Early admissions trends 2017

Early admissions trends for the Class of 2021 so far:

More students are applying in the early round than ever before:

·        Princeton reported an 18% rise in early applications.

·        Dartmouth is up 3.7% in early apps since they started ED in 2006. They received a record 1,999 early applications.

·        Cornell reported a 10% increase in early applications with 5,384 received.

·        Columbia reported a 16% increase in early applications with 4,086 received.

·        Duke received 3,516 early applications.

·        Stanford opted not to release their early numbers in a unique and unusual move.

Note the following Class of 2021 early round acceptance rates at some top schools so far:

·        Brown University — 21.9%

·        Cornell University — 25.6%

·        Duke University — 24.5%

·        Georgetown University –11.9%

·        Harvard University — 14.5%

·        Johns Hopkins University — 30.5%

·        MIT — 7.8%

·        Princeton University — 15.4%

·        Stanford University — Opted not to release

·        UPenn — 22%

·        Williams College — 35.3%

·        Yale University — 17.1%