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ADMIT RATES AT HIGHLY SELECTIVE COLLEGES FOR CLASS OF 2018

If it's the end of March or beginning of April, one thing is sure - many colleges are sending decision letters or e-mails to applicants, signifying accept, reject, or wait-list.

With most colleges in the nation experiencing increased applications in recent years, it has been getting more and more difficult - statistically, at least - to get admitted.  Highly selective schools in particular have been receiving so many applications for a fixed number of openings that admit rates have sunken to record lows. Stanford applications, for example, jumped nearly nine percent this year, to a total of 42,167.  Of those, the college accepted 2,138.

Here are the admit rates (percentages) from some of the highly selective colleges for the Class of 2018:

Stanford:  5.07
Harvard:  5.9
Yale:  6.26
Columbia:  6.94
Princeton:  7.28
MIT:  7.7
Brown:  8.6
Penn:  9.9
Dartmouth:  11.5
Cornell:  14.0