Schools
Last reviewed 2026-08-07
At a glance
Acceptance rate history and prediction markets for each school we cover.
Harvard
Class of 2029 · 3.6% acceptance
Harvard's acceptance rate hit 3.6% for the Class of 2029. Five-year history, what's driving the decline, and the market on the next number.
View school →Yale
Class of 2029 · 3.8% acceptance
Yale's acceptance rate has fallen below 4% as applications surged. Five-year history, the resolution sources markets use, and what to watch.
View school →Princeton
Class of 2028 · 4.5% acceptance
Princeton's acceptance rate sits near 4.5% and it has held #1 in US News for years. History, trend, and the live market on the streak.
View school →Columbia
Class of 2029 · 4.0% acceptance
Columbia's acceptance rate has held near 4% since 2022. Five-year history, the post-rankings withdrawal effect, and the markets we're watching.
View school →Penn
Class of 2029 · 5.4% acceptance
Penn's acceptance rate sits near 5–6%. Five-year history, what changed after President Magill's exit, and the markets we're watching.
View school →Brown
Class of 2029 · 5.0% acceptance
Brown's acceptance rate sits near 5% for the Class of 2029. Five-year history, what's driving the decline, and the prediction markets we're tracking.
View school →Dartmouth
Class of 2029 · 5.4% acceptance
Dartmouth's acceptance rate has held near 5–6%. Five-year history, the SAT/ACT requirement reinstatement effect, and prediction markets we're tracking.
View school →Cornell
Class of 2029 · 7.5% acceptance
Cornell stopped publishing detailed admit data in 2020. Five-year history reconstructed from public sources, and the markets we're tracking.
View school →MIT
Class of 2029 · 4.6% acceptance
MIT's acceptance rate has held near 4% for five years. Full history, the markets tracking the next number, and the testing-required effect.
View school →Stanford
Class of 2027 · 3.7% acceptance
Stanford's acceptance rate hovers near 3.7% and it no longer publishes official numbers. What we know, what we don't, and how markets resolve.
View school →Caltech
Class of 2029 · 2.9% acceptance
Caltech's acceptance rate sits near 3%. Five-year history, what the testing-required policy means for the pool, and prediction markets we're watching.
View school →UChicago
Class of 2029 · 5.4% acceptance
The University of Chicago stopped publicizing acceptance rates in 2018. Reconstructed history, what changed, and the markets we're watching.
View school →Duke
Class of 2029 · 5.1% acceptance
Duke's acceptance rate has held near 5–6%. Five-year history, the Early Decision dominance story, and prediction markets we're tracking.
View school →Northwestern
Class of 2029 · 7.0% acceptance
Northwestern's acceptance rate has held near 7%. Five-year history, the Big Ten move's effect on applications, and the markets we're tracking.
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Sources & further reading
- IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data SystemNational Center for Education Statistics
- Common Data Set InitiativeCommon Data Set Initiative
- U.S. News Best Colleges rankings methodologyU.S. News & World Report