Dartmouth is the rural Ivy. Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, a small town with classic college vibes, Dartmouth combines exceptional academics with the quintessential college experience that so many students crave. The for the Class of 2029 was 6%.
What to Do if You’re Waitlisted by Stanford 2026
Stanford University is exceptionally difficult to get into, even for truly outstanding applicants. There is no number of awards, GPA, test scores, or exceptional extracurriculars that make an applicant a shoo-in for Stanford. It’s a stretch for everyone. They delay the release of the most recent admissions statistics, but we do have numbers from 2024. For the Class of 2028, the acceptance rate was .
What to Do if You’re Waitlisted by MIT 2026
What to Do if You’re Waitlisted by Cornell 2026
Cornell is the technical Ivy. Yes, you can study literature at Cornell, but what draws people to the university is more often how they can combine a liberal arts-y education with the best education in the business in fields like mechanical engineering, hard sciences, and arenas no other Ivy League schools touch, like hospitality, labor organizing, and agriculture. The research opportunities at Cornell are exceptional, and the acceptance rate is tiny. Overall, the Cornell acceptance rate is . This is skewed, though, as some programs are more competitive to get into and others give preference to New York State applicants, pulling the acceptance rate upwards.
What to Do if You’re Waitlisted by Princeton 2026
What to Do if You’re Waitlisted by the University of Pennsylvania 2026
The University of Pennsylvania is a prestigious Ivy League university in Philadelphia with more than a few claims to fame. Penn received over 72,000 applications for the Class of 2029, and it was the hardest year ever to get into the university. The acceptance rate was only . We expect the statistics to shake out about the same for the Class of 2030.
What to Do if You’re Waitlisted by Yale 2026
Yale is one of the most prestigious universities in the world, and one of the hardest to get into. If you recently received a waitlist decision, you know this personally. If we look at the past three years of historical data for the Yale waitlist, it shows us that the Yale waitlist pool is generally smaller than comparable schools. However, the number of students offered a spot off of the waitlist is also smaller — much smaller.
What to Do if You’re Waitlisted by Brown 2026
Brown is the “creative Ivy.” The other Ivy League schools might protest that label, but Brown’s open curriculum, location in Providence, Rhode Island, and interest in nurturing the creative sides of their students has made it a top choice for exceptional students who see the world through an artistic (although not necessarily artsy) lens. The overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 was .
What to Do if You’re Waitlisted by Harvard 2026
Harvard is one of the most renowned universities in the world, and one of the hardest to get into in the United States. For the Class of 2029, the first year acceptance rate was out of nearly 50,000 applicants. The most impressive statistic isn’t the miniscule acceptance rate, though — it’s the yield. That same year, 83.6% of accepted students chose to attend. This acceptance rate far surpasses that of other top schools. When students get into Harvard, most often they decide to go to Harvard.
What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by Notre Dame 2025
Notre Dame is a fantastic school, with a robust culture and great programs in engineering, business, and the humanities. If you’ve been waitlisted by ND, we’re sure this was not the outcome you were hoping for, but that doesn’t mean you’re done for. Take some time to have the feelings we’re pretty sure you’re having, but then come back here for some action items.
What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by Georgetown University 2025
What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by Vanderbilt 2025
Waitlist decisions are, as a rule, not good news. They aren’t the worst news you can get from a college, which would be a rejection, but if you’re reading this post you are either disappointed by a waitlist decision from Vanderbilt or trying to plan ahead just in case the next time you open up your email you have a waitlist decision waiting for you. In this post, we’ll prepare you for what comes next, and how to improve your chances of getting into Vanderbilt off of the waitlist.
What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by MIT 2025
What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by Carnegie Mellon 2025
Carnegie Mellon (CMU) is an amazing STEM school with a reputation for being innovative, friendly, and full of motivated students. Getting waitlisted from a school that awesome is hard, and we’re sure you’re feeling bummed about it. While that’s totally valid, and we encourage you to take a few days to process, we want you to know you’re not out of the game yet.
What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by The University of Virginia 2025
What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by the University of Michigan 2025
If you were waitlisted by Mich, that’s disappointing — but it shouldn’t be devastating. The University of Michigan is now one of the most sought after state-school acceptances in the country, and for good reason. The university is fabulous, and widely respected. As a state school, they highly prioritize in-state students and so the acceptance statistics for Mich are pretty misleading if you are from outside of the state of Michigan. It’s been reported that the in-state acceptance rate for Mich is as high as 40%, while the published overall acceptance rate for the Fall of 2023 was , which tells us that the out-of-state acceptance rate is much lower than that. So, it’s hard to get into Mich. It’s easier to get onto the waitlist. That same year, for first years beginning in the fall of 2023, they offered a spot on the waitlist to more than 30% of applicants. That’s pretty crazy.
What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by New York University (NYU) 2025
We get it – your Big City Big Dreams moment has been waitlisted, and you’re feeling bummed out. NYU has gotten increasingly competitive over the last decade and shows no signs of slowing down, and the increased demand means less spots for tons of deserving kids. Getting waitlisted doesn’t mean you’re out of contention, and there are things you can do to to help you get off the waitlist and into Washington Square Park.
What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by The University of Chicago 2025
If you are reading this, you were either waitlisted by the University of Chicago or are very committed to planning ahead. Either way, we’ve got you. In this post, we’ll give you the tools you need to charge a successful future in college, with or without the University of Chicago — but hopefully with if you play the waitlist right.
What to Do if You've Been Waitlisted by The University of Texas at Austin 2025
The University of Texas at Austin, or UT Austin, has become an extremely popular university for students around the country, and globally, not simply in Texas. As a Texas state school, though, the university prioritizes applicants who are residents of the state. As a result, there are far more applicants, and especially out-of-state applicants, than UT Austin can admit. In this post, we’re going to break down what you need to do if you recently received a waitlist offer from UT Austin, and what else you need to do to close out your college admissions experience strong.