How to Get Into Wesleyan: 16.1% Rate, ED Strategy, and the Open Curriculum
How to get into Wesleyan University: 16.1% acceptance rate Class of 2029, ED strategy that fills 60% of the class, and the Open Curriculum identity.
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How to Get Into Davidson College: 12.6% Rate, ED Strategy, and the Honor Code Culture
How to get into Davidson College: 12.6% acceptance rate Class of 2029, the Honor Code, ED strategy, and what affluent families need to know.
How to Get Into Hamilton College: 13.5% Rate, ED Strategy, and the Open Curriculum
How to get into Hamilton College: 13.5% acceptance rate Class of 2029, the Open Curriculum, ED strategy, and what affluent families need to know.
How to Get Into Colby College: 7% Rate, ED Strategy, and the Colby Commitment
How to get into Colby College: 7% acceptance rate Class of 2029, the Colby Commitment, ED strategy, and the fastest-rising selectivity in the LAC universe.
How to Get Into Barnard College: ~10% Rate, the Columbia Affiliation, and ED Strategy
How to get into Barnard College: ~10% acceptance rate Class of 2029, the Columbia affiliation, ED strategy, and what affluent families need to know.
How to Get Into Haverford College: 13.3% Rate, ED Strategy, and the Honor Code
How to get into Haverford College: 13.3% acceptance rate Class of 2029, the Honor Code, Quaker heritage, ED strategy, and the Tri-College Consortium.
How to Get Into Vassar College: The Complete Admissions Guide
TL;DR: Vassar College is a top-ranked liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, with an overall acceptance rate of approximately 17.7% for the Class of 2029 (see Vassar Office of Admission). Vassar is one of the most distinctive elite LACs: originally a Seven Sisters women’s college founded in 1861 and coed since 1969, with a … Continued
How European and UK Students Apply to Top US Colleges: The Complete Strategy Guide
TL;DR: European and UK students applying to top US colleges face a fundamentally different admissions landscape than the UCAS or European university systems they have been preparing for. Top US universities are need-aware for most international applicants (a critical difference from the need-blind policies that apply to U.S. citizens at schools like Harvard and Yale), … Continued
How to Get Into Smith College: The Complete Admissions Guide
TL;DR: Smith College is a top-ranked liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts, with an overall acceptance rate of 22% for the Class of 2029 and an enrolled class of 703 students (per Smith’s official “Meet the Class of 2029” page). Smith is the largest of the historically women’s colleges that remain women’s institutions and is … Continued
How to Get Into Harvey Mudd College: The Complete Admissions Guide
TL;DR: Harvey Mudd College is a top-ranked liberal arts college in Claremont, California, with an overall acceptance rate of 12.3% for the Class of 2029 (per published Class of 2029 acceptance rate compilation, 2025). Harvey Mudd is the most distinctive of the elite LACs: it is the only liberal arts college in the country that … Continued
How to Get Into Claremont McKenna College: The Complete Admissions Guide
TL;DR: Claremont McKenna College is a top-10 liberal arts college in Claremont, California, with an overall acceptance rate of approximately 9.4% for the Class of 2029 and an Early Decision acceptance rate of 22% (per IvyCoach Claremont McKenna ED tracker, historical data). CMC’s defining institutional features are its preprofessional identity (the strongest among elite LACs … Continued
How to Get Into Carleton College: The Complete Admissions Guide
TL;DR: Carleton College is the top-ranked liberal arts college in the Midwest with an overall acceptance rate of 20% for the Class of 2029 (1,451 admits from 7,449 applications, 518 enrolled, per Carleton’s official Class of 2029 Profile). Carleton’s defining institutional features are its trimester academic calendar (a distinctive 10-week-term structure that allows for deeper … Continued
Wellesley vs. Smith vs. Mount Holyoke: How to Choose Between the Three Most Cross-Applied Women’s Colleges
TL;DR: Wellesley, Smith, and Mount Holyoke are the three most cross-applied historically women’s colleges in elite admissions, and the choice between them is fundamentally a choice between three distinct institutional propositions: Wellesley (the most selective at 13.7% for the Class of 2029, with the strongest brand and the tightest cross-registration with MIT), Smith (the largest … Continued
How to Get Into Middlebury College: The Complete Admissions Guide
TL;DR: Middlebury College is a top-10 liberal arts college in Vermont with an overall acceptance rate of 13.9% for the Class of 2029 (per the Middlebury Campus newspaper, May 10, 2025), based on 11,831 applications received – a five-year low representing a 6% drop from the prior year. Middlebury’s defining institutional features are its world-renowned … Continued
How to Get Into UT Austin: The Complete Admissions Guide
TL;DR: The University of Texas at Austin is the flagship public research university of Texas and one of the most academically and demographically distinctive flagships in the United States. UT Austin’s overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 was approximately 22% (19,417 admitted from a record 72,885 applications, per IvyCoach historical tracker and CollegeKickstart). … Continued
How to Get Into Bowdoin College: The Complete Admissions Guide
TL;DR: Bowdoin College is a top-10 liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine, with an overall acceptance rate of 7% for the Class of 2029 (957 admitted from 14,045 applications, per Bowdoin’s official Class of 2029 profile). The Class of 2029 enrolled 515 students. Bowdoin’s Early Decision program is one of the most selective and consequential … Continued