Are you a high schooler looking to become a veterinarian? Vet school admissions can be very competitive, and although they are far away, it can be great to get a head start as early as possible. 

The undergraduate school you go to plays a big role in the opportunities available to you as you pursue a career in veterinary medicine and apply to vet schools. To help you find the right school for you with the strongest pre-veterinary program, we’ve organized a list of the top undergraduate schools for students interested in veterinary careers, based on schools with strong animal science programs and universities that have veterinary schools that undergraduates can work with. 

Happy Pride! College can be a great place to explore and develop your identity. Creating a supportive and diverse environment for groups such as the LGBTQ+ community creates a safe community that allows for students to succeed. 

Entering college and pursuing a higher education can often be a stressful and challenging time especially for those moving away from their homes. It’s essential that each student joins a college campus that fosters a safe, inclusive and empowering environment that they learn and grow to reach their full potential and beyond. For LGBTQ+ students, this is particularly essential as they face unique challenges, such as discrimination, isolation or lack of representation. A supportive campus with inclusive policies, accessible resource centers, and student organizations can help cultivate a welcoming and inclusive community that can help students, no matter their identity, thrive. 

We've curated a list of 30 great schools in the United States that you can explore, based on some excellent sources (Campus Pride Index, Movement Advancement Project, Genny Beemyn), enhanced with our own research.  

In search of colleges and universities with strong undergraduate business programs? 

An undergraduate business degree not only opens the door to a wide range of career opportunities in fields like finance, consulting, and marketing, it also builds a versatile skill set, including data analysis, strategic thinking, and effective communications, that employers across industries value very highly. Apart from academic excellence, a good business program also offers early exposure to real-world experiences and challenges through internships, case studies, and networking opportunities, helping students build a strong foundation and professional connections to stand out in competitive job markets.  

To help you get started and explore your options, we have curated a list of around 40 schools from with great business programs

With the fall 2025-26 application cycle approaching, it's important to keep an eye on interview requirements for the schools on your list—especially if they're looking for evidence of demonstrated interest.  

For example in cases like Hillsdale College where interviews are encouraged and demonstrated interest is very important, it's a good bet that taking advantage of an optional interview — in-person or virtual — is worth your time and may more strongly weigh on your candidacy for admission.

To compile this list, we first surveyed every school in our coverage universe where the latest Common Data Set entry for "level of applicant's interest" was reported as important or very important.  We then identified the schools where interviews are offered, encouraged, or required. 

 The devil is in the details, so to help you figure out your strategy we've also included a link to each listed school's interview policy.  Do keep in mind that interview requirements may often vary by major.   Also note that the Common Data set defines four options—very important, important, considered and not considered—and that inconsistencies are likely to exist in the way colleges define these terms.

This information is current as of 6/10/2025.

College Kickstart subscribers: this information is already available to you in the Summary and Requirements views.

 

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Here's our latest list of reported overall admission rates for the Class of 2029. Results are now available for American, Amherst, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Bowdoin, Bucknell, Colby, Colgate, Columbia, Colorado College, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Fairfield, Fordham, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Holy Cross, MIT,  Northwestern, Notre Dame, NYU, Oberlin, Rice, Skidmore, Swarthmore, Tufts, University of Georgia, University of Pennsylvania, University of Richmond, USC, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams College, and Yale.  Latest year application totals are available for many more.

Bookmark this page as we'll update frequently as more institutions report results. 

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UPenn just announced that it had a announced a 4.9% acceptance rate for the Class of 2029.  

Out of the 72,544 students who applied to Penn this application cycle, 3,530 were accepted, making this Penn's most selective year on record.

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For those of you who have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, here's our initial update of Class of 2029 waitlist notification dates and status where available.  

To get a sense for what's happening at the macro level, we took a look at recently released Class of 2028 waitlist statistics from 68 private and public institutions.  Our analysis paints the following picture:

• The number of students admitted from the waitlist increased 10 percent year over year from 41,000 for the Class of 2027 to 46,000 for the Class of 2028

• On average, 26 percent of Class of 2028 students accepting a place on a waitlist were admitted, up from 23 percent in for the Class of 2027

• Students admitted from the waitlist accounted for 19 percent of Class of 2028 enrollments, up from 15 percent for the Class of 2027

• 39 percent of the schools sampled admitted 10 percent or less of the students accepting a place on the waitlist for the Class of 2028 (vs. 45 percent for the Class of 2027)

Be sure to bookmark this page as we expect to be updating status over the next several weeks.

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Several more colleges are reinstating SAT and ACT requirements for Fall 2026. As the admissions landscape shifts again, students should make sure to keep up to date on individual school policies and consider preparing for standardized testing . 

While the vast majority of institutions in our coverage universe still offer some form of test-optional admissions, a number of institutions have reinstated standardized testing requirements after going test-optional during the pandemic.

Click on Continue Reading to see our list of schools who have reinstated requirements for the 2025-26 cycle. For your convenience, we've included admit rates and links to each school's standardized test policy details to help you find suitable candidates for your college list.

For College Kickstart subscribers, this information is automatically updated and visible as part of the requirements view.

Bowdoin College announced it admitted 6.8 percent of applicants to the Class of 2029.  

A total of 14,045 applications were received, and 952 students were accepted across all rounds, resulting in an admission rate of 6.8 percent, the lowest in the College's history.

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Vanderbilt University reported it admitted 3.3 percent of regular decision applicants to the Class of 2029.

A total of 1,411 regular decision applicants were admitted from a pool of 43,332.

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Duke announced today that it offered regular admission to 1,953 students for the Class of 2029.

A total of 58,698 applications were received, and with the admits from the Early Decision and Early Deferral processes, the overall admit rate was 4.8%  

 

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Rice University announced that it admitted 7.8 percent of applicants to the Class of 2029.  

A total of 2,852 students were accepted from a pool of 36,777 applicants.  

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Georgetown announced today that afer reviewing their undergraduate admissions processes that it will be launching a three-year pilot program where applicants can use the Common Application in addition to Georgetown's own application. 

Click here for additional details on Georgetown's updated admission processes

 

Dartmouth announced today that it accepted 1,702 applicants to the Class of 2029.  

Applications totaled 28,230 for the year, down nearly 11 percent from the previous year, resulting in an overall acceptance rate of 6 percent.

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Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science announced it admitted  4.29 percent of applicants for the class of 2029, accepting 2,557 students from a pool of 59,616 applications.

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