NYU announced today that it admitted 8 percent of applicants to its New York campus to the Class of 2026.  

Nearly 120,000 applications were received, up 13 percent year over year.

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Holy Cross announced recently that it admitted 21 percent of applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 8,654 applications were received this year, up 23 percent from the previous year.

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Georgia Tech announced earlier that it admitted 16 percent of applicants to the Class of 2027.  

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Colby College announced today that it admitted 1,142 applicants to the Class of 2026.  

A total of 17,800 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 6 percent.    

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Bowdoin College announced it admitted 850 applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 10,966 applications were received, up 16 percent year over year, resulting in an admission rate of 8 percent.   

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Swarthmore announced yesterday that it admitted 969 applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 14,287 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 7 percent.

Swarthmore anticipates an entering class size of 415 students.

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Tufts announced that 9.5 percent of applicants were admitted to the Class of 2027.

Over 34,000 applications were received.   

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The University of Notre Dame announced it admitted 3,399 applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 28,351 applications were received, resulting in an overall admission rate of 11.9 percent.    

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Johns Hopkins announced today that it admitted 1,592 applicants to the Class of 2027 under regular decision.  

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Wellesley announced today that it admitted 13 percent of applicants to the Class of 2027.  

Just over 8,400 applications were received.

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The University of Georgia admitted 15,340+ applicants to the Class of 2027.

A total of 43,700 applications were received, resulting in an overall admission rate of 35 percent.  The admit rate for Georgia residents was 48 percent, while the admit rate for non-Georgia/international applicants was 26 percent.

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 9,184 applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 56,439 applications were received, up 11 percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 16 percent.  The admission rate for residents was 27 percent vs out-of-state at 12 percent.

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 1,259 applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 26,914 applications were submitted this year, down 20 percent year over year after reinstating the standardized testing requirement, resulting in an overall admission rate of 5 percent.  

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 5,939 early action applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 36,443 early action applications were received, up 17 percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 16 percent.  The admission rate for residents was 27 percent vs out-of-state at 12 percent.

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QUESTION: what happens when a college wants a balanced class but has to draw on a much smaller male applicant pool?

ANSWER: higher admission rates for guys!

We looked at several popular coed institutions and searched for places where there was a 20% or greater admission rate advantage for male applicants.  The result: an intriguing list of 12 schools to consider.

The majority of the schools on the list are liberal arts colleges, but you'll also be surprised to see names like Baylor and Cal State Long Beach.    

To help you categorize schools into likelies, targets and reaches, we've included admission rates, mid-50th percentile SAT and ACT scores.  We've also provided links to each school's website to help you explore fit.  

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