The Harvard Crimson reported that the school’s acceptance rate for legacy applicants has hovered around 30%—more than four times the regular admission rate—in recent admissions cycles. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 told the Crimson that Harvard’s undergraduate population is comprised of 12 to 13 percent legacies, a group he defined [...]
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Last-Minute College Options for Fall 2011
May 5, 2011
Each May the National Association for College Admission Counseling releases a list of colleges and universities with space available for the fall. The 2011 list includes nearly 300 schools, up from about 240 last year.
College Board Sends Spam Warnings
April 8, 2011
SAT scores, reminders and newsletters may not be the only thing College Board puts in your inbox. In early April hackers broke into Epsilon Data Management LLC’s systems, gaining access to customers’ names and e-mail addresses. Epsilon, a marketing company for large companies such as Best Buy, JPMorgan Chase, and College Board, sends more than [...]
ShowMe Technology Behind New Princeton Review SAT iPad App
April 5, 2011
The Princeton Review launched a new iPad app called SAT Score Quest. Each question comes with a whiteboard video tutorial with a voice over from an instructor explaining the solution. The ShowMe whiteboard technology is licensed from Easel Learning, a bootstrapped NYC startup, which is also developing its own app and a related web [...]
Brown admits 2,692 for Class of 2015
April 1, 2011
Brown University offered admission to 2,692 applicants for its Class of 2015. These admitted students represent 8.7% of applicants from a total of 30,946, Brown’s largest applicant pool ever.
Khan Academy Offers Free SAT Prep and Homework Help
March 31, 2011
Looking to boost your SAT score, or to understand some aspect of physics that your teacher never properly explained? Check out the Khan Academy. Its mission is to provide a world class education, for free, to anyone, anywhere. The Academy was founded by MIT graduate Salman Khan who has recorded thousands of videos on math, [...]
Penn’s Regular Decision Admit Rate Drops Below 10%
March 31, 2011
The University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Admissions Office reported that 9.5% of regular decision applicants were admitted to the Class of 2015, down from 11.4% last year. This marks the first time that the University’s regular decision acceptance rate has dipped below the 10% mark. Penn’s overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2015 is 12.3%, [...]
Princeton Admits 8.39% of Applicants
March 30, 2011
Princeton University offered admission to 2,282 students, or 8.39% of the record 27,189 applicants to the Class of 2015. Princeton’s final admission rates were 8.8% for the Class of 2014 and 10.1% for the Class of 2013. The Class of 2015 applicant pool nearly doubled from seven years ago. “Our competitive acceptance [...]
Stanford Admits 7.1% of Applicants
March 30, 2011
Stanford offered admission to 2,427 of the 34,348 high school students who applied to become members of the Class of 2015. This implies an admission rate of nearly 7.1%, slightly lower than 7.2% last year. “Stanford has been exceedingly fortunate to attract a simply amazing group of applicants from all over the world,” [...]
Yale Admits Record-Low 7.4% of Undergrad Applicants
March 30, 2011
Yale offered a total of 2,006 acceptances to the Class of 2015. The college’s admission dropped to 7.35% from 7.5% last year. A record 27,282 applicants applied to the Yale 2015. 996 students were offered a place on Yale’s waitlist. Last year, Yale offered admission to 1,941 out of 25,869 applicants and before [...]
About Lynn Lubell
Lynn Radlauer Lubell is the Publisher of InLikeMe.com, an internationally renowned website for college-bound students, parents and guidance counselors, and the Founder of Admission by Design, an educational consultancy.
A graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School, Lynn completed the IECA's Principles and Practices Institute for Educational Consultants and has broad expertise in college admission strategy and planning.
Lynn served on the MIT Educational Council for ten years interviewing hundreds of undergraduate applicants.
Based in Boca Raton, Florida, Admission by Design, consults with students and families in South Florida and beyond.