Ivy League Admission Stats (+ Stanford and MIT)
Ivy League Colleges Overall Acceptance Rate Total Applications Early Applications Early Acceptances Early Acceptance Rate Regular Applications Regular Acceptances Regular Acceptance Rate Harvard
(Mass.)Yale
(Conn.)Princeton
(N.J.)Columbia
(N.Y.)UPenn
(P.A.)
Brown
(R.I.)Dartmouth
(N.H.)Cornell
(N.Y.)Stanford
(Calif.)MIT
(Mass.)
Applicant Profiles for Top US Colleges
Harvard University | Yale University | Princeton University | Columbia University | University of Pennsylvania | Brown University | Dartmouth University | Cornell University | Stanford University | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
International Student Statistics for Top Schools
Brown University
SourceClass of 2014
SAT Critical Reading Distribution Applied Accepted % Accepted Enrolled % of Class 800
750-790 700-740 650-690 600-640 550-590 500-540 < 500
SAT Math Distribution Applied Accepted % Accepted Enrolled % of Class 800
750-790 700-740 650-690 600-640 550-590 500-540 < 500
SAT Writing Distribution Applied Accepted % Accepted Enrolled % of Class 800
750-790 700-740 650-690 600-640 550-590 500-540 < 500
Distribution of ACT Scores Applied Accepted % Accepted Enrolled % of Class 36
33-35 29-32 26-28 23-25 <23
Class Rank Applied Accepted % Accepted Enrolled Valedictorian
Salutorian Top 10%
Columbia University
sourceClass of 2014
- Of schools that provided Columbia with a class rank, approximately 97% of accepted students were in the top 10% of their graduating class
- The middle 50% of admitted students scored between a 2100 and 2330 on the Math, Critical Reading and Writing sections of the SAT
- The middle 50% of admitted students scored between a 31 and 34 on the ACT
Cornell University
sourceClass of 2015
25th Percentile 50th Percentile 75th Percentile Mean/Average SAT I Critical Reading SAT I Math SAT I Total ACT Composite
Class profile for the class of 2015
- 65.6% attended public high school
- 15.3% are children of Cornell alumni
- 6.4% are recruited athletes
- 89% of enrolled students who submitted their high school rank were in their top tenth of graduating class, 98% were in the top quarter of graduating class
Dartmouth University
sourceClass of 2015
SAT Critical Reading % of Applicants % of Admitted Students Acceptance Rate 800 700-790 600-690 500-590 490 and below
SAT Math % of Applicants % of Admitted Students Acceptance Rate 800 700-790 600-690 500-590 490 and below
SAT Writing % of Applicants % of Admitted Students Acceptance Rate 800 700-790 600-690 500-590 490 and below
ACT Median 33 25th Percentile 30 75th Percentile 34
Harvard University
sourceClass of 2015
- More than 14,000 applicants scored 700 or more on the SAT critical reading test; 17,000 scored 700 or above on the SAT math test; 15,000 scored 700 or higher on the SAT writing test
- 3,800 were ranked first in their high school classes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
sourceClass of 2015
Middle 50% score range of admitted students (25th and 75th percentiles) Test Range SAT: Critical Reading SAT: Math SAT: Writing ACT Composite ACT Math ACT English SAT Subject Test: Math SAT Subject Test: Science
Distribution of SAT Reasoning Test Scores (Math) Applicants Admits Admit rate 750-800 700-740 650-690 600-640 < 600
Distribution of SAT Reasoning Test Scores (Critical Reading) Applicants Admits Admit rate 750-800 700-740 650-690 600-640 < 600
Distribution of SAT Reasoning Test Scores (Writing) Applicants Admits Admit rate 750-800 700-740 650-690 600-640 < 600
Distribution of ACT Scores (Composite) Applicants Admits Admit rate 34-36 31-33 28-30 25-27 < 25
Princeton University
SourceClass of 2015
Percentage of Applicants Accepted by GPA Range GPA % Accepted
Percentage of Applicants Accepted by SAT Range SAT Scores % Accepted
- Of those enrolling students whose secondary schools provided Princeton with ranks-in-class, 93% ranked in the top decile.
- 12.3% of the students in the class are children of Princeton alumni.
- 58% of students came from public school, while 28.6% came from boarding school.
Middle 50% Scores Test Range SAT: Critical Reading SAT: Math SAT: Writing ACT Composite
Stanford University
sourceClass of 2015
GPA Percent of Applicants Admit Rate Percent of Admitted Class 4.0 and above 3.70 - 3.99 below 3.70
Rank Percent of Applicants Admit Rate Percent of Admitted Class Top 10% 11% - 20% 21% and below
SAT Critical Reading Score Percent of Applicants Admit Rate Percent of Admitted Class 800 700-799 600-699 Below 600
SAT Math Score Percent of Applicants Admit Rate Percent of Admitted Class 800 700-799 600-699 Below 600
SAT Writing Score Percent of Applicants Admit Rate Percent of Admitted Class 800 700-799 600-699 Below 600
ACT Composite Score Percent of Applicants Admit Rate Percent of Admitted Class 30-36 24-29 18-23
University of Pennsylvania
SourceClass of 2015
Testing Means for the Middle 50 Percent of Enrolled Students Test Range SAT: Critical Reading SAT: Math SAT: Writing ACT Composite
Yale University
SourceClass of 2014
Test score ranges (25th to 75th percentiles) for enrolled freshmen Test Range SAT: Verbal SAT: Math SAT: Writing ACT Composite
- 56% of matriculants came from public high schools
- 44% of matriculants came from independent, parochial, and other schools
- 13% of matriculants were Yale College and/or Graduate and Professional School legacies
International Student Statistics for Top US Colleges
Ivy League College Enrollment Year Percentage of International Students Harvard (Mass.) Yale (Conn.) Princeton (N.J.) Columbia (N.Y.) University of Pennsylvania (P.A.) Brown (R.I.) Dartmouth (N.H.) Cornell (N.Y.) Stanford* (Calif.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology* (Mass.)
