The 2021-22 college application cycle has been challenging, to say the least.
In last year’s tumultuous application season, Harvard, Yale, Penn, Dartmouth, and many other selective colleges experienced record high application numbers. A year later, that trend is continuing, with applications either remaining high or climbing at the country’s most selective institutions. At Brown, for example, Early Decision applications increased 11% over 2020 numbers, which were already 22% higher than in 2019. At Penn, Dartmouth, and Columbia, Early Decision applications dropped about 1-2% compared to last year, which hardly made a dent in the 23-33% increases these schools saw in 2020.
In the 2021 Early application round, gaining admission to highly selective colleges and universities was just as difficult, if not more so, than last year. This is especially true for international students, who saw a 51% increase in applications through the Common App compared to last year.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The continued application frenzy can likely be attributed to the extension of pandemic test-optional policies; the vast majority of colleges, including all eight Ivy League schools, maintained test-optional policies for the 2021-2022 application cycle. This continues to create a sense of (often unfounded) optimism for students who otherwise might have reached for less selective universities in the Early round.
For applicants, this means that finding ways to stand out from the crowd was—and is—more important than ever. Our College Advisors and Essay Coaches worked tirelessly to help our students’ applications shine through clear and compelling personal narratives, extensive preparation for interviews, and thoughtful development of their college lists. We’re so excited to celebrate our students' Early application successes!
LogicPrep students share their Early acceptances to Babson, Brown, Cornell, and Columbia.
Congratulations to our students who were accepted to their Early schools—see below for a complete list of our students’ current acceptances. We look forward to celebrating their Regular Decision successes in 2022!
University of Arizona
Babson College
Bard College
Barnard College
Barry University
Bethel University
Boston University
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Chapman University
University of Chicago
Clemson University
College of Charleston
Columbia University
Columbia College
Cornell University
University of Delaware
University of Denver
DePaul University
Drexel University
Duke University
East Tennessee State University
Eckerd College
Elon University
Emerson College
Fordham University
George Mason University
Harvard University
Indiana University Bloomington
Kelley School of Business
Liberty University
University of Louisville
Loyola Marymount University
College of Business Administration
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
School of Film and Television
Loyola University Chicago
Macalester College
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Miami
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
University of Missouri
The New School
New York University
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Northeastern University
D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Northwestern University
Pace University
Pennsylvania State University
Pepperdine University
Purdue University
College of Engineering
Princeton University
Salve Regina University
University of San Francisco
Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Art and Design
Southern Methodist University
Stanford University
Suffolk University
Syracuse University
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Temple University
University of Tampa
Tufts University
Tulane University
University of Virginia
Darden School of Business