Dartmouth College

For the class of 2013, a record 18,130 students applied for approximately 1,100 places, and 12.6% of applicants were
admitted. 95% of admitted students were ranked in the top 10% of their high school graduating class. 29.4% of
admitted students were valedictorians and 10.9% were salutatorians. The mean SAT scores of admitted students by
section were 729 for verbal, 733 for math, and 732 for writing
Required units:

Recommended units:

English 4

History 3

Math 4

Science 3

Social Studies 3

University of Pennsylvania
For the Class of 2012 entering in fall 2008, the university received 22,935 applications and admitted 16.95 percent of
the applicants, 99% of whom were in the top 10% of their high school classes. Sixty-three percent of the admitted
applicants matriculated.[ In 2007, Penn's acceptance rate was 15.9%, with 96% of incoming freshmen ranked in the
top 10% of their high school classes. In the last 5 years, Penn has received around 21,000 applications for each
freshman class, has admitted on average 17 percent of applications and saw about 65 percent of admitted applicants
matriculate.
Middle 50% of Percent Who
First-Year Submitted Scores
Students

SAT Critical 660 - 750 89%

Reading:

SAT Math: 690 - 780 89%

SAT Writing: 670 - 760 89%

ACT Composite: 30 - 34 36%

Required units:

Recommended units: 20 total

English 4

Foreign Language 4

History 3

Math 4

Science 3

  Of Science, units that must be lab 3

Social Studies 2

University of Michigan
Each year about 5,400 new students are enrolled out of almost 30,000 applicants, of which almost 42% are admitted.
98% of the university's incoming class of 2006 earned a high school GPA of 3.0 and higher, while the middle 50% of
the incoming class earned a high school GPA of 3.60 to 3.90. The middle 50% of admitted applicants reported an SAT
score of about 1920–2180 and an ACT score of 28-32. Among full-time students, who make up about 96% of the
student body, the university has a first-time student retention rate of 96%.
 68% In-state students
 32% Out-of-state students
 1% Part-time students
Required units: 16 total

English 4

Foreign Language 2

History 3

Math 3

Science 3

  Of Science, units that must be lab 1

Social Studies 3

Recommended units: 20 total

Electives 1

Computer Science 1

Foreign Language 4

Math 4

Science 4

Visual/Performing Arts 2

Northwestern University
There were 21,930 applications for the undergraduate Class of 2011 (entering 2007): 5,872 were admitted (26.8%),
1,981 enrolled (33.7%), and 96.3% rematriculated as sophomores. The interquartile range on the SAT was 2010–2270
and 85% ranked in the top ten percent of their high school class.

Electives 1

English 4

Foreign Language 2

Math 3

Science 2

  Of Science, units that must be lab 2

Social Studies 2

Test Scores
  Middle 50% of Percent Who
First-Year Submitted Scores
Students

SAT Critical 670 - 750 80%

Reading:

SAT Math: 690 - 780 80%

   Middle 50% of Percent Who
First-Year Submitted Scores
Students

SAT Writing: 670 - 750 80%

ACT Composite: 30 - 33 54%

Duke University
For the undergraduate class of 2013, Duke received 23,877 applications, and accepted 18% of them. For the class of
2012, 96% of admitted students ranked in the top 10% of their high school class. The middle 50% range of SAT scores
for first-year students is 1340-1540 (old scale) or 2020-2320 (new scale), while the ACT range is 29-34.

English 4

Foreign Language 4

Math 4

Science 4

  Middle Percent 4
50% of Who
First- Submitte Test Scores
Year d Scores
Student
s

SAT 660 - 87%

Critical 750
Reading:

680 - 87%
SAT Math:
780

SAT 660 - 87%

Writing: 760

ACT 30 - 34 43%
Composite
:

Social Studies

Stanford University
Stanford received 25,299 applications for admissions to the undergraduate program in 2007–2008, admitting 2,400
(9.8%), and enrolling 1,703 (71%), the lowest percentage in the university's 117-year history. 92% of students
graduated in the top tenth of their high-school class and the inter-quartile ranges for the SAT were 680–780 for math,
670–760 for writing, and 650–760 for reading.
For the class of 2013, Stanford received 5300 single-choice early action applications and accepted 689 of them, for an
early admission rate of approximately 13%. This application season Stanford received more than 30,000 total
applications from both the regular and early rounds and expects an overall admission rate of about 7.2%.

English 4

Foreign Language 3

History 1
 Math 4

Science 3

  Of Science, units that must be lab 3

Social Studies 2

Columbia University
Columbia University's acceptance rate for the class of 2013 is 9.82%
Required units:

Recommended units:

Electives 4

English 4

Foreign Language 4

History 4

Math 4

Science 4

  Of Science, units that must be lab

Test Scores
  Middle 50% of Percent Who
First-Year Submitted Scores
Students

SAT Critical 680 - 770 96%

Reading:

SAT Math: 690 - 780 96%

SAT Writing: 680 - 770 96%

ACT Composite: 31 - 34 28%

New York University

The undergraduate class of 2012 (entering Fall 2008) is made up of 4,310 students, 26.9% of which were early
decision candidates. The middle 50% of SAT scores for the Class of 2011 fell between a 1300 and a 1440 while the
middle 50% of ACT scores were between 29 and 31. The average high school GPA was a 3.63 and 72.3% of incoming
students were in the top 10% of their class. The school's admissions rate fell to an NYU record low of 24% of
applicants.
Required units:

English 4

Foreign Language 2

History 4
 Math 3

Science 3

Recommended units:

Foreign Language 3

Math 4

Science 4
Test Scores
  Middle 50% of Percent Who
First-Year Submitted Scores
Students

SAT Critical 610 - 710 87%

Reading:

SAT Math: 600 - 720 87%

SAT Writing: 620 - 710 87%

ACT Composite: 27 - 31 13%

Georgetown University
With 18,700 applications and 3,371 admitted for the class of 2012, Georgetown has an overall undergraduate
acceptance rate of eighteen percent
Required units:

English 4

Foreign Language 2

History 2

Math 2

Science 1

Social Studies 2

Test Scores
  Middle 50% of Percent Who
First-Year Students Submitted Scores

SAT Critical 650 - 750 94%

Reading:

SAT Math: 650 - 750 94%

SAT Writing:  -  -

ACT Composite: 27 - 33 5%

Vanderbilt University
The university's undergraduate programs are highly selective: in 2009, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions
accepted 18.9% of applicants. In its most recent annual comparison of admissions selectivity, The Princeton
Review gave Vanderbilt a rating of 98 out of 99. The freshmen in the Class of 2013 had standardized test scores
that were well above average: the interquartile range (25th percentile-75th percentile) of SAT scores was 1400-
1560 under the old scale, while the interquartile range of ACT scores was 31-34.
Required units: 18 total

Electives 3

English 4

Foreign Language 2

History 1

Math 3

Science 3

  Of Science, units that must be lab 2

Social Studies 2

Recommended units: 21 total

Math 4

Science 4

  Of Science, units that must be lab 3

Social Studies 3
Middle Percent
50% of Who
First- Submitted
Year Scores
Students

SAT Critical 660 - 750 55%

Reading:

SAT Math: 690 - 770 55%

SAT 660 - 750 55%

Writing:

ACT 30 - 34 58%
Composite:

University of Notre Dame

Percent applicants admitted: 29%
Required units: 16 total

Electives 3

English 4

Foreign Language 2

History 2

Math 3

Science 2

  Of Science, units that must be lab 2

 Recommended units: 20 total

Foreign Language 4

History 4

Math 4

Science 4

  Middle 50% of Percent Who

First-Year Submitted Scores
Students

650 - 750 48%

SAT Critical Reading:

680 - 760 48%

SAT Math:

640 - 730 48%

SAT Writing:

31 - 34 52%
ACT Composite:

Rice University
11,172 applications for undergraduate admission were received for the class of 2013 (Fall 2009), 2,487 were
admitted (22%), and 894 enrolled (37%). In the class of 2013, 72% of ranked freshmen graduated in the top 5%
of their high school class, and the inter-quartile range for SAT was 640-750 for reading, 670-780 for math, and
640-730 for writing.
Middle 50% of Percent Who
First-Year Students Submitted Scores

640 - 750 89%

SAT Critical Reading:

680 - 780 89%

SAT Math:

650 - 740 89%

SAT Writing:

30 - 34 44%
ACT Composite:

Required units: 16 total

Electives 3

English 4

Foreign Language 2

Math 3

Science 2

  Of Science, units that must be lab 2

 Middle 50% of Percent Who
First-Year Students Submitted Scores

Social Studies 2

Recommended units: 20 total

Foreign Language 4

Math 4

Science 4

  Of Science, units that must be lab 3

Harvard College
For the class of 2010, the College admitted 2,109 students out of 22,753 applicants for an overall admittance
rate of 9.3%. The Class of 2012 admissions pool was 27,278 applicants vying for admission into the pool of
roughly 2,100 students, from which 1,948, or 7.1%, ultimately were accepted. The class of 2013 had the lowest
admissions rate of any academic institution in the United States at 7%, and highest yield at an estimate 76%
before including wait-listed students.

Required units:

Recommended units:

English 4

Foreign Language 4

History 2

Math 4

Science 4

Social Studies 3

Middle 50% of Percent Who

First-Year Submitted Scores
Students

690 - 780 96%

SAT Critical Reading:

690 - 790 96%

SAT Math:

690 - 780 96%

SAT Writing:

31 - 34 29%
ACT Composite:
Yale University
For the Class of 2013, Yale accepted 1,951 students out of 26,000 total applications, hitting a University record-low
acceptance of 7.5%.Yale accepted 742 out of 5,556 early applicants and 1,209 out of 20,444 regular applicants
Middle 50% of Percent Who
First-Year Submitted Scores
Students
SAT Critical Reading: 700 - 800 91%

SAT Math: 700 - 780 91%

SAT Writing: 700 - 790 91%

ACT Composite: 30 - 34 32%

Cornell University
For the undergraduate class of 2013, the admission rate was 19.1%. For the undergraduate class of 2012, the
admission rate was 20.4%. Of those admitted, the average SAT Verbal score was 700, while the average SAT Math was
a 720. Also, 92% of admitted students for the Class of 2011 were in the top 10% of their graduating high school class
Required units: 16 total

English 4

Math 3

Recommended units:

Foreign Language 3

History 3

Science 3

  Of Science, units that must be lab 3

Social Studies 3

Brown University
The admission rate for the undergraduate class of 2014 was 9.3 percent. 96 percent of accepted students were in the
top 10 percent of their high school class, and 38 percent were either valedictorian or salutatorian. Brown began using
the Common Application in the Fall of 2008. The Graduate School is also highly competitive, with graduate programs
accepting 18% of the 7,283 students who applied in 2008. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
accepted less than 2% of its 5,000+ applicants.

Recommended units: 19 total

Electives 1
English 4
Foreign Language 4
History 2
Math 4
Science 4
  Of Science, units that must be
3
lab
Note: At least 1 art unit (music or art) recommended. Familiarity with computers recommended. Physics, chemistry, and
advanced mathematics recommended for prospective science or engineering majors.

Test Scores

Middle 50% of Percent Who

 
First-Year Students Submitted Scores
SAT Critical Reading: 650 - 760 92%
SAT Math: 670 - 780 92%
SAT Writing: 660 - 770 92%
ACT Composite: 28 - 33 30%