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Admissions snapshots for 49 universities most often named in our private-school placement reports — average mid-50% SAT/ACT scores, admit rates, and applicant volumes.

Median admit rate: 34%
Most selective: 9%
Universities tracked: 49

Harvard University (MA)
SAT750 R · 745 M
ACT33
9%
of 22,868
Yale University (CT)
SAT745 R · 740 M
ACT32
9%
of 21,101
Princeton University (NJ)
SAT740 R · 745 M
ACT32
10%
of 18,942
Stanford University (CA)
SAT710 R · 735 M
ACT31
10%
of 23,958
Columbia University (NY)
SAT710 R · 725 M
ACT31
12%
of 19,851
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SAT710 R · 760 M
ACT33
13%
of 12,445
Brown University (RI)
SAT710 R · 720 M
ACT31
14%
of 19,097
Dartmouth College (NH)
SAT720 R · 730 M
ACT31
16%
of 13,938
University of Pennsylvania
SAT700 R · 725 M
ACT31
16%
of 22,645
California Institute of Technology
SAT740 R · 785 M
ACT34
17%
of 3,597
Washington University in St. Louis
SAT715 R · 735 M
ACT32
17%
of 22,428
Georgetown University (DC)
SAT700 R · 695 M
ACT31
21%
of 16,163
Cornell University (NY)
SAT680 R · 715 M
ACT30
21%
of 30,383
Duke University (NC)
SAT705 R · 730 M
ACT32
23%
of 18,159
University of California - Berkeley *
SAT645 R · 680 M
ACT27
24%
of 41,796
University of Notre Dame (IN)
SAT695 R · 710 M
ACT33
25%
of 14,503
University of Southern California
SAT670 R · 695 M
ACT30
25%
of 33,760
Rice University (TX)
SAT685 R · 725 M
ACT32
25%
of 8,968
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
SAT680 R · 705 M
ACT31
26%
of 16,503
University of California - Los Angeles *
SAT625 R · 665 M
ACT27
26%
of 47,317
Boston College
SAT660 R · 675 M
ACT30
27%
of 28,850
Tufts University (MA)
SAT710 R · 705 M
ACT32
28%
of 15,387
Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
SAT660 R · 730 M
ACT30
28%
of 22,356
Northwestern University (IL)
SAT695 R · 715 M
ACT31
30%
of 18,385
Emory University (GA)
SAT685 R · 700 M
ACT31
32%
of 14,222
Lehigh University (PA)
SAT620 R · 695 M
ACT0
32%
of 12,155
Vanderbilt University (TN)
SAT690 R · 700 M
ACT31
33%
of 12,911
College of William and Mary (VA) *
SAT685 R · 665 M
ACT30
34%
of 10,854
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill *
SAT640 R · 655 M
ACT28
34%
of 19,728
University of Virginia *
SAT645 R · 665 M
ACT0
35%
of 17,800
Brandeis University (MA)
SAT680 R · 680 M
ACT30
36%
of 7,640
New York University
SAT665 R · 670 M
ACT30
37%
of 34,389
University of Chicago
SAT720 R · 705 M
ACT31
39%
of 9,538
University of Rochester (NY)
SAT650 R · 675 M
ACT29
40%
of 12,768
University of Florida *
SAT615 R · 635 M
ACT27
42%
of 24,126
Wake Forest University (NC)
SAT655 R · 670 M
ACT29
42%
of 7,177
University of California - San Diego *
SAT600 R · 650 M
ACT26
46%
of 43,591
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
SAT645 R · 690 M
ACT27
49%
of 10,162
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor *
SAT640 R · 680 M
ACT29
50%
of 27,474
University of Texas - Austin *
SAT595 R · 625 M
ACT25
51%
of 27,237
University of California - Santa Barbara *
SAT580 R · 590 M
ACT25
53%
of 39,857
Pennsylvania State University - University Park *
SAT570 R · 610 M
ACT26
58%
of 34,813
Boston University
SAT630 R · 645 M
ACT27
58%
of 31,851
University of California- Irvine *
SAT570 R · 615 M
ACT25
60%
of 38,429
Georgia Institute of Technology *
SAT640 R · 690 M
ACT29
63%
of 9,259
University of Washington *
SAT585 R · 615 M
ACT26
65%
of 17,808
University of California - Davis *
SAT555 R · 600 M
ACT24
68%
of 32,643
University of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign *
SAT610 R · 690 M
ACT29
71%
of 21,645
Case Western Reserve University (OH)
SAT635 R · 670 M
ACT29
75%
of 7,297

Harvard University (MA)

Yale University (CT)

Princeton University (NJ)

Stanford University (CA)

Columbia University (NY)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Brown University (RI)

Dartmouth College (NH)

University of Pennsylvania

California Institute of Technology

Washington University in St. Louis

Georgetown University (DC)

Cornell University (NY)

Duke University (NC)

University of California - Berkeley *

University of Notre Dame (IN)

University of Southern California

Rice University (TX)

Johns Hopkins University (MD)

University of California - Los Angeles *

Boston College

Tufts University (MA)

Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

Northwestern University (IL)

Emory University (GA)

Lehigh University (PA)

Vanderbilt University (TN)

College of William and Mary (VA) *

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill *

University of Virginia *

Brandeis University (MA)

New York University

University of Chicago

University of Rochester (NY)

University of Florida *

Wake Forest University (NC)

University of California - San Diego *

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor *

University of Texas - Austin *

University of California - Santa Barbara *

Pennsylvania State University - University Park *

Boston University

University of California- Irvine *

Georgia Institute of Technology *

University of Washington *

University of California - Davis *

University of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign *

Case Western Reserve University (OH)