The Ivy League is seeing a surge in early applications. A sampling of the numbers released this month: ■ Harvard early action (nonbinding) applications rose 5 percent, to 6,473. The acceptance rate fell slightly this year to 14.5 percent, or 938 students. ■ Yale welcomed its largest group of early-action admits in several years, accepting 871 students, or 17.1 […]
Read More »(Georgetown University) By Aly Pachter — Georgetown accepted 11.9 percent of its 7,822 early action applicants to the Class of 2021, 1 percent lower than last year’s 13 percent and the lowest acceptance rate in university history. Georgetown notified the early action applicants about their acceptance or deferral to the regular admissions pool by mail […]
Read More »(Harvard Crimson) By Brittany N. Ellis — The College admitted 938 early applicants to the Class of 2021 Tuesday, representing 14.5 percent of its 6,473 applicants for early admission and a five percent increase in early applicants compared to last year. This year’s acceptance rate for early applicants is the lowest since the the Admissions […]
Read More »(The Hechinger Report) By Ricki Morell — BOSTON — Elijah Corbin Irving, the son of a single mother in Boston, was perplexed when he tried to fill out his online college application. The 18-year-old high school senior is African-American, but also part Native American. He checked both boxes. Then the application asked if he was […]
Read More »(Reuters) By Steve Stecklow and Alexandra Harney — The maker of the ACT college-entrance exam, which has been struggling to contain an international cheating epidemic, is raising its fees for overseas test-takers by $10 to pay for enhanced security. The price increase was described in a letter sent last month to a college counselor in […]
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