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For those of you who have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, heres our initial update of Class of 2026 waitlist notification dates and status where available.
To get a sense for whats happening at the macro level, we took a look at recently released Class of 2025 waitlist statistics from 120 private and public institutions. Our analysis paints the following picture:
As expected, surge in waitlist activity brought on by the pandemic to more normal levels with the Class of 2025, as institutions worked through a surge in gap year deferrals, vaccinations kicked into gear and students were finally able to return to campus. We anticipate waitlist activity to continue to moderate for the Class of 2026.
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Are you a first generation/low income applicant looking for a great place to get a college education?
While the natural tendency may be to simply look at your local public university, it might in fact not be the most affordable choice or the one that gives you the best chance to graduate on time. On the flip side, there may be private schools worth considering with great financial aid and high graduation rates, but if these institutions lack socioeconomic diversity and the critical support services and community to help you adjust, they may be poor fits as well.
Using data gathered from the U.S. Department of Educations College Scorecard, we’ve developed a list of approximately 30 institutions where Pell-eligible students have an opportunity to thrive without compromise. Each institution features healthy socioeconomic diversity, high graduation rates, good support programs and low debt at graduation.
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Interested in STEM, but not one particular field? Does everything from quantitative finance to epidemiology to electrical engineering to climate science fascinate you? Then consider majoring in applied math!
Almost every university offers a major in mathematics. However, in many schools, the math major focuses predominantly on pure math rather than applied and computational math (ACM). In the former, which is a more traditional discipline, students take primarily theoretical courses like geometry, number theory, and topology. However, for many STEM-focused high schoolers like myself, the latter field may pique their curiosity more. In ACM, students will apply mathematical concepts such as dynamical systems and differential equations, in conjunction with other sciences like biology and physics, to analyze real-world scientific challenges.
In today’s social and technological climate, there has never been a better time to become an applied mathematician. With revolutionary computational resources that enable mathematical modeling and simulation of complex systems, students studying ACM can perform innovative work in any of the fields listed above, and so many more.
Interested in this up-and-coming, groundbreaking field? Then check out our latest list of universities with best dedicated ACM majors nationwide. Using information compiled from individual university websites, we’ve selected a list of the top institutions offering a dedicated ACM program, extensive undergraduate research opportunities for ACM students, and when available, specialized concentrations within the program.
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Heres our updated list of reported overall admission rates for the Class of 2026. Results are now available for American University, Amherst College, Barnard, Bates, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brown, Bucknell, Case Western, Colby, Colgate, Colorado College, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Dickinson, Duke, Elon, Emory, Florida State, Fordham, Franklin & Marshall, George Washington University, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Hamilton, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, Macalester, Middlebury, MIT, Northeastern, Northwestern, Notre Dame, NYU, Pitzer, Rice, Swarthmore, Tufts, Tulane, University of Georgia, University of Southern California, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams and Yale. Latest year application totals are available for many more.
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Columbia University announced it admitted 3.73 percent of applicants to the Class of 2026.
2,253 applicants were admitted from a total pool of 60,377 applications.
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Heres our updated list of regular decision notification dates for the Class of 2026. As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their “official” notification dates, so weve compiled the most recently updated dates for you here, along with the notification dates from last year. Bookmark this site, as well post updates often.
Heres our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2026. As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their “official” notification dates, so weve compiled the most recently updated dates for you here where available, as well as last years notification dates for reference. Bookmark this page, as well be updating it frequently over the next 30 days.
U.S. News & World Report released their 2022 college rankings yesterday. Over 1,400 schools were covered nationwide and evaluated on multiple measures of academic excellence and outcomes to produce the final rankings.
This years methodology adjusts for the decline in SAT/ACT test takers and continues to include test-blind institutions.
Princeton retains sole possession of the top spot for National Universities, and Williams College tops the list of Liberal Arts Colleges.
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For those of you who have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, heres a list of 2020 waitlist statistics for several popular private and public schools, along with notification dates and latest status where available.
Our sample of waitlist statistics from 100 private and public institutions paints the following picture:
These results come as no surprise given the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic last cycle. That said, we strongly caution against assuming a similar level of waitlist activity this cycle as much of this uncertainty is now behind us and most schools are resuming normal operations.
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Interested in studying “the skill of the century” and accessing a global market that is worth over $300 billion? Look no further than artificial intelligence (AI) and check out our latest list of colleges with strong undergraduate AI programs in the United States.
The term “artificial intelligence” was coined as early as 1956 and refers to the broad concept of making it possible for machines to perform human-like tasks, such as solving problems, making decisions, understanding language, and processing sounds and s. However, AI only became increasingly popular recently, and along with this rise in popularity came spikes in investment, which led to rapid growth in the AI industry.
Studying AI prepares students to solve problems across a variety of fields and introduces them to a huge job market that continues to expand today. Drawing from U.S. News, TechTarget, CSRankings, Computer Science Degree Hub, Great Value Colleges and Value Colleges, weve curated a list of some of the top undergraduate programs in artificial intelligence across the nation. This list also covers information about the overall admission rates and profiles, offered AI programs, curriculum, and research opportunities and facilities for each listed institution.
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Heres our initial list of reported overall admission rates for the Class of 2025. Results are now available for Amherst College, Barnard, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brigham Young, Brown, Bucknell, Chapman, Claremont McKenna, Colby, Colgate, Colorado College, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Duke, Elon, Emory, Fordham, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Hamilton, Harvard, Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, Macalester, Middlebury, MIT, Northeastern, Northwestern, Notre Dame, NYU, Oxford at Emory, Princeton, Rice, Swarthmore, Tufts, Tulane, University of Florida, University of Georgia, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Villanova, Washington & Lee, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams and Yale. Latest year application totals are available for many more.
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Columbia University announced it admitted 3.7 percent of applicants to the Class of 2025.
2,218 applicants were admitted from a total pool of 60,551 applications.
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Heres our updated list of regular decision notification dates for the Class of 2025. As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their “official” notification dates, so weve compiled the most recently updated dates for you here, along with the notification dates from last year. Bookmark this site, as well post updates often.
Heres our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2025. As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their “official” notification dates, so weve compiled the most recently updated dates for you here where available, as well as last years notification dates for reference. Bookmark this page, as well be updating it frequently over the next 30 days.
U.S. News & World Report released their 2021 college rankings earlier today. Over 1,400 schools were covered nationwide and evaluated on multiple measures of academic excellence and outcomes to produce the final rankings.
This years methodology includes consideration of new student debt metrics, social mobility and inclusion of test-blind institutions. The weighting of outcomes has also increased.
Princeton retains sole possession of the top spot for National Universities, and Williams College tops the list of Liberal Arts Colleges.
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College Waitlist Chances: What Your Odds Look Like
As you see an email from your favorite college pop up in your inbox and rush to open the message, your heart sinks when you have been offered a place on the waitlist. Here’s the thing – it’s not a rejection. You’re still in the running, but you’ve got some work to do in order to convey your continued interest to the admissions officers. Before you take those steps, it can definitely help to understand your college waitlist chances. Naturally, being placed on the waitlist can come with a lot of questions. Why do schools have a waitlist in the first place? What does it mean for you? Are you completely doomed? In case this email has left you in a state of panic, breathe.
The odds of getting off a waitlist depends on the school, as well as on the size and shape of the admitted cohort each year and what those other applicants decide about their destination. It may be frustrating that your fate depends on so many other factors and people, but it’s also important to be realistic and understand your college waitlist chances. To further break it down for you, I’ve elaborated on why universities have a waitlist in the first place, provided some recent data regarding waitlists at top schools, and discussed what you should expect once you’ve been placed on this unpredictable middle ground.
College Waitlist Data for the Top 20 Schools
Seeing past data can give you a hint of what’s to come, even though it changes year to year based on who has applied. The following two tables feature the waitlist data at the top 20 national universities and liberal arts schools from the 2018-19 admissions cycle. Many schools publicize this information in their annual data set, while others such as Harvard, Columbia, and Yale don’t. For most of the colleges, we have included information on the number of students who were offered a spot, how many students said yes to a place on the waitlist, and the actual number of candidates who were admitted off the waitlist.
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