dates

Posted in Class of 2021

UPDATE #31 (3/29)

student-questionsHere's our latest list of regular decision notification dates for the Class of 2021.  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, along with the notification dates from last year.  Bookmark this site, as we'll post updates often.

Good luck, seniors!

02 February 2017

Class of 2021 Early Notification Dates

Posted in Early Admission, Class of 2021

UPDATE #12 (2/2)

student-questionsHere's our latest list of early notification dates for the Class of 2021.  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.

Good luck, seniors!

13 December 2016

Harvard Admits 938 Early Applicants to Class of 2021

Posted in Early Admission, Class of 2021

harvardHarvard announced earlier today that it admitted 938 applicants to the Class of 2021 under restrictive early action.  

With the total pool of early applicants up 4.5 percent from the previous year, the early admission rate fell slightly to 14.5 percent compared to 16.5 percent for the Class of 2020. 

Click here for the news release.

 

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