Admissions Insights & Resources
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Summer Before Senior Year: College Prep Guide for Tests & Essays
The summer before senior year is your final window to perfect your college applications. Don't waste it. Use our month-by-month playbook to master your SATs, essays, and activity lists.
How to Prepare for College Admissions Interviews: Questions, Strategies, and What Top Schools Actually Want
Interviews are evaluations, not chats. This guide covers three formats, 15 top questions, strategies for elite schools like MIT and Stanford, and a proven two-week prep framework for success.
August 21, 2026
Berkeley's Transfer Rate Is 2.1x Its Freshman Rate
Berkeley admitted 24.18% of Fall 2025 transfer applicants versus 11.45% of freshmen, the same class. Here's the gap and why Berkeley skips UC's transfer guarantee.
August 21, 2026
BU Transfer Acceptance Rate Is 3.1x the Freshman Rate
BU admitted 34.6% of transfer applicants for Fall 2024, versus 11.11% of freshman applicants in the same cycle, per its own Common Data Set.
August 21, 2026
Columbia Transfer Acceptance Rate: 8.97% vs 3.86%
Columbia's transfer acceptance rate is 8.97%, more than double the 3.86% freshman rate, for the same Fall 2024 filing cycle. Here is what the numbers mean.
August 21, 2026
Cornell Transfer Acceptance Rate: 9.28% vs 8.41%
Cornell's transfer acceptance rate is 9.28%, barely above the 8.41% freshman rate for the same Fall 2024 cohort. Transfer is not a back door here.
August 21, 2026
Emory Transfer Acceptance Rate: 22.68% vs 10.3%
Emory's transfer acceptance rate is 22.68%, more than double the 10.3% freshman rate for the same Fall 2025 cohort. Here is what drives the gap.
August 21, 2026
Georgia Tech Transfer Rate Beats Freshman Odds, 20% vs 13%
Georgia Tech admitted 20.03% of Fall 2025 transfer applicants, versus 13.34% freshman. It also runs six named transfer pathway programs.
August 21, 2026
Northeastern Transfer Acceptance Rate Is 3.8x Freshman
Northeastern admitted 19.74% of transfer applicants for Fall 2024, versus 5.21% of freshman applicants in the same cycle, per its Common Data Set.
August 21, 2026
NYU Transfer Acceptance Rate Is 4.3x the Freshman Rate
NYU admitted 38.65% of transfer applicants for Fall 2025, versus 9.06% of freshman applicants in the same cycle, per its Common Data Set.
August 21, 2026
UC Davis Transfer Acceptance Rate: 57% vs. 45%
UC Davis publishes a 57% transfer admit rate against a 45% freshman rate. Here's what that gap means, and why the underlying numbers deserve caveats.
August 21, 2026
UC Irvine's Transfer Rate Beats Its Freshman Rate
UC Irvine admitted 39.5% of Fall 2025 transfer applicants, versus 29.0% of freshman applicants. Same year, same source, a real gap.
