Classes of 2024, 2025 & 2026
24 Ivy League admits since 2024.
Every number on this page is a student who sat where yours is sitting now: a junior with a list and no real idea which schools were realistic.
- 62
- Admits to top-25 universities
- $3M+
- Scholarships earned
- 4.1
- Acceptances per student, on average
Admit counts above span Classes of 2024, 2025 & 2026. Scholarship and admit-rate figures reflect Classes of 2025 & 2026, our fully-tracked window — see how we count.
The most selective
62 admits to our most selective schools
These are the most selective schools our students were admitted to, Classes of 2024, 2025 & 2026. They earned hundreds of other offers across a much wider range of universities, from large publics to liberal arts colleges.
6
University of Pennsylvania
Ivy League
6
Cornell University
Ivy League
6
UCLA
6
Columbia University
Ivy League
4
UC Berkeley
4
Georgia Tech
4
Georgetown University
3
Carnegie Mellon University
3
Yale University
Ivy League
3
Stanford University
3
Duke University
2
University of Chicago
2
Princeton University
Ivy League
2
University of Michigan
2
Vanderbilt University
1
Brown University
Ivy League
1
Johns Hopkins University
1
MIT
1
Northwestern University
1
Caltech
1
Rice University
For context: most of these schools admit fewer than one applicant in ten.
Fan favorites
Schools we get asked about constantly
Not a selectivity ranking — just an honest answer to the schools families ask us about most, Classes of 2024, 2025 & 2026.
8
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8
University of California - San Diego
5
University of Southern California
5
University of Texas - Austin
4
University of Virginia
4
University of Florida
Small liberal arts colleges
A few SLACs worth calling out
1
Pomona College
1
Wellesley College
1
Barnard College
1
Davidson College
1
Haverford College
Every acceptance
178 more schools our students got into
Large publics, honors colleges, art schools, HBCUs, a school in London — the full spread of where our students actually got in, Classes of 2024, 2025 & 2026, beyond the sections above.
Counts are admits and enrollments combined, Classes of 2024, 2025 & 2026. See how we count.
The Early Advantage
Early applications won — by 20 points
79%
Early Action
61%
Early Decision
59%
Regular Decision
Across 249 early-action decisions from these two classes, 196 were admits. Getting applications ready early is one of the most controllable advantages in admissions — it’s why our timeline work starts in the summer, not October. Check every school’s dates on our deadlines tracker.
Scholarships
$3M+ earned in two years
Including 9 full-tuition and full-ride awards. Not every award gets reported back to us, so the real total is higher.
$200K
George Washington University
$148K
Merrimack College
$148K
Drexel University
$142K
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
$140K
Pepperdine University
$124K
Stevens Institute of Technology
$100K+
Florida State University
$96K
Rochester Institute of Technology
$68K
George Mason University
$60K
Michigan State University
In their own words
Notes students shared with their decisions
“Thank you Jonathan and Emerson for helping me out through my college journey. I am proud to say I got into UPENN for Engineering!!”
“Got accepted into the 6-year BSMD program!”
“I accepted my admission at Purdue University main campus, College of Engineering, at the John Martinson Honors College.”
“Committed!!”
Your student’s results are next.
A free call with a mentor who recently got into these schools is the fastest way to see what your student’s path looks like.
How we count
This page draws on two overlapping sources. Recorded-decision figures — total decisions, admit rates by round, scholarships, the acceptances-per-student average — come from the admissions results our students chose to share with us for the Classes of 2025 & 2026: 487 reported decisions across 81 students. Sharing results is voluntary — we can’t require it — so not every student’s outcomes are included, and reported results naturally skew toward good news. That’s why we publish counts and clearly-labeled figures rather than an overall “acceptance rate.” School-by-school admit counts — the top-25 wall and the full list below it — cover a wider window, Classes of 2024, 2025 & 2026, and additionally draw on our published Class of 2024 and Class of 2025 results recaps; where a recap and our decision log disagreed on a school’s count for the same year, we used the higher of the two. Scholarship totals combine itemized awards with full-tuition and full-ride awards valued at typical cost of attendance, and are an undercount — many awards are never reported. Percentages describe reported results, not a guarantee of any student’s outcome. Questions about any number here: support@deweysmart.com. See also our editorial policy. Last updated August 2026.
