Wellesley announced that it admitted 13.7 percent of applicants to the Class of 2029.  

Just over 8,700 applications were received.

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The University of Southern California announced today that it admitted roughly 10.4 percent of applicants to the fall Class of 2029.  

Over 83,500 total applications were received with a 12 percent admission rate for early action applicants and an 8.5 percent admission rate for regular decision applicants.

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Tufts announced that 10.5 percent of applicants were admitted to the Class of 2029.

33,400 applications were received.   

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The University of Notre Dame announced it admitted 9% of all applicants to the Class of 2029.  

A record number of 35,401 applications were received.    

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Here's our latest list of reported early decision and early action admission rates for the Class of 2029.

This list currently includes results from American, Bennington, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brown, Duke, Emory, Emory Oxford, Fairfield, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Grinnell, MIT, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Rice, Santa Clara University, Tulane, University of Central Florida, USC, University of Georgia, University of Southern California, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Williams College, and Yale.

Bookmark this page, as we'll be updating it frequently over the next several weeks.

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Emory University admitted 336 Early Decision II applicants to the Class of 2029. 2350 were admitted to Emory College, 153
to Oxford College and 52 to both.

The EDII acceptance rate at ECAS was 10% and the rate at Oxford was 11%.

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 9,900+ applicants to the Class of 2029.  

A total of 64,463 applications were received. The resident admit rate was 23 percent versus 12.5 percent for non-residents. 

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 1,324 applicants to the Class of 2029.  

A total of 29,282 applications were submitted this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 4.5 percent.  

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The University of Georgia announced today that it admitted 15,800+ applicants to the Class of 2029.

Over 47,860 applications were received this cycle, resulting in an overall admission rate of 33 percent.

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Here's our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2029.  As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their "official" notification dates, so we've compiled the most recently updated dates for you here where available, as well as last year's notification dates for reference.   Bookmark this page, as we'll be updating it frequently over the next 30 days.

Good luck, seniors!!

The University of Southern California recently announced that it would be changing the admission process for first-year candidates entering in fall 2026.  Of note is the new two-year ED pilot which makes an Early Decision (ED) option availalbe to most programs in the USC Marshall School of Business and the USC Leventhal School of accounting.  The final Regular Decision (RD) deadline is also a few days earlier, on January 10th.  .

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Vanderbilt University reported that it admitted 13.2 percent of early decision applicants to the Class of 2029.

6,762 early decision applications were received across both rounds, a 16% increase over last year.

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UPenn just announced that it will reinstate standardized testing requirements for applicants beginning with the 2025-2026 undergraduate admissions cycle.  

Exceptions will be permitted for students facing hardship in accessing testing if a testing waiver is submitted.

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Bowdoin College announced it admitted 296 applicants from both early decision rounds to the Class of 2029.  

Around 2,000 early decision applications were received from a total of around 14,000 applications the highest number in the college's history.  This gives an acceptance rate of 14.8% for early decision applicants, with regular decision results to be announced in March.

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The University of Southern California announced today that it admitted roughly 3,500 early action applicants to the Class of 2029.  

42,000 early action applications were received, up 2% year over year, resulting in an acceptance rate of 8 percent.

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