Dartmouth accepted 494 applicants to the Class of 2020 under early decision.  

The total number of early admission applicants grew to 1,927 this year, up 3.6 percent.  This resulted in an early admission rate of 26%.

Dartmouth anticipates these early admits will account for 44% of this year's class.    

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Northwestern University admitted 1,061 early decision applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 3,022 early decision applications were received this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 35%. 

This year's early admittees are expected to comprise over 50% of this year's targeted class.

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Johns Hopkins admitted 584 applicants to the Class of 2020 under early decision.  

The total number of early decision applicants grew 3% to 1,929, resulting in an early admission rate of 30%.

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The University of Pennsylvania admitted 1,335 early decision applicants to the Class of 2020.  

Early decision applications rose 5% from the previous year to 5,762, but the admission rate remained essentially unchanged at 24%.

This year's early admittees are expected to comprise 54% of this year's targeted class of 2,445 students.

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Williams admitted 246 applicants to the Class of 2020 under early decision.  

A total of 585 early decision applications were received, resulting in an early admission rate of 42%.

Early decision admits will comprise 45 percent of this year's class. 

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Columbia University announced it received 3,520 early decision applications for the Class of 2020, up 4.4 percent from the previous year.  The actual admission results were not provided.  

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Duke admitted 813 applicants to the Class of 2020 under early decision.  

The total number of early decision applicants grew 11% to 3,455 this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 23.5%.

Early decision admits will comprise 48 percent of this year's class, unchanged from last year. 

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Brown accepted 669 applicants to the Class of 2020 under early decision.  

The total number of early decision remained steady at 3,030 this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 22%.

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Northwestern received 3,022 early decision applications as of the November 1st deadline, an increase of approximately 12 percent from the previous year.  According to Michael Mills, the associate provost for university enrollment, the acceptance rate for early decision candidates is likely to be similar to last year.  Mills also expects early decision admits to make up 45-50 percent of the incoming freshman class.

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The University of Pennsylvania reported a slight rise in Early Decision applicants for the Class of 2020.  A total of 5,629 early decision applications were received this year, up 140 from last year.

Decisions will be posted on Friday, December 11.

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When does it make sense to take advantage of early admission?

Here's an article from the Boston Globe, complete with perspectives from admission directors from Boston College, Babson College, Wheaton College and UMass Lowell. 

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Here's an updated list of reported early admission rates for the Class of 2019.

This list includes several popular private and public schools, including Amherst, Bates, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brown, Colby, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Duke, Emory, Emory (Oxford), George Washington, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Hamilton, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Johns Hopkins, Kenyon, Middlebury, MIT, Northwestern, Notre Dame, NYU, Pitzer, Pomona, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Trinity College, Tufts, University of Chicago, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Williams and Yale.

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Here's a useful series of articles from the Washington Post for those of you about to embark on the college admissions process.  It chronicles the admissions journey of a high school senior, Samantha Fogel, and includes perspectives from her high school counselor as well as parents.  

1. Getting started
2. Parenting the college applicant
3. The search process
4. Deciding where to apply first
5. How not to bomb the college essay 
6. Dealing with deferral
7. Making the college decision