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IVIES |
Overall |
Early Round |
Estimated Regular Decision |
| 2010 |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
| Brown |
2,531 |
18,316 |
13.82 |
543 |
2,379 |
22.82 |
1,988 |
15,937 |
12.47 |
| Columbia |
2,296 |
19,851 |
11.57 |
583 |
2,236 |
26.07 |
1,713 |
17,615 |
9.72 |
| Cornell |
6,935 |
28,098 |
24.68 |
1,110 |
2,849 |
38.96 |
5,825 |
25,249 |
23.07 |
| Dartmouth |
2,186 |
13,938 |
15.68 |
398 |
1,321 |
30.13 |
1,788 |
12,617 |
14.17 |
| Harvard |
2,124 |
22,754 |
9.33 |
813 |
3,869 |
21.01 |
1,311 |
18,885 |
6.94 |
| Penn |
3,617 |
20,483 |
17.66 |
1,181 |
4,120 |
28.67 |
2,436 |
16,363 |
14.89 |
| Princeton |
1,790 |
17,564 |
10.19 |
599 |
2,236 |
26.79 |
1,191 |
15,328 |
7.77 |
| Yale |
1,878 |
21,101 |
8.90 |
724 |
4,084 |
17.73 |
1,154 |
17,017 |
6.78 |
| Total Ivies |
23,357 |
162,103 |
14.41 |
5,951 |
23,094 |
25.77 |
17,406 |
139,011 |
12.52 |
MIT + Stanford |
Overall |
Early Round |
Estimated Regular Decision |
| 2010 |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
| Stanford |
2,444 |
22,333 |
10.94 |
853 |
4,503 |
18.94 |
1,591 |
17,830 |
8.92 |
| MIT |
1,513 |
11,369 |
13.31 |
377 |
3,091 |
12.20 |
1,136 |
8,278 |
13.72 |
| Total |
3,957 |
33,702 |
11.74 |
1,230 |
7,594 |
16.20 |
2,727 |
26,108 |
10.45 |
IVIES + SM |
Overall |
Early Round |
Estimated Regular Decision |
| 2010 |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
| Ivies |
23,360 |
162,108 |
14.41 |
5,950 |
23,133 |
25.72 |
17,410 |
138,975 |
12.53 |
| MIT + Stanford |
3,957 |
33,702 |
11.74 |
1,230 |
7,594 |
16.20 |
2,727 |
26,108 |
10.45 |
| Total |
27,317 |
195,810 |
13.95 |
7,180 |
30,727 |
23.37 |
20,137 |
165,083 |
12.20 |
Brown accepted a record low 13.8% of applicants this year of their all time high 18,316 applicants, the lowest rate in Brown's history. Last year their acceptance rate was 15.1%. 94% of the applicants were in the 10% of their high school class.
Up 16% from last year with 2,379 early action apps (2,046 last fall). 22.8% acceptance rate.
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Columbia College accepted 9.7% of the applicants (1,661/17,151). The acceptance rate for regular decision only was 7.9%. For SEAS, 635 students were admitted out of 2,700 applicants for an admit rate of 23.6%, a school record low.
Early decision applications (to Columbia College and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science) were up 5.5% to 2,236. 583 were admitted for an acceptance rate of 26.1%. The college's acceptance rate for early decision was 23.2%.
| 2010 |
Overall |
Early Round |
Estimated Regular Decision |
| Columbia |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
| CC |
1,661 |
17,151 |
9.68 |
454 |
1,956 |
23.21 |
1,207 |
15,195 |
7.94 |
| SEAS |
635 |
2,700 |
23.59 |
129 |
280 |
46.07 |
508 |
2,420 |
20.99 |
| Combined |
2,296 |
19,851 |
11.57 |
583 |
2,236 |
26.07 |
1,713 |
17,615 |
9.72 |
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Cornell had their lowest acceptance rate ever with only 6,935/28,098 students being accepted for an acceptance rate of 24.7%.
Early decision applications were up 11% to 2,849 and 1,110 applicants were admitted for an acceptance rate of 39%.
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Dartmouth received 13,938 applicants, accepting a record low of 15.7% of the applicants. In the regular round, the admission rate was 14.2% (1,788/12,617). The class is 51.4% women with 62% more females admitted than males. 94% of the students hail from the 10% of their high school class, 41% were ranked #1 in their high school.
Up 12% from last year with 1,321 early decision applicants: 398 were admitted, 366 deferred, 520 denied, 24 incomplete (30.1% acceptance rate).
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Harvard accepted 9.3% of the applicants, 2,124/22,754. Nearly 2600 applicants had perfect 800 SAT verbal scores, 2700 with 800 SAT math scores, nearly 3000 were #1 in their high school class.
Down 5% from last year receiving 3,869 applicants for non-binding early action. Offered admission to 813 students (20.7% acceptance rate). 2,828 were deferred (73%), 149 were rejected (3.8%), and 79 had incomplete applications.
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A total of only 13% of MIT applicants were accepted, a record low for the admission office. A total of 11,369 applicants applied, 1,513 of whom were accepted. The acceptance rate for international students was only 4% (107/2575). 52% of the admits are male, 48% female.
Up 10% from last year early action. 377 admitted out of 3,091 (admit rate of 12.2%). 2,502 applicants were deferred and 216 were denied admission.
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Penn accepted a record low of 17.7% of applicants this year, accepting 3,617 out of 20,483 applicants. The acceptance rate for just the regular round was 14.9% as compared to 28.7% for early. Of the accepted students, 2,261 were accepted to the college, 775 to Engineering, 475 to Wharton and 112 to Nursing.
Up 21% from last year with 4,120 early decision applicants. 28.7% acceptance rate admitting 1,181 of its 4,120. Of the admitted students, 798 were accepted to the college, 202 to Wharton, 151 to Engineering, 29 to Nursing and 24 to Huntsman Program in International Relations and Business, 18 in the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology and 14 to the new Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management.
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Overall, Princeton offered admission to 1,790 students out of a record 17,564 for a 10.2% acceptance rate (down from 10.9% last year). For regular decision alone, 1,191 students were accepted out of 15,328 for a regular decision acceptance rate of 7.8% (8.4% last year).
Up 9% with 2,236 early decision applicants this year (2,039 last year), offering admission to 599 students (26.8% acceptance rate).
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Stanford admitted a total of 10.88%. 2,444 applicants were accepted, 1,591 through regular decision and 853 through early decision. For the first time in Stanford's history, they received more than 22,000 applications (22,333). More than 90% were in the 10% of their high school class, close to 80% had 4.0 or higher in high school.
Up 4% from last year with 4,503 early action applications. Only 853 were admitted (admit rate of 18.9%).
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Yale broke all records with the lowest acceptance rate in the Ivy League with an 8.9% acceptance rate. In sum, Yale accepted 1,878/21,101 applicants, an 8.5% rise in the total number of applicants since last year. The regular decision acceptance rate was a low 6.8%.
Up 3.5% from last year with 4,084 non-binding early action apps. 724 students accepted from a pool of 4,084, (17.7% admission rate). 48% of early applicants were deferred and 33.3% were rejected. The only Ivy to take fewer than 20% for early.
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| 2010 |
Admitted |
Applied |
Admit Rate |
| Caltech |
573 |
3,330 |
17.21% |
| Chicago |
3,673 |
9,542 |
38.49% |
| Duke |
4,101 |
19,386 |
21.15% |
| Emory |
4,535 |
14,232 |
31.86% |
| Johns Hopkins |
3,726 |
13,900 |
26.81% |
| Northwestern |
5,434 |
18,385 |
29.56% |
| Notre Dame |
3,492 |
12,796 |
27.29% |
| Rice |
2,080 |
8,776 |
23.70% |
| Vanderbilt |
4,128 |
12,189 |
33.87% |
| Wash U |
4,634 |
22,251 |
20.83% |
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Duke received 19,386 applications, a 6.6% rise since last year.
Duke admitted 468 out of 1,499 for an acceptance rate of 31.2%.
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Overall |
Early Round |
Estimated Regular Decision |
| Duke |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
Admit |
Applied |
% |
| 2010 |
4,101 |
19,386 |
21.15 |
468 |
1,499 |
31.22 |
3,633 |
17,887 |
20.31 |
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| 2010 |
Admitted |
Applied |
Admit Rate |
| Amherst |
1,144 |
6,142 |
18.63% |
| Bowdoin |
1,165 |
5,401 |
21.57% |
| Carleton |
1,405 |
4,450 |
31.57% |
| Claremont McKenna |
805 |
3,593 |
22.40% |
| Colby |
1,411 |
4,242 |
33.26% |
| Colgate |
2,217 |
7,873 |
28.16% |
| Davidson |
1,185 |
3,895 |
30.42% |
| Grinnell |
1,401 |
3,104 |
45.14% |
| Hamilton |
1,425 |
4,266 |
33.40% |
| Haverford |
869 |
3,351 |
25.93% |
| Middlebury |
1,506 |
6,184 |
24.35% |
| Harvey Mudd |
645 |
2,119 |
30.44% |
| Pomona |
963 |
5,439 |
17.71% |
| Smith |
1,819 |
3,427 |
53.08% |
| Swarthmore |
923 |
4,852 |
19.02% |
| Vassar |
1,829 |
6,075 |
30.11% |
| Washington & Lee |
1,158 |
4,215 |
27.47% |
| Wellesley |
1,434 |
3,974 |
36.08% |
| Wesleyan |
2,012 |
7,242 |
27.78% |
| Williams |
1,146 |
5,999 |
19.10% |
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Statistics by Christian Termont at Economics of Education Research Associates
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