Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 21:32     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
Caltech. Tied with Hopkins, Duke, and Northwestern in US news but MUCH harder to get into than those schools
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 21:26     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
Depending on the major...Cal Poly SLO, San Diego State, San Jose State, UCs Irvine, Santa Barbara, and Davis can be tough.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 21:18     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
Tennessee this year was much harder than I was expecting.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 21:17     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
Tulane, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Auburn
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 21:17     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
*rigor not rights
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 21:16     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
I admit I thought my kid had a chance at Washington U and Vanderbilt with their stats, right, ECs etc.
But not in RD and not in CS.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 21:10     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
Northeastern.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 21:04     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
Boston College
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 20:56     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
Anonymous wrote:UMD if in state from a W school. 50% does not tell the real picture.

100%
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 20:53     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
Villanova
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 20:51     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
Dartmouth and Pomona seem like Don't Bother Applying schools. Of course they are both small, but I think they are both impossible for unhooked students that don't go to feeder schools.

Agree that Vanderbilt is tough. So is Rice - a top stats only school. Also USC. And some OOS publics like Texas, UNC, and Georgia Tech.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 20:50     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
UMD if in state from a W school. 50% does not tell the real picture.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 20:37     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
So many, especially to those who haven’t applied or had kids applying in 25+ years.

Indiana Kelly
U South Carolina
Florida/georgia/auburn
JMU and VT, closer to home.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 20:31     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
I’m starting to think of Vanderbilt this way. It’s a great school, but it shouldn’t be as hard to get into as Duke.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 20:21     Subject: Schools more difficult to get in than their rankings appear to indicate
Tufts is one.
WF?
Tulane.