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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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