Today
at 5 p.m., top high school students from around the world found out whether
they will attend one of the eight prestigious Ivy League universities next
year.
This year was extremely competitive
for some of the Ivies, with Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania,
and Cornell University all recording their most selective admissions classes
ever. Princeton admitted 7.28% of applicants, down slightly from 7.29% in 2013, and accepted 1,939
students out of 26,641 applicants The University of Pennsylvania admitted 9.9% of applicants to the Class of 2018, down from 12.1% last year. The Philadelphia-based
university accepted 3,551 of their 35,788 applicants. Cornell University, which has the
highest admissions rate in the Ivy League, dropped over a percentage point this
year, with a 14% acceptance rate, taking 6,025 students from 43,041
applications. Cornell accepted 15.2%
of applicants last year. Brown University accepted 2,619 of 30,291 applicants, or an 8.6% acceptance rate. Last year, the university had
a 9.2% acceptance rate.
Other Ivies saw their acceptance
rate rise from last year. Dartmouth College took 11.5% of
applicants to the Class of 2018, up from a 10% admissions rate last year. Dartmouth recieved 19,235 applications this
year, and accepted 2,220 students. Harvard University admitted 5.9% of
applicants, according to The Harvard Crimson, up slightly from last year's 5.8% admissions rate. Harvard
accepted 2,023 of their 34,295 applications. Columbia University admitted 6.94% of applicants, up from a record low 6.89% acceptance rate for the Class of 2017. Columbia accepted 2,291 of their
32,952 applicants. Other top colleges have also
released their admissions data. MIT took 7.7% of applications, while Duke University accepted 10.7% of student applicants.
The only Ivy that has yet to release
their admissions data is Yale University. Yale had a 6.72% admissions rate last year. Probably
the most interesting statistics released are for Dartmouth, which has posted consistently lower application numbers over the past
two years. Dartmouth recieved 19,235
applications this year, down 14% from the year before. Here's how many students applied to
and were accepted to the Ivy League this year:
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