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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.
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]
William R. Emerson (Caltech) 1960 Barry Wolk (Manitoba) 1961 Elwyn R. Berlekamp (MIT) 1961 Edward Anton Bender (Caltech) 1961, 1962 John Hathaway Lindsey (Caltech) 1961, 1962 William C. Waterhouse (Harvard) 1961, 1962 John William Wood (Harvard) 1962 Robert S. Strichartz (Dartmouth) 1962 Joel H. Spencer (MIT) 1963 Lawrence A. Zalcman (Dartmouth ...
It constitutes 10% of the score. Public reputation is not considered, which causes some colleges to score lower than in other lists. A three-year moving average is used to smooth out the scoring. Forbes rated Princeton the country's best college in its inaugural (2008) list. [11] West Point took the top honor the following year. [12]
Admission rates vary according to the residency of applicants. For Fall 2019, California residents had an admission rate of 12.0%, while out-of-state U.S. residents had an admission rate of 16.4% and internationals had an admission rate of 8.4%. [140] UCLA's overall freshman admit rate for the Fall 2019 term was 12.3%. [141]
Southfield, Michigan, Nov. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Credit Acceptance Corporation (Nasdaq: CACC) (referred to as the “Company”, “Credit Acceptance”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) has been named a winner of the 2024 Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces. We ranked #2 among the top large companies in Michigan, the same as a year ago.
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.