2012 Admission Decisions


1	University	2012 Total Applicants	2012 Total Accepted	2012 Number of Denials	2012 Number of Wait List Offers	2012 Overall Acceptance Rate	2012 Regular Acceptance Rate	2012 Early Acceptance Rate	2011 Total Applicants	2011 Total Accepted	2011 Number of Denials	2011 Number of Wait List Offers	2011 Overall Acceptance Rate

2	Amherst (Mass.)	8,555	1,020			11.92%	10.00%		8,461	1,127			13.32%
3	Babson (Mass.)	5,511	1,603	2,138	1,251	29.09%	21.41%	53.00%	5,079	1,685	1,972	1,030	33.18%
4	Barnard (N.Y.)	5,440	1,141	2,876	1,142	20.97%	18.30%	44.60%	5,153	1,284	2,975	896	24.92%
5	Binghamton University (N.Y.)	28,174	11,802	14,867	1,505	41.89%	36.00%	56.00%	28,023	11,362	15,362	1,299	40.55%
6	Boston College	34,000	9,800	18,000	6,200	28.82%	26.00%		32,974	9,227	17,347	6,400	27.98%
7	Boston U.	43,979	19,589	18,296	2,609	44.54%	44.10%	47.20%	41,760	19,921	15,908	3,025	47.70%
8	Bowdoin (Me.)	6,716	1,060	3,989	1,268	15.78%	13.80%	25.30%	6,554	1,074	3,816	1,384	16.39%
9	Brown (R.I.)	28,742	2,760			9.60%			30,946	2,692			8.70%
10	Carleton (Minn.)	5,850	1,496	1,775		25.57%	25.50%	40.50%	4,988	1,546			30.99%
11	Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)	17,300	4,694	8,692	3,644	27.13%	27.00%	26.00%	16,527	5,023	6,479	5,025	30.39%
12	Claremont McKenna (Calif.)	5,056	628	3,780	543	12.42%	10.40%	29.00%	4,481	623	2,621	1,066	13.90%
13	Colby (Me.)	5,241	1,508	2,176	1,161	28.77%	28.77%	50.28%	5,176	1,523	2,091	1,195	29.42%
14	Colgate (N.Y.)	7,795	2,242	4,128	1,425	28.76%	26.60%	51.00%	7,832	2,260	4,047	1,525	28.86%
15	Columbia (N.Y.)	31,851	2,363			7.42%			34,929	2,419			6.93%
16	Cooper Union (N.Y.)	3,556	225	3,255	76	6.33%	6.00%	9.00%	3,415	264	3,151	70	7.73%
17	Cornell (N.Y.)	37,812	6,123	26,439	3,120	16.19%			36,392	6,534			17.95%
18	Dartmouth (N.H.)	23,110	2,180	19,204	1,726	9.43%	7.90%	25.80%	22,385	2,270			10.14%
19	Dickinson (Pa.)	5,843	2,323	1,692	1,154	39.76%	28.00%	52.70%	6,067	2,543	1,787	1,150	41.92%
20	Duke (N.C.)	31,600	3,751			11.87%	11.00%	25.00%	29,724	3,956			13.31%
21	Elon (N.C.)	10,195	5,204	1,070	2,687	51.04%	29.00%	86.00%	9,026	5,135	1,083	2,006	56.89%
22	Emory (Ga.)	17,502	4,539	7,013	3,457	25.93%	25.00%	38.00%	17,027	4,586		5,249	26.93%
23	George Washington (D.C.)	21,759	7,109			32.67%			21,591	7,124			33.00%
24	Grinnell (Iowa)	4,554	1,345	1,353	1,190	29.53%	28.2%	58.1%	2,969	1,330	682	526	44.80%
25	Hamilton (N.Y.)	5,107	1,386			27.14%			5,265	1,441			27.37%
26	Hanover (Ind.)	3,546	2,215	404	0	62.46%	62.40%		3,099	2,091	325	0	67.47%
27	Harvard (Mass.)	34,302	2,032			5.92%			34,950	2,158			6.17%
28	Harvey Mudd (Calif.)	3,591	616	2,186	499	17.15%	17.00%	20.00%	3,144	660	1,835	479	20.99%
29	Johns Hopkins (Md.)	20,496	3,636	13,700	2,726	17.74%	16.00%	38.00%	19,391	3,572	12,667	2,726	18.42%
30	Juilliard (N.Y.)	2,319	161	1,885	34	6.94%	6.90%		2,543	140	2,060	42	5.51%
31	Lafayette (Pa.)	6,654	2,286	1,653	1,709	34.36%	32.00%	56.00%	5,716	2,304	720	1,558	40.31%
32	Lehigh (Pa.)	11,527	3,737	2,824	3,582	32.42%	29.60%	63.40%	11,578	3,864	2,742	3,684	33.37%
33	Lewis & Clark (Ore.)	6,506	4,149	1,061	408	63.77%	58.00%	85.00%	5,938	3,887	637	584	65.46%
34	Macalester (Minn.)	6,031	2,098	3,464	469	34.79%			6,110	2,137	3,440	533	34.98%
35	Middlebury (Vt.)	8,849	1,635			18.48%	16.00%	32.00%	8,533	1,514		2,114	17.74%
36	Northwestern (Ill.)	32,066	4,898	24,311	2,857	15.27%	14.70%	33.00%	30,975	5,575	21,816	3,537	18.00%
37	Olin College (Mass.)	785	139	601	45	17.71%	17.70%		767	126	608	30	16.43%
38	Pitzer (Calif.)	4,227	663	2,054	1,510	15.68%	15.70%	38.00%	3,743	903	1,504	1,336	24.13%
39	Pomona (Calif.)	7,457	956	5,861	640	12.82%	11.90%	19.70%	7,207	982	5,326	899	13.63%
40	Princeton (N.J.)	26,664	2,095	23,097	1,472	7.86%			27,189	2,282			8.39%
41	Rensselaer Polytechnic (N.Y.)	15,203	6,495	6,984	1,724	42.72%	42.70%	35.30%	14,584	5,779	7,140	1,665	39.63%
42	Reed (Ore.)	3,131	1,069			34.14%			3,059	1,219			39.85%
43	Rutgers, New Brunswick (N.J.)	28,126	16,690			59.34%			28,602	17,487			61.14%
44	Scripps (Calif.)	2,373	714	988	499	30.09%	30.00%	39.00%	2,163	785	792	366	36.29%
45	St. Lawrence (N.Y.)	4,033	1,844	1,988	201	45.72%	43.00%	87.00%	4,273	1,855	2,067	351	43.41%
46	Stanford (Calif.)	36,631	2,427	33,415	789	6.63%	6.60%		34,348	2,427	30,843	1,078	7.07%
47	SUNY, Stony Brook	27,305	10,382	8,547	2,567	38.02%	38.10%		26,911	10,536	8,748	2,495	39.15%
48	Texas A&M	31,478	18,514	9,133	0	58.82%	58.82%		29,713	16,488	9,460	8,046	55.49%
49	Trinity (Conn.)	7,716	2,572			33.33%			6,965	2,118			30.41%
50	U. of California, Berkeley	61,702	13,038			21.13%			52,953	13,523			25.54%
51	U. of California, Davis	49,416	22,538			45.61%			45,825	21,074			45.99%
52	U. of California, Irvine	54,532	19,806			36.32%			47,251	21,518			45.54%
53	U.C.L.A.	72,657	15,455			21.27%			61,517	15,551			25.28%
54	U. of California, Merced	13,148	9,874			75.10%			12,890	10,048			77.95%
55	U. of California, Riverside	29,888	18,375			61.48%			26,044	16,203			62.21%
56	U. of California, San Diego	60,838	22,939			37.71%			53,461	18,212			34.07%
57	U. of California, Santa Barbara	54,831	22,803			41.59%			49,033	22,386			45.65%
58	U of California, Santa Cruz	32,954	19,936			60.50%			28,105	19,074			67.87%
59	University of Chicago	25,277	3,344			13.23%			21,765	3,446			15.83%
60	U. of Delaware	26,534	14,109	9,953	2,472	53.17%	53.00%		24,778	13,483	9,296	1,999	54.42%
61	U. of Florida	29,220	12,040	13,960	0	41.20%	41.00%		29,299	11,733	14,166	0	40.05%
62	U.N.C., Chapel Hill	28,491	7,596	17,383	2,928	26.66%	15.90%	38.00%	23,753	7.469	13,940	2,017	31.44%
63	U. of Pennsylvania	31,217	3,846	25,354	2,017	12.32%	9.80%	25.00%	31,662	3,935	25,310	2,417	12.43%
64	U. of Puget Sound (Wash.)	6,772	3,573	2,870	329	52.76%	53.00%	88.00%	7,195	3,730	3,037	428	51.84%
65	U. of Richmond	10230	3093			30.23%			9419	2989			31.73%
66	U. of Southern California	46,030	8,381	36,472	0	18.21%	18.20%		37,210	8,566	27,302	0	23.02%
67	U. of Virginia	27,200	7,760	16,114	4,399	28.53%	23.00%	29.00%	23,602	7,749	12,022	3,831	32.83%
68	U. of Wisconsin, Madison	29,008	15,737	10,338	2,710	54.25%	54.25%	N/A	29,983	14,627	14,356	3,598	48.78%
69	Vanderbilt (Tenn.)	28,335	3,757	18,925	NA	13.26%	12.00%	24.50%	24,837	4,078	15,243	NA	16.42%
70	Vassar (N.Y.)	7,908	1,778	4,008	1,340	22.48%	20.70%	42.50%	7,985	1,780	4,037	1,461	22.29%
71	Virginia Tech	20,355	14,175	3,270	2,108	69.64%	70.00%	52.00%	21,005	13,534	4,202	2,158	64.43%
72	Wake Forest	11,366	3,685	2,297	3,630	32.42%	31%	43%	9,869	3,933	1,620	2,737	39.85%
73	Washington and Lee (Va.)	5,970	1,064	2,622	2,001	17.82%	15.00%	40.00%	6,487	1,182	3,061	1,947	18.22%
74	Washington U. in St. Louis	28,826	4,440			15.40%	16.50%	30.80%	28,823	4,763			16.52%
75	Wesleyan U. (Conn.)	10,503	2,073			19.74%	17.5%	44.54%	10,033	2,339			23.31%
76	William and Mary (Va.)	13,651	4,248	5,540	3,469	31.12%	29.49%	48.33%	12,825	4,447	4,809	3,248	34.67%
77	Williams (Mass.)	7,067	1,182			16.73%			7,030	1,215			17.28%
78	Yale (Conn.)	28,974	1,975	25,998	1,001	6.82%			27,283	2,109	24,178	996	7.73%