Amherst College announced that it admitted 9 percent of applicants to the Class of 2028. 

1,233 students were admitted from a pool of over 13,700 applicants.     

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Swarthmore announced today that it admitted 978 applicants to the Class of 2028.  

A total of 13,065 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 7 percent.

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Colby College announced today that it admitted 1,275 applicants to the Class of 2028.  

A total of 19,188 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 7 percent.    

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Tufts announced that 10 percent of applicants were admitted to the Class of 2028.

Over 34,000 applications were received.   

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The University of Southern California announced today that it admitted roughly 7,550 applicants to the fall Class of 2028.  

Over 82,000 total applications were received, resulting in an acceptance rate of 9.2 percent.

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Here's our initial list of reported early decision and early action admission rates for the Class of 2028.

This list includes results from American University, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Bucknell, Colorado College, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Fairfield, Florida State University (in-state), Fordham, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern (Boston Campus), Notre Dame, Rice, Santa Clara University, the University of Georgia, the University of Southern California, the University of Tennessee, the University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Williams College, and Yale.  

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

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The University of Notre Dame announced it admitted 1,600 applicants through regular decision to the Class of 2028.  

In addition to the 1,724 applicants who were offered admission through Restrictive Early Action, this made for a total of 3,324 admits. A total of 29,943 applications were received, resulting in an overall admission rate of 11.1 percent.    

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 9,726 applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 58,995 total applications were received, up 5 percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 25.5% for residents and 13% for out-of-state.

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The University of Georgia admitted 15,900+ applicants to the Class of 2028.

A total of 43,090 applications were received, resulting in an overall admission rate of 37 percent.  

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 1,275 applicants to the Class of 2028.  

A total of 28,232 applications were submitted this year, up 5 percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of percent.  

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Brown announced this month that it will reinstate standardized testing requirements for most applicants beginning with the class of 2029.  

Exceptions will be permitted for some applicants where the IB or a national exam may be substituted, and the school will continue to be test-optional for student veterans, transfer applicants, and Resumed Undergraduate Education students

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Tulane announced that it admitted 13 percent of applicants to the Class of 2028. 

Over 30,000 completed applications were received.

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Vanderbilt University reported that it admitted 15.2 percent of early decision applicants to the Class of 2028.

15.2% of students were admitted from a pool of 5,835 early decision applications.

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Yale announced today that it adopted a test-flexible policy for all first years and transfers applying for fall 2025 entry.

Applicants will have the option to submit either SAT, ACT, Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) scores.

Click on the following links for more detail:

• Announcement (link)
• Details (link)
• Interview with Jeremiah Quinlan, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid (link)

Several popular colleges and universities now support the Self-Reported Academic Record (SRAR), also known as the Self-Reported Student Academic Record (SSAR), which allows students to submit their courses, grades, and test results to colleges during the application process.

That said, how the SRAR is used by these institutions varies. To help you navigate it all, we've enhanced the current list of participating institutions and polices for domestic and international applicants with admit rates, test score ranges and direct links to the SRAR section of their admissions websites.

Note that while most of the 30+ participating institutions are public universities, there are two notable privates requiring the SRAR: New York University (NYU) and Northeastern University.

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