2019 Ivy League Early Admission Stats| Top Tier Admissions

Statistics for the Class of 2019

Preliminary Results – Early Action and Early Decision – Entering Fall 2015

Ivy League – Early Action and Early Decision

EARLY IVIES	2019			2018			2017
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Brown ED	617	3,016	20.46	583	3,088	18.88	558	3,010	18.54
Columbia ED	600	3,373	17.79	650	3,296	19.72	600	3,126	19.19
Cornell ED	1,200	4,800	25.00	1,325	4,775	27.75	1,237	4,193	29.50
Dartmouth ED	483	1,859	25.98	469	1,678	27.95	464	1,574	29.48
Harvard SCEA	977	5,919	16.51	992	4,692	21.14	895	4,856	18.43
Penn ED	1,316	5,489	23.98	1,299	5,149	25.23	1,196	4,812	24.85
Princeton SCEA	767	3,850	19.92	714	3,854	18.53	697	3,810	18.29
Yale SCEA	753	4,693	16.05	735	4,750	15.47	649	4,520	14.36
Total Ivies	6,713	32,999	20.34	6,767	31,282	21.63	6,296	29,901	21.06

Please note that the numbers in italics for Columbia and Cornell are estimated for the Class of 2019.

BROWN

Brown accepted 617 of the 3,016 early applications received for the class of 2019. The university deferred 1,968 applications to the regular admission round and rejected 408. The 3,016 applications for early decision this year represent a slight decrease from last year’s 3,088. Approximately 30,360 students applied to the class of 2019, marking a slight increase from previous years.

COLUMBIA

Columbia received 3,373 early applications compared to 3,296 last year. Inasmuch as Columbia declined the release the exact number of admissions, the rate of admission should have remained similar with an estimated admission of about 600 students.

CORNELL

Cornell also failed to release its admissions’ statistics for the Class of 2019. We are estimating an admission rate of 25 percent of an applicants’ pool of 4,800.

DARTMOUTH

Dartmouth received 1,859 Early Decision applications for the Class of 2019. This represents a substantial increase over the Early Decision applications for the Class of 2018. Dartmouth accepted 483 ED applications –14 more than last year’s 469 students. Dartmouth deferred 787 applicants and rejected 578 applicants The 483 students will compose approximately 41 percent of the Class of 2019 estimated at 1110 students. Nearly 20,500 students have applied for acceptance to the Class of 2019, representing a more than six percent increase in applications over last year.

HARVARD

Harvard accepted 977 students or 16.5 percent of the 5,919 early applicants to the Class of 2019. Last year, Harvard’s Early Action program admitted 992 students to the Class of 2018 for early admission from a pool of 4,692. The Office of Admissions deferred 4,292 applicants to be reconsidered in the regular application pool and rejected 541 students.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Penn received 5,489 early decision applications for the Class of 2019 and reported an increase from last year’s 5,149 early decision applications. Penn admitted 1,316 students under the Early Decision program for a 24% admit rate. The university plans to only accept 2,420 students to their undergraduate program this year out of more than 37,000 applications.

PRINCETON

Princeton admitted 767 students and received 3,850 applications for an acceptance rate of 19.9 percent of their applicants. The university deferred 2,918 applicants to the regular admissions and rejected 165 applicants. For the Class of 2018 the early admission numbers were lower with only 18.5 percent or 714 of 3,854 applicants accepted. Princeton forecasts a total admission of just above 1300 students for the Class of 2019 to be chosen from a record number of applicants. Princeton received 27,259 applications for its next freshman class, a 2 percent increase over last year.

YALE

Yale reported a total of 4,693 applications, a slight increase from last year’s 4,750 applications for its SCEA program. The school offered admission to 753 applicants for its Class of 2019. The 15.7 percent early acceptance rate marks an increase from last year’s 14.5 percent early admission rate.

Stanford and MIT – Early Action

EARLY ROUNDS	2019			2018			2017
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Stanford SCEA	743	7,297	10.18	748	6,948	10.77	725	6,103	11.88
MIT EA	625	6,519	9.59	612	6,820	8.97	650	6,541	9.94
Total Ivies	1,368	13,816	9.90	1,360	13,768	9.88	1,375	12,644	10.87

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Massachusetts Institute of Technology received 6,519 early action applications (down from the 6,820 received last year) and accepted 625 students for an acceptance rate of 9.59%.

STANFORD

Stanford accepted 10.18% percent of its SCEA pool by admitting 743 out of a record 7,297 applications. Last year, Stanford admitted 748 students out of 6,948 applicants. At less than 10 percent, the rates of admissions at both MIT and Stanford remain more than one-half of the combined Ivy League.

More Selective Schools – Early Action and Early Decision

EARLY ROUNDS	2019			2018			2017
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Chicago EA	1,200	11,400	10.53	1,350	11,143	12.12	1,380	10,317	13.38
Duke ED	815	3,180	25.63	797	3,180	25.06	753	2,540	29.65
Georgetown EA	907	6,840	13.26	955	6,734	14.18	879	6,851	12.83
J. Hopkins ED	539	1,865	28.90	526	1,595	32.98	530	1,450	36.55
Northwestern ED	1,011	2,793	36.20	925	2,863	32.31	881	2,651	33.23

CHICAGO

Chicago did not release official numbers, but it is expected that the school received about 11,500 applications and accepted around 11 percent in its non-restrictive EA round.

DUKE

Duke reported that 3,180 students applied under its Early Decision program and 815 were offered admission to the Class of 2019. Last year, the university accepted 797 students through Early Decision. Students admitted through Early Decision this year will represent 38 percent of next fall’s incoming class, which is expected to include 1,705 students.

GEORGETOWN

Georgetown received 6,840 applications and admitted 907 students for an admission ratio of 13%. Last year, Georgetown received 6,734 applications and admitted 955 students for an admission ratio of 14%. The number of total applications for the Class of 2019 remained steady at 19,427 or nine fewer than last year.

JOHNS HOPKINS

Johns Hopkins reported that 1,865 applied for the Class of 2010. This represents an increase of 70 applications from last year. 539 applicants will be the first students welcomed into the Class of 2019.

NORTHWESTERN

Northwestern University reported 2,793 applications and admitted 1,011 students to its Class of 2019. In 2014, Northwestern had 2,863 applications and admitted 925 students to its Class of 2018. With 32,090 total applications for admission to the Class of 2019, Northwestern has received 4.7 percent fewer applications than it did last year. Regular decision applications totaled 29,297.

Expected Percentage of Early Admissions in the Class of 2019

The tables below present the percentages of early applicants in the projected enrollment for the Class of 2019.

Early	2019
Ivies	Admit	Enroll Est	% Early
Brown ED	617	1,500	41.13
Columbia ED	600	1,400	42.86
Cornell ED	1,200	3,200	37.50
Dartmouth ED	483	1,175	41.11
Harvard SCEA	772	1,700	45.41
Penn ED	1,316	2,420	54.38
Princeton SCEA	767	1,300	59.00
Yale SCEA	753	1,360	55.37
Total Ivies	6,508	14,055	46%

Other 2019	Admit	Enroll Est	% Early
Duke ED	815	1,705	47.80
Northwestern ED	1,011	2,025	49.93
J. Hopkins ED	539	1,300	41.46
Stanford SCEA	743	1,700	43.71

Liberal Arts Colleges – Early Decision

Liberal Arts Colleges	2019			2018			2017
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Colgate EDI	188	373	50.40%	167	309	54.04%	170	308	55.19%
Middlebury ED	280	667	41.98%	292	699	41.77%	287	686	41.84%
Williams ED	244	593	41.15%	240	584	41.10%	237	554	42.78%