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🌤 Mild weather
☀️ Warm weather
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☃️ 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
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Admissions selectivity
📉 Most selective
📉 Very selective
📉 More selective
📉 Selective
📉 Less selective
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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
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📉 Selective
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📉 Not selective
🌆 City campus
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🏡 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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Colby College
Waterville, Maine
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 2,155 Students
🛩 Private university
🏡 Remote Town Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ❌ No
🎨 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
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Colby College
📍 Waterville, Maine
🌥 Cold Weather
(45.1º F)
📈 10.3% admitted
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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 23,620 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Small 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
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Cornell University
📍 Ithaca, New York
🌥 Cold Weather
(46.3º F)
📈 10.7% admitted
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Rice University
Houston, Texas
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 7,643 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
Rice University
📍 Houston, Texas
☀️ Warm Weather
(70.6º F)
📈 10.9% 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
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 13,537 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
Vanderbilt University
📍 Nashville, Tennessee
🌤 Mild Weather
(56.7º F)
📈 11.6% admitted
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Amherst College
Amherst, Massachusetts
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 1,745 Students
🛩 Private university
🏘 Large Suburban Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ❌ No
🎨 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
Amherst College
📍 Amherst, Massachusetts
🌥 Cold Weather
(48.2º F)
📈 11.8% admitted
✕
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, California
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 1,264 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
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Claremont McKenna College
📍 Claremont, California
☀️ Warm Weather
(65.0º F)
📈 13.3% admitted
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Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 2,050 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
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Colorado College
📍 Colorado Springs, Colorado
🌥 Cold Weather
📈 13.6% admitted
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Bates College
Lewiston, Maine
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 1,876 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Small City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ❌ No
🎨 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
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Bates College
📍 Lewiston, Maine
🌥 Cold Weather
(46.3º F)
📈 14.1% admitted
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Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 1,987 Students
🛩 Private university
🏡 Fringe Town 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
Williams College
📍 Williamstown, Massachusetts
🌥 Cold Weather
(47.0º F)
📈 15.1% admitted
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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 46,287 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
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University of Southern California
📍 Los Angeles, California
☀️ Warm Weather
(65.8º F)
📈 16.1% admitted
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Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 12,219 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
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Tufts University
📍 Medford, Massachusetts
🌥 Cold Weather
(51.9º F)
📈 16.3% admitted
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Pitzer College
Claremont, California
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 922 Students
🛩 Private university
🏘 Large Suburban Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ❌ No
🎨 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
Pitzer College
📍 Claremont, California
☀️ Warm Weather
(65.0º F)
📈 16.6% admitted
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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 13,519 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
Carnegie Mellon University
📍 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
🌤 Mild Weather
(52.4º F)
📈 17.3% admitted
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Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, California
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 854 Students
🛩 Private university
🏘 Large Suburban Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ❌ No
🎨 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
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Harvey Mudd College
📍 Claremont, California
☀️ Warm Weather
(65.0º F)
📈 18.0% admitted