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🌤 Mild weather
☀️ Warm weather
🌥 Cold weather
☃️ Snowy climate
☔️ Rainy climate
Essays
📝 Requires Common App essay
🚫 Optional Common App essay
📝 Requires supplemental essays
📋 Optional supplemental essays
🚫 No supplemental essays
Campus type
🌆 City campus
🏘 Suburban campus
🏡 Town campus
🧑🌾 Rural campus
Type of school
🏫 Undergraduate school
🎓 Graduate school
📢 Public university
🛩 Private university
💵 For-profit college
🎨 Liberal arts college
💡 Historically Black
💡 Women's College
Diversity
🫶 Very diverse
🫶 More diverse
🫶 Less diverse
Admissions selectivity
📉 Most selective
📉 Very selective
📉 More selective
📉 Selective
📉 Less selective
📉 Not selective
Gender distribution
🙋♂️🙋♀️ Equal Male-Female Ratio
🙋♂️ Slightly More Men
🙋♂️🙋♂️ More Men
🙋♀️ Slightly More Women
🙋♀️🙋♀️ More Women
Student body size
🙋♂️ Tiny student body
👬 Small student body
👨👩👦 Medium student body
👨👩👧👦 Large student body
👨👩👧👦 Huge student body
Calendar system
🌗 Quarter system
🌕 Semester system
Housing
🥇 First-Year Students Live On-Campus
School resources
🩺 Medical School
🏥 Hospital
Standardized tests
📗 Tests never required
📙 Tests sometimes required
📘 Tests flexible
📕 Tests always required
📗 Test blind
Arts
🎨 Arts supplements
Fees
🤑 No application fee
💵 Small application fee
💵 Medium application fee
💸 Expensive application fee
Graduation rate
🧑🎓 Virtually all students graduate
🧑🎓 Most students graduate
🧑🎓 Many students graduate
Yield rate
😍 Very high yield
🥰 High yield
😊 Medium yield
Class size
👨🏫🧑🎓 Low student-faculty ratio
👨🏫🧑🎓 Medium student-faculty ratio
👨🏫🧑🎓 High student-faculty ratio
Clubs and organizations
🪖 ROTC
Religious affiliation
✡️ Jewish Affiliation
✝️ Baptist Affiliation
✝️ Presbyterian Affiliation
✝️ Roman Catholic Affiliation
✝️ United Methodist Affiliation
❌ No Religious Affiliation
Application
🌱 First-Year Spring
📆 Early Decision
📆 Early Action
📆 Early Decision II
📆 Early Action II
📆 Restrictive Early Action
📆 Regular Decision
🗓 Rolling Admission
Letters of recommendation
🧑🏫 Counselor evaluation required
👩🏫 Teacher evaluation required
❌ No counselor evaluation
❌ No teacher evaluation
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🌥 Cold weather
🌤 Mild weather
☀️ Warm weather
☃️ Snowy climate
☔️ Rainy climate
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🌕 Semester system
👬 Small student body
👨👩👦 Medium student body
👨👩👧👦 Large student body
📆 Early Decision
📆 Early Action
📆 Restrictive Early Action
🗓 Rolling Admission
📝 Requires Common App essay
🚫 Optional Common App essay
📝 Requires supplemental essays
📋 Optional supplemental essays
🚫 No supplemental essays
📉 Most selective
📉 Very selective
📉 More selective
📉 Selective
📉 Less selective
📉 Not selective
🌆 City campus
🏘 Suburban campus
🏡 Town campus
🧑🌾 Rural campus
📗 Tests never required
📙 Tests sometimes required
📘 Tests flexible
📕 Tests always required
📗 Test blind
📢 Public university
🛩 Private university
🎨 Liberal arts college
🤑 No application fee
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🚫 Optional Common App essay
🚫 No supplemental essays
📗 Tests never required
📗 Test blind
📉 Most selective
📉 Very selective
🤑 No application fee
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Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 43,569 Students
📢 Public university
🌆 Midsized City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ❌ No
💵 For-profit college: ✅ Yes
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ❌ No
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
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✅ Common App Essay
📕 Tests Always Required
Florida State University
📍 Tallahassee, Florida
☀️ Warm Weather
(67.0º F)
📈 32.5% admitted
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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 11,465 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Large City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
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✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Case Western Reserve University
📍 Cleveland, Ohio
🌤 Mild Weather
(52.3º F)
📈 30.3% admitted
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Auburn University
Auburn University, Alabama
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 30,737 Students
📢 Public university
🌆 Small City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ❌ No
💵 For-profit college: ✅ Yes
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
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❌ No Common App Essay
📘 Test-Flexible
Auburn University
📍 Auburn University, Alabama
🌤 Mild Weather
(62.2º F)
📈 85.1% admitted
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Stanford University
Stanford, California
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 15,953 Students
🛩 Private university
🏘 Large Suburban Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
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✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Stanford University
📍 Stanford, California
🌤 Mild Weather
(58.5º F)
📈 5.2% admitted
✕
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 17,311 Students
📢 Public university
🏡 Distant Town Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ❌ No
💵 For-profit college: ✅ Yes
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ❌ No
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
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❌ No Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Central Michigan University
📍 Mount Pleasant, Michigan
🌥 Cold Weather
(47.8º F)
📈 68.7% admitted
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 30,092 Students
📢 Public university
🌆 Small City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ❌ No
💵 For-profit college: ✅ Yes
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
6
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
📍 Chapel Hill, North Carolina
🌤 Mild Weather
(60.6º F)
📈 25.0% admitted
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Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 16,172 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Large City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ✝️ United Methodist
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✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Duke University
📍 Durham, North Carolina
🌤 Mild Weather
(59.1º F)
📈 7.7% admitted
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University of Rochester
Rochester, New York
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 11,741 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Midsized City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ✅ Yes
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
8
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
University of Rochester
📍 Rochester, New York
🌥 Cold Weather
(49.5º F)
📈 35.4% admitted
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Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, North Carolina
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 8,789 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Midsized City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ❌ No
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
9
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Wake Forest University
📍 Winston Salem, North Carolina
🌤 Mild Weather
(59.5º F)
📈 32.0% admitted
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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 13,292 Students
📢 Public university
🌆 Small City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ❌ No
💵 For-profit college: ✅ Yes
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ✅ Yes
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
10
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
University of Vermont
📍 Burlington, Vermont
🌥 Cold Weather
(47.6º F)
📈 71.3% admitted
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 28,890 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Large City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
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✅ Common App Essay
📘 Test-Flexible
Johns Hopkins University
📍 Baltimore, Maryland
🌤 Mild Weather
(56.1º F)
📈 11.1% admitted
✕
University of New England
Biddeford, Maine
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 7,208 Students
🛩 Private university
🏘 Midsized Suburban Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
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✅ Common App Essay
❌ No Supplements
📗 Test-Blind
University of New England
📍 Biddeford, Maine
🌥 Cold Weather
(45.3º F)
📈 87.3% admitted
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Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 11,958 Students
📢 Public university
🌆 Small City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ❌ No
💵 For-profit college: ✅ Yes
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ❌ No
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
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❌ No Common App Essay
❌ No Supplements
📘 Test-Flexible
Marshall University
📍 Huntington, West Virginia
🌤 Mild Weather
(55.7º F)
📈 89.3% admitted
✕
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 29,070 Students
📢 Public university
🌆 Midsized City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ❌ No
💵 For-profit college: ✅ Yes
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ❌ No
Accepts First-Year Spring: ✅ Yes
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
14
✅ Common App Essay
📙 Tests Sometimes Required
Virginia Commonwealth University
📍 Richmond, Virginia
🌤 Mild Weather
(59.0º F)
📈 90.6% admitted
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 44,640 Students
📢 Public university
🌆 Large City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ❌ No
💵 For-profit college: ✅ Yes
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
15
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
University of Wisconsin-Madison
📍 Madison, Wisconsin
🌥 Cold Weather
(47.2º F)
📈 57.2% admitted