College Admissions

USC Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

USC Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

Read about USC’s acceptance rate (12.3%), or the percentage of applicants that get accepted. Better understand your odds of getting in, check out the demographics of the University of Southern California, and get some helpful tips for applying and writing your essays along the way.

Stanford Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

Stanford Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

Read about Stanford’s acceptance rate (3.7%), or the percentage of applicants that get accepted. Better understand your odds of getting in, check out the demographics of Stanford University, and get some helpful tips for applying and writing your essays along the way.

UC Berkeley Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

UC Berkeley Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

Read about UC Berkeley’s acceptance rate (11.4%), or the percentage of applicants that get accepted. Better understand your odds of getting in, check out the demographics of UC Berkeley, and get some helpful tips for applying and writing your essays along the way.

What the Heck are "Hooks" and "Institutional Priorities"?

What the Heck are "Hooks" and "Institutional Priorities"?

Because “hooks” and “institutional priorities” have a huge impact on highly selective college admissions, but are often misunderstood if known at all by students and families, this guide explains them in detail.

Easiest Colleges to Get Into 2025/2026

Easiest Colleges to Get Into 2025/2026

To help students and families in choosing where to apply to college, this guide breaks down some of the easiest colleges to get into.

Boston University Acceptance Rate: Common Data Set 2023

Boston University Acceptance Rate: Common Data Set 2023

Read about Boston University's acceptance rate (18.6%), or the percentage of applicants that get accepted. Better understand your odds of getting in, check out the demographics of BU, admissions statistics, and get some helpful tips for applying and writing your essays along the way.

UCLA Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

UCLA Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

Read about UCLA's acceptance rate (8.6%), or the percentage of applicants that get accepted. Better understand your odds of getting in, check out the demographics of UCLA, and get some helpful tips for applying and writing your essays along the way.

Hardest Colleges to Get Into 2024/2025

Hardest Colleges to Get Into 2024/2025

Because extremely low acceptance rates play into students’ and families’ decisions, we’ve compiled the hardest colleges to get into with links and guides to their application process.

NYU Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

NYU Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

Read about NYU’s acceptance rate (12.2%), or the number of applicants that get admitted of those that apply, to better understand your odds of getting in. Learn about the different admission statistics depending on whether you apply early action or early decision, and get some helpful tips to getting in along the way.

Penn State Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

Penn State Acceptance Rate: Official Common Data Set 2023

Read about PSU’s acceptance rate (57.6%), or the number of applicants that get admitted of those that apply, to better understand your odds of getting in. Learn about the different admission statistics depending on whether you apply early action or early decision, and get some helpful tips to getting in along the way.