Boston University: 1,742 (12% increase from last year's early pool)
Brown: 3,086 (2% increase)
Columbia: 3,296 (record breaking in the history of Columbia, 5.4% increase)
Duke: about 3,200 (26% increase)
Georgetown: about 6,840 (staying about even with the last year's number of early applications)
Yale: 4,768 (5.6% increase)
U Penn: 5,133 (6.6% increase from last year's early pool, 41% increase from 2008)
Dartmouth: 1,678 (6.7% increase)
Princeton: 3,831 (21 more applications than last year; slight increase)
University of Georgia:12,000 applied, 7,500 accepted (62% admitted, 7% denied, around 1/3 deferred)
William & Mary: will accept 50 students more than last year. 1,200 applied more than last year
Williams: about 550 (last year: 618 applied) The admissions views the applicant pool as strong.