With the first rounds of Early Decision, Restrictive Early Action and Early Action for the Class of 2027 now complete, only 14 elite colleges reported acceptance rates out of a total of 61 highly selective colleges we regularly track.

The academic statistics show that the highly selective colleges desire and admit largely academically high performing students who can demonstrate…..

The chances of getting off a waitlist at any one college are unpredictable at best and the data … bears out this volatility.

Ideally, everyone of those colleges on the list must be ones that the applicant will be happy to attend if admitted.

The letter of recommendation should reinforce and expand on what you have presented about yourself in the application.

For a high school student aspiring to attend a highly selective college, playing an NCAA sport is potentially one way to stand out…

Most highly selective colleges report score ranges for standardized tests between the 25th percentile and 75th percentile.

The colleges want applicants who stand out, and articulate their uniqueness in an essay of no more than 650 words.