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Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey is the number one school on the list.

Princeton University brought home the number one spot on the Wall Street Journal “College Acceptance Rate” list, according to its official website. The Ivy League school has finally proven that it’s a top choice for students seeking to attend college—and one of the best colleges in the country at that.

For years, Princeton was known as an overhyped, self-congratulating institution of higher learning—it even earned a reputation for turning out lots of future government officials and lawyers during the Gilded Age. This type of thing is known as “institutional arrogance,” and it sounds like things have been changing since former Princeton President William Bowen took office in 1995. Until that point, admissions were based more on elite test scores and extracurriculars rather than academics or proving you could overcome socioeconomic challenges. Bowen made some important changes , such as bringing in more non-white students to diversify its student body, but he also increased recruitment efforts by trying to get admitted students who had been rejected elsewhere (maybe because they didn’t have strong test scores).

Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts is the number two school on the list.

Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts with an acceptance rate of just 13 percent. To put that into perspective, the overall acceptance rate at all schools across America is 43 percent. Williams has an impressive student to faculty ratio with 7 students per every one faculty member, and the average SAT score for students is 1525.

Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts is the number three school on the list.

Amherst College, a small liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts with an acceptance rate of 35%, is the third-best school in the country. Amherst was founded in 1821 as an all-male school and then became coeducational in 1975. It was one of the early colleges to be modeled on traditional collegiate institutions when it adopted a four-year curriculum and began awarding bachelor’s degrees in 1836. There are 1,849 students enrolled at the college today. Amherst has been ranked as the number one liberal arts college in America by “The Princeton Review” every year since 1991 and has remained among the top five liberal arts schools since 1997. In addition to its high academic standards, Amherst College also has a strong commitment to sustainability; it is home to a working farm that provides food for campus dining halls, boasts numerous eco-friendly initiatives, and offers classes devoted to environmental issues.

Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts is the number four school on the list.

The oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, Harvard University has educated some of this country’s most influential members. John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt (who called Harvard “the mother of American colleges”), and Franklin D. Roosevelt are among the school’s notable alumni.

• Harvard University is a large and highly residential research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The main campus is situated near the Charles River basin and centered around Harvard Yard and Harvard Hall, a National Historic Landmark that was completed in 1720.
• The University has twelve degree-granting schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study: arts and sciences; architecture, design and preservation; engineering; education; general studies; government; health sciences; human evolutionary biology; humanities; law; theater, dance and film arts.

Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut is the number five school on the list.

The University of Pennsylvania has the nation’s highest acceptance rate at 41.8%, while Yale ranks fifth at 6.3%. This marks the second year in a row that Penn’s admissions rate has been higher than that of its Ivy League competitors, and this is largely because the school’s continued efforts to expand the reach of its financial aid program.

Yale’s low acceptance rate is due not to a lack of effort on its part, but rather to an overwhelming number of applicants in recent years. Last year, 35,220 students applied for admission to Yale, which means that only 2,272 were accepted out of a field with an average GPA close to 4.0 and SAT scores within range of those from Harvard’s incoming class last fall (2160-2290). It was more competitive than that; only 641 candidates out of the total group were accepted into Yale College this year—which means that nearly 16% more candidates were rejected than admitted! These are certainly numbers with which any high school senior would feel comfortable competing against (especially if their first choice college is Harvard). And yet they aren’t even technically real numbers! The official data regarding each institution comes from U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings report, but these are estimations based on available information—which means there are still plenty of chances for schools to fudge their numbers so as not to look worse off than they actually are! In other words: don’t take these rankings too seriously—but do take them into consideration along with what you know about yourself when figuring out which colleges you might want to apply for next fall.*

• All statistics are accurate as of June 30th 2018

Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania is the number six school on the list.

Princeton University has the highest acceptance rate at 9.7%. This may seem like a good school to apply for, but it’s important to consider that this doesn’t mean 90% of applicants will get in. It means that out of every ten students who apply, nine of them will have been accepted. In fact, each year Princeton receives over 30,000 applications from prospective students across the country and around the world. It just so happens that most of these applicants got into other schools or chose not to go to college at all.

According to U.S News & World Report, a multitude of factors make up an institution’s acceptance rate:

• The number of students applying—this is often referred to as applicant volume
• The number accepted—this is how many were admitted after completing the admissions application process
• The number enrolled—the percentage of those who chose to attend the university over others they could have gone to

Relative ranking is also important, because universities can’t always be compared on an equal basis due to differences in enrollment size and scope (as well as how many people apply). This list takes both acceptance rate and relative rank into account for its calculations, which explains why some schools are ranked lower than their acceptance rates would suggest.

Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts is the number seven school on the list.

The mission statement for Wellesley College, located in Wellesley, Massachusetts, is as follows: “Wellesley College is an independent, coeducational liberal arts college offering an exceptional education to women who will make a difference in the world.” Located about 19 miles west of Boston and 39 miles from New York City, Wellesley offers faculty-student research collaboration opportunities that are designed to give students a competitive advantage when it comes to their future careers. In its most recent survey results (as of 2015), the school reported having 2,361 students (1,300 undergraduates and 1,061 graduates) and 550 teaching faculty.

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Stanford University in Stanford, California is the number eight school on the list.

Stanford University is a private research university based in Stanford, California. It was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford on their farm south of San Francisco. The school had only one building, later nicknamed the “White Mansion” after its whitewashed exterior. By 1925, the school had grown to encompass more than 40 buildings on 890 acres (1.5 square kilometers). In recent years, new construction has constantly added to the growing campus and has expanded the school’s land holdings by over 400 acres (1 square kilometer).

The term “Stanford University” may refer either to the university as a whole or just to its main campus. The official name of the university is “Leland Stanford Junior University,” named in honor of its founder. However, both names have been used interchangeably since his death in 1893.

Stanford counts among its many famous alumni former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Google co-founder Larry Page; Charles Schwab; astronaut Byron Lichtenberg; Tennessee Williams; Walter A. Haas Jr., former chairman of Levi Strauss & Co.; bestselling author David Foster Wallace; and Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Kennedy.