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Admission to Caltech is extremely rigorous. Prior to going test blind, Caltech students had the highest test scores in the nation. [91] [92] In admissions for the Class of 2028 (entering 2024), Caltech was ranked the hardest college in America to gain acceptance to by admit rate, at an all-time low of 2.7%. [93]
The most difficult college to get into in the country, the California Institute of Technology, accepts less than one student for every 11 applicants.
Ivy-Plus admissions rates vary with the income of the students' parents, with the acceptance rate of the top 0.1% income percentile being almost twice as much as other students. [232] While many "elite" colleges intend to improve socioeconomic diversity by admitting poorer students, they may have economic incentives not to do so.
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A University of Michigan study from 2010 found that university rankings in the United States significantly affect institutions' applications and admissions. [17] The research analyzed the effects of the U.S. News & World Report rankings, showing a lasting effect on college applications and admissions by students in the top 10% of their class. [17]
For Fall 2019, UCLA Engineering received 25,804 freshman applications and admitted 2,505 for an admission rate of 9.7%. [15] For Fall 2015 admitted students had a median weighted grade point average (GPA) of 4.5 and a median SAT score of 2190. [16] The breakdown of SAT scores by subject is as follows: [16]
In 2022, Columbia University was lowered from second to 18th in the rankings [41] after a report by Columbia University mathematics professor Michael Thaddeus, which revealed that Columbia University misreported data to U.S. News & World Report. The remaining "national universities" were not renumbered. [42]
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