All of the information here will change for every single school listed because waitlist acceptances will not be included until May or later so this is a bit premature, but I get why people are interested. I was accepted to a highly selective LAC not listed here, and I received the statistics of the admitted class of 2021 through an email from the college. I am not going to post them (even though they are awesome) because I figure the school has some reason for not posting them publicly, or they would have done so already. But, I would just say that if a school you were admitted to is not listed here, make sure to check your email - you may be privy to that information. I wish everyone well. It was a fun journey! I know not everyone can visit schools, but if you can I hope that you do. I went ED for the school that felt like family and I have never looked back.
Official Overall Acceptance Rates from Lowest to Highest–
Stanford: 4.7%
Harvard: 5.2%
Columbia: 5.8%
Princeton: 6.1%
Yale: 6.9%
MIT: 7.1%
Pomona: 8.2%
Brown: 8.3%
Duke: 9.1%
University of Pennsylvania: 9.2%
Swarthmore: 10.2%
Dartmouth: 10.4%
Johns Hopkins: 11.8%
Cornell: 12.5%
Bowdoin: 13.4%
Williams: 14.6%
Colorado College: 14.7%
Barnard: 14.8%
Georgetown: 15.4%
Washington University in St. Louis: 16%
University of Southern California: 16%
Haverford: 19.4%
Middlebury: 19.7%
Carleton: 20%
Wellesley: 21%
Emory: 21.8%
Georgia Tech: 23.2%
Boston University: 25%
Wake Forest: 26.9%
University of Virginia: 27.1%
Trinity College: 27.7%
Oxford (Emory): 29%
Boston College: 32.3%
University of Florida: 38.9%
Macalester: 39%
Speculated Overall Acceptance Rates–
Northwestern: 8.7% - 10.1% (based on 37050 applicants this year. 10.1% assumes NU admitted the same as last year (3743), and 8.7% assumes NU admitted 500 less than last year. The latter is based on the difference between '20 and '19, where NU admitted 500 less students, but such a large decrease again seems unlikely)
Vanderbilt: 10.2% (generally fills half of class with ED, or 800 admits. 23.6% admit rate = 3390 ED applicants. So in total, 3182 admits for 31231 applications)
Amherst: 12.6% (rejection email mentions ~9200 applications this year; assuming same number of admitted students [1161] as last year)
Wesleyan 15.4%
@jackwang0703, is that overall or just RD?
You left off UCB and UCLA.
@Chembiodad That’s overall.
http://wesleyanargus.com/2017/03/30/class-of-2021-wesleyan-record-low-acceptance-rate/
I get a feeling that once you get to the point where you are rejecting 9 out of 10 applicants, you’re probably throwing the baby out with the bath water.
@denydenzig: Eh. The super-selective schools aren’t going to balloon their undergraduate student bodies. And because of misplaced emphasis on admit rate by gullible HS kids and too many adults who should know better, the elite colleges are still incented to keep driving their admit rate down even when there is no institutional need to do so.
Northwestern - 9.0% (overall)
RD - ~7.2%
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/04/01/campus/northwestern-acceptance-rate-falls-to-9-percent/
Any information on Lehigh, Bucknell or Northeastern Universities?
Admit rates can be deceiving, that’s for sure. I hope anyone reading these posts are looking at all of the other variables that will impact their chance of admission. For instance, BU looks more selective than BC and Wake based on these numbers but all other things being equal, I would say it is easier to get in to BU than Wake or BC. Do your research and look at the 25-75 percentile score ranges also…no one variable will give you an answer, so you need to look at all of it. Also, of course, look at your school’s Naviance scattergrams…not statistically valid, but just another data point that can help you determine your Reach, Match and Safeties.
I think there is another thread on this on CC but in general it seems like at the less elite schools (but still darn good ones) it’s getting slightly easier to get in. I think if you have the means to pay (i.e., not applying for aid) at the need aware schools (which is most of them, but not the ones on this thread), they are willing to take a chance on you even if you don’t have the stats. I’ve seen this A LOT this year.
Any information on University of Richmond
Some demographics:
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/04/01/campus/northwestern-acceptance-rate-falls-to-9-percent/
Adding Northwestern:
Harvard RD 1118 out of 33,033 (3.4%)
Princeton RD 1120 out of 26,053 (4.3%)(waitlist,1168=4.5%, Yield,1308=69.2%)
Stanford REA/RD 2050 out of 44,073 (4.6%)
Yale RD 1401 out of 27,814 (5.0%)(Yield,1550=69.2%)
Columbia ED/RD 2185 out of 37,389 (5.8%)
Brown RD 1927 out of 29,554 (6.5%)(Deferred accepted,100=5.4%, waitlist,1000=3.4%)
MIT RD 781 out of 11,853 (6.6%)
Penn RD 2345 out of 34,266 (6.8%)(Yield,2445=66.1%)
Northwestern RD ~2408 out of 33,519 (7.2%)
Duke RD 2255 out of ~30,884 (7.3%)(58 deferred accepted=8.6%)
MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Pomona ED/RD ~742 out of 9046 (8.2%)
Dartmouth RD 1537 out of 18,035 (8.5%)
Vanderbilt RD 2382 out of 27,841 (8.6%)
Swarthmore ED/RD 960 out of 9383 (10.2%)(Yield,405=42.1%)
Johns Hopkins RD 2542 out of 24,644 (10.3%)
Cornell RD ~4510 out of 41,654 (10.8%)(waitlist,5713=13.7%)
Bowdoin RD 719 out of ~6264 (11.5%)
Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
Williams College RD 996 out of 7865 (12.7%)
Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Colorado College ED1/ED2/EA/RD 1212 out of 8215 (14.7%)
Barnard 1139 out of 7716 (14.8%)
Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Wesleyan ED1/ED2/RD ~1932 out 12,543 (15.4%)
Washington University in St. Louis ED/RD ~4875 out of 30,464 (16%)
USC RD 8980 out of 56,000 (16.0%)
Middlebury RD 1350 out of ~8082 (16.7%)(Yield,705=40.2%)
Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Georgetown RD 2382 out of 13,643 (17.5%)(Yield, 1600=48.3%)
Georgia Tech RD (IS/OOS) 2917 out of 15,769 (18.5%)
Haverford ED/RD 859 out of 4424 (19.4%)
UCLA RD (IS/OOS) ~20,400 out of 102,000 (~20%)
Carleton College ED1/ED2/RD ~1300 out of 6500 (~20%)(Yield,520=~40%)(ED1/ED2=~208)
Rice ED 329 out of 1604 (20.5%)
Wellesley ED1/ED2/RD ~1197 out of 5700 (~21%)
Emory RD 4698 out of 22,201 (21.2%)
UVA RD (OOS) 2342 out of 10,897 (21.5%)
Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
Georgia Tech EA (OOS) ~2300 out of 11,515 (~21%)
Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
UVA EA (OOS) 3339 out of 14,968 (22.3%)
Vanderbilt ED1/ED2 __ out of __ (23.6%)
Carnegie Mellon ED 330 out of 1375 (24.0%)
Notre Dame REA 1470 out of 6020 (24.4%) (893 def=14.8%)
Duke ED 861 out of 3516 (24.5%)(def,671=19.1%)
UVA RD (IS/OOS) 4043 out of 16,361 (24.7%)
Boston University RD 14,013 out of 56,634 (24.7%)(Yield,3400=22.4%)
Bowdoin ED1/ED2 244 out of ~976 (~25%)
Wake Forest RD ~2750 out of 11,000 (~25%)(Yield,1350=38.6%)
Cornell ED ~1379 out of 5384 (25.6%)(def=20.9%, rej=53.5%)
Northwestern ED ~963 out of 3736 (~25.7%)
Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS/OOS) 4380 out of 15,715 (27.9%)
Boston University ED1/ED2 ~1190 out of 4181 (~28.5%)
UVA EA (IS/OOS) 5914 out of 20,446 (28.9%)(def,5458=26.7%; rej,9074=44.4%)
Tulane EA 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Tufts ED1/ED2 ~675 out of 2310 (~29.2%)
Trinity College RD 1691 out of 5655 (30.0%)
UVA RD (IS) 1701 out of 5664 (30.0%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
Boston College RD ~6300 out of 28,500 (32.3%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
Wake Forest ED1/ED2 ~750 out of 2000 (~37.5%)
Middlebury ED2 60 out of ~155 (38.7%)
University of Florida RD 13,214 out of ~34,000 (~38.9%)
Macalester ED1/ED2/RD ~2301 out of 5901 (~39.0%)
Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
Middlebury ED1/ED2 403 out ~828 (48.7%)
UVA EA (IS) 2575 out of 5278 (48.8%)
Fordham EA 9812 out of 19,859 (49.4%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS) ~2080 out of 4200 (~49%)
Middlebury ED1 343 out of 673 (51.0%) (def,60=8.9%, rej,270=40.1%)
William & Mary ED 528 out of 1023 (51.6%)
University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)
Fordham ED 156 out of 293 (53.2%)
Trinity College ED1/ED2 315 out of 443 (71.1%)
@collegemomjam My son at BU would argue about BC being on equal footing. 
He just sent us this link showing they were named “International Powerhouse” by Times Higher Ed:
http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/times-higher-education-elite-universities/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=FBPAGE&utm_campaign=prbumain#bottom
I’ve seen that list two and BU is absolutely a great school…but keep in mind those rankings include graduate schools. My comment was simply as it relates to undergraduate admissions. From our town, at least, people have an easier time getting in to BU than BC…although both are hard do get in. Lots of different criteria to look at, but perhaps the most objective being the scores…looking at last year’s ACT scores, BC’s middle 50% was 30-33 and BU’s was 27-31. I’m pretty sure this year’s stats, probably up for both schools, would be a similar spread.
This is why people need to look at more than just acceptance rates. There is a lot more to the equation.
Overall Acceptance Rates from Lowest to Highest–
Stanford: 4.7%
Harvard: 5.2%
Columbia: 5.8%
Princeton: 6.1%
Yale: 6.9%
MIT: 7.1%
Pomona: 8.2%
Brown: 8.3%
Northwestern: 9.0%
Duke: 9.1%
University of Pennsylvania: 9.2%
Swarthmore: 10.2%
Dartmouth: 10.4%
Johns Hopkins: 11.8%
Cornell: 12.5%
Bowdoin: 13.4%
Williams: 14.6%
Colorado College: 14.7%
Barnard: 14.8%
Georgetown: 15.4%
Wesleyan: 15.4%
Washington University in St. Louis: 16%
University of Southern California: 16%
Haverford: 19.4%
Middlebury: 19.7%
Carleton: 20%
Wellesley: 21%
Emory: 21.8%
Georgia Tech: 23.2%
Boston University: 25%
Wake Forest: 26.9%
University of Virginia: 27.1%
Trinity College: 27.7%
Oxford (Emory): 29%
Boston College: 32.3%
University of Florida: 38.9%
Macalester: 39%
Is there a reason the UCs aren’t in your list? You have other public schools listed.
Hi @sprayupets, has UCLA published their admit rate for the applicant class of 2017? The Washington Post reported an admit rate of 18% for applicant class of 2016. You’ve listed them at 20% which suggests a surprising rate increase. I haven’t seen anything like that reported anywhere else. Here is the link to the 18% reported by the Post in January 2017.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/12/19/ucla-is-the-first-school-to-receive-100000-freshman-applications/?utm_term=.4c4c51debba3
As far as I know, @sbjdorlo the UC schools have not posted their data. @PragmaticMom I only put a rough number in for UCLA because they posted a notice on their site of an acceptance rate below 20%. The UC schools do release a very comprehensive report to the Board of Regents but later on and until then this is what we have.