Anonymous
09/11/2025 15:36
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame
WashU
Emory
Georgetown
CMU
Tufts
BC
NYU (non-Stern)
For all - non Business /non-eng
Not ND unless you're Catholic and apply REA. My daughter really wanted to go there and was waitlisted RD with a 3.9 from a top private. She was accepted to several Ivies and other top20s. In retrospect we misplayed this as the only kids who have gotten in over from her school over the last 4 years were baptized Catholics who applied early. I'm sure it varies by high school but this was our experience.
ND is only 80% Catholic, so some non-Catholic students are getting in. ND says they don't track demonstrated interest, but those non-Catholic students must show somehow that they are serious about ND. The yield rate is crazy high for a school without ED (that isn't Harvard or MIT).
The 20% percent non-Catholics are likely athletes.
That should be illegal for a school to be 80% 1 religion.
Are you for real? It is a private Jesuit college.
A Catholic university is an institution of higher education founded and operated by the Catholic Church or one of its religious orders, which integrates Catholic faith and intellectual tradition into its curriculum and campus life while maintaining academic freedom and excellence. These universities aim to unify the search for truth with a foundation in the Catholic faith, offering a holistic education that develops students intellectually, ethically, and spiritually.
20% is just the right amount.
I always love the people who normally bash Catholics but want to send their kids to Catholic school since they offer fantastic education, particularly the Jesuits.
Notre Dame is not Jesuit.
But it’s Catholic so yes they rightly prioritize Catholics. They are private.
DP - we are not Catholic but my kid is interested in Notre Dame. How do they prioritize Catholics? Do they ask applicants to disclose whether they have been baptized? Whether they are members of a church? In other words, how do they know whether or not my suburban public school, Asian American kid is or is not Catholic?
Just say that you are catholic. No one is going to know.
Anonymous
09/11/2025 15:08
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Majors? Location? Teaching reputation?
Or do you simply care about two things: 1) numerical ranking and 2) ability to get in?
Or do you simply care about two things: 1) numerical ranking and 2) ability to get in?
Anonymous
09/11/2025 13:57
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:ND is amazing with all the amenities. They have a huge endowment and phenomenal alumni network like Jesuit school Holy Cross both leaders with very high alumni giving rates. Can’t beat a fall home football weekend especially against USC. cLike Duke sports are an integral part of the Notre Dameulture. Among Catholic schools ND is tops.
Sports are increasingly not part of the Duke culture. Even at ND, I think you really mean just football, with some basketball.
ND baseball games have barely any students in attendance...mainly because it's freezing for most of the season (much more so than for football where the weather stays decent through October).
Anonymous
09/11/2025 12:56
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:ND is amazing with all the amenities. They have a huge endowment and phenomenal alumni network like Jesuit school Holy Cross both leaders with very high alumni giving rates. Can’t beat a fall home football weekend especially against USC. Like Duke sports are an integral part of the Notre Dame culture. Among Catholic schools ND is tops.
Stop with the Holy Cross stuff. It isn't close to ND.
Anonymous
09/11/2025 12:53
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame
WashU
Emory
Georgetown
CMU
Tufts
BC
NYU (non-Stern)
For all - non Business /non-eng
Not ND unless you're Catholic and apply REA. My daughter really wanted to go there and was waitlisted RD with a 3.9 from a top private. She was accepted to several Ivies and other top20s. In retrospect we misplayed this as the only kids who have gotten in over from her school over the last 4 years were baptized Catholics who applied early. I'm sure it varies by high school but this was our experience.
ND is only 80% Catholic, so some non-Catholic students are getting in. ND says they don't track demonstrated interest, but those non-Catholic students must show somehow that they are serious about ND. The yield rate is crazy high for a school without ED (that isn't Harvard or MIT).
The 20% percent non-Catholics are likely athletes.
That should be illegal for a school to be 80% 1 religion.
Are you for real? It is a private Jesuit college.
A Catholic university is an institution of higher education founded and operated by the Catholic Church or one of its religious orders, which integrates Catholic faith and intellectual tradition into its curriculum and campus life while maintaining academic freedom and excellence. These universities aim to unify the search for truth with a foundation in the Catholic faith, offering a holistic education that develops students intellectually, ethically, and spiritually.
20% is just the right amount.
I always love the people who normally bash Catholics but want to send their kids to Catholic school since they offer fantastic education, particularly the Jesuits.
Notre Dame is not Jesuit.
But it’s Catholic so yes they rightly prioritize Catholics. They are private.
DP - we are not Catholic but my kid is interested in Notre Dame. How do they prioritize Catholics? Do they ask applicants to disclose whether they have been baptized? Whether they are members of a church? In other words, how do they know whether or not my suburban public school, Asian American kid is or is not Catholic?
Anonymous
09/10/2025 11:45
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NYU freaking LOVES full pay TO kids
It’s the Tulane of the North.
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Yep, that is why NYUs acceptance rate is 8%...all made up of full pay kids.
Anonymous
09/10/2025 09:24
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
ND is amazing with all the amenities. They have a huge endowment and phenomenal alumni network like Jesuit school Holy Cross both leaders with very high alumni giving rates. Can’t beat a fall home football weekend especially against USC. Like Duke sports are an integral part of the Notre Dame culture. Among Catholic schools ND is tops.
Anonymous
09/10/2025 07:38
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame
WashU
Emory
Georgetown
CMU
Tufts
BC
NYU (non-Stern)
For all - non Business /non-eng
Not ND unless you're Catholic and apply REA. My daughter really wanted to go there and was waitlisted RD with a 3.9 from a top private. She was accepted to several Ivies and other top20s. In retrospect we misplayed this as the only kids who have gotten in over from her school over the last 4 years were baptized Catholics who applied early. I'm sure it varies by high school but this was our experience.
ND is only 80% Catholic, so some non-Catholic students are getting in. ND says they don't track demonstrated interest, but those non-Catholic students must show somehow that they are serious about ND. The yield rate is crazy high for a school without ED (that isn't Harvard or MIT).
The 20% percent non-Catholics are likely athletes.
Only 10% of the student body are athletes, so even if all of them were other religions (and they are NOT), that means that 10% of regular non-athlete students are non-Catholic. Are they all children of donors? (Unlikely). Professors? (perhaps a couple) Hooked in some other way? maybe
Anonymous
09/10/2025 07:37
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Chicago ED2. For RD it depends on your school's relationship. Ours is a Cornell feeder.
Anonymous
09/10/2025 07:35
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Jesuits are a specific order of the Catholic Church believe they have founded over 30 colleges across the US. Most prominent are Georgetown and Holy Cross. Georgetown is the oldest.
28. Now 27. And I'd say Boston College is as prominent as Holy Cross.
Please stick to your lane.
Anonymous
09/10/2025 07:33
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Jesuits are a specific order of the Catholic Church believe they have founded over 30 colleges across the US. Most prominent are Georgetown and Holy Cross. Georgetown is the oldest.
Anonymous
09/10/2025 07:05
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame
WashU
Emory
Georgetown
CMU
Tufts
BC
NYU (non-Stern)
For all - non Business /non-eng
Not ND unless you're Catholic and apply REA. My daughter really wanted to go there and was waitlisted RD with a 3.9 from a top private. She was accepted to several Ivies and other top20s. In retrospect we misplayed this as the only kids who have gotten in over from her school over the last 4 years were baptized Catholics who applied early. I'm sure it varies by high school but this was our experience.
ND is only 80% Catholic, so some non-Catholic students are getting in. ND says they don't track demonstrated interest, but those non-Catholic students must show somehow that they are serious about ND. The yield rate is crazy high for a school without ED (that isn't Harvard or MIT).
The 20% percent non-Catholics are likely athletes.
That should be illegal for a school to be 80% 1 religion.
Are you for real? It is a private Jesuit college.
A Catholic university is an institution of higher education founded and operated by the Catholic Church or one of its religious orders, which integrates Catholic faith and intellectual tradition into its curriculum and campus life while maintaining academic freedom and excellence. These universities aim to unify the search for truth with a foundation in the Catholic faith, offering a holistic education that develops students intellectually, ethically, and spiritually.
20% is just the right amount.
I always love the people who normally bash Catholics but want to send their kids to Catholic school since they offer fantastic education, particularly the Jesuits.
Notre Dame is not Jesuit.
But it’s Catholic so yes they rightly prioritize Catholics. They are private.
Anonymous
09/10/2025 07:02
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame
WashU
Emory
Georgetown
CMU
Tufts
BC
NYU (non-Stern)
For all - non Business /non-eng
This list is not super helpful. BC, for example, does a ton of yield management and accepts a lot of the class ED, so it's not at all a sure thing for SCEA students. Tufts also does a lot of yield management. Georgetown demands very high scores but is definitely easier than Penn/Cornell/Brown if your kid has them. ND is a good backup for SCEA kids, but for students who are not a great fit, it's a bad fit.
Now that georgetown is on the common app, I don't think their admission rate will be much different than other T25 schools.
Georgetown is not on the common app.
No. Nor until next year
Anonymous
09/10/2025 06:23
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who in the right mind would want to go to WashU.
it's in a free fall
Only the facts don’t support your trolling. SAT scores have only steadily risen since 2015 and acceptance rate is around 11-12%.
Anonymous
09/10/2025 04:52
Subject: What is the easiest T25/30 private to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame
WashU
Emory
Georgetown
CMU
Tufts
BC
NYU (non-Stern)
For all - non Business /non-eng
This list is not super helpful. BC, for example, does a ton of yield management and accepts a lot of the class ED, so it's not at all a sure thing for SCEA students. Tufts also does a lot of yield management. Georgetown demands very high scores but is definitely easier than Penn/Cornell/Brown if your kid has them. ND is a good backup for SCEA kids, but for students who are not a great fit, it's a bad fit.
Now that georgetown is on the common app, I don't think their admission rate will be much different than other T25 schools.
Georgetown is not on the common app.