Ivy League Data

Ivy League Data May 25 Weve got comprehensive Ivy League admissions data for our readers. Weve got more Ivy League data for our loyal readers! We previously gave you the statistics at Brown, Cornell, and Columbia with respect to the advantage of applying Early versus Regular Decision. Does the same principle hold true at Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale, you ask? Lets look at the data! At Dartmouth College, for the Class of 2018, 17,618 students applied Regular Decision of whom 1,751 earned admission for a Regular Decision acceptance rate of 9.9%. In the Early Decision round at Dartmouth, 1,678 students applied for admission to the College on the Hill and 469 got in for an Early Decision acceptance rate of 27.9%. 27.9% versus 9.9%. One doesnt have to be a mathematical scholar to conclude when its best to apply to Dartmouth. At Harvard, 29,603 students applied Regular Decision and 1,031 got in, marking an admit rate of 3.5%. 3.5%! In the Early Action round at Harvard, 4,692 students applied for admission and 992 got in. Thats an admit rate of 21.1%. 3.5% versus 21.1%. A drastic difference at Harvard! The overall acceptance rate at Harvard taking into account Early Action and Regular Decision stands at 5.9% for the Class of 2018 but only when you look at the breakdown of Early Action versus Regular Decision data do you get the full picture. At Penn, a university that has a long tradition of greatly valuing its Early Decision applicants, 5,149 students applied Early and 1,299 got in for an Early Decision admit rate of 25.2%. Over a quarter of Early Decision applicants to Penn got in! In Regular Decision, 30,719 students applied for admission and 2,252 got in for a Regular Decision admit rate of 7.3%. 25.2% versus 7.3%. Wed say wow but this is quite often the case at Penn. At Princeton, 3,854 students applied Early and 714 earned admission for an Early admission rate of 18.5%. In the Regular Decision round, 22,787 students applied for admission and 1,225 students got in for a Regular Decision admission rate of 5.4%. 18.5% versus 5.4%. The overall acceptance rate at Princeton for the Class of 2018 stands at 7.3%. And, finally, at Yale, 30,932 applications in all were received between the two rounds. 4,750 students applied Early to Yale and 735 of them got in for an Early admit rate of 15.5%. In the Regular Decision round, 26,182 students applied for admission to Yale and 1,200 were in receipt of acceptance letters for an admit rate of 4.6%. So thats 15.5% versus 4.6%. We are fully aware that we are repeatedly driving home the same point but students so often either waste their Early card or fail to apply Early because they cant get their act together or theyre undecided on where they want to go. We say: Pick a horse and pick that horse the summer of junior year (or earlier). Applying Early Decision or Early Action to Ivy League schools gives students a distinct, undeniable statistical advantage. To not capitalize on this is just plain silly.