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Understanding National Merit Scholarships

National Merit Scholarships are awarded based on PSAT scores. Learn more about qualifying scores, and how you might be awarded college and corporate-sponsored scholarships through this program. Are you eligible?

Early College Admissions Notification Dates 2025-26

Congratulations on submitting your early college applications! Now you may be wondering when you will find out your college admissions results! See our list of early admissions notification dates for many selective schools for the 2025-26 application cycle.

Maureen Meyer2025-11-07T15:25:14-05:00November 7th, 2025|Categories: Admissions trends, Class of 2030, college, college admissions, college applications, College Early Admissions Programs, college early applications, college list, College update letter, Collegiate Gateway, Common Application, Early Action, Early Admissions, Early Admissions Notification Dates, Early Decision, ED2, Julie Gross, Regular Admissions|Tags: brown university, Case Western Reserve University, College Early admissions notification dates, college early applications, collegiate gateway, Columbia University, Cornell University (ED), Dartmouth College, Duke University, early action, early decision, Georgetown University, Harvard University, julie gross, MIT, Northwestern University, Princeton University, restrictive early action, single choice early action, Stanford University, Tulane University, university of michigan, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, Yale University|

Who Benefits from Early Decision?

How does Early Decision benefit students and colleges? What is the impact of Early Decision on Regular Decision admissions programs, and why are more colleges using Early Decision to fill almost half of their incoming classes? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more!

Maureen Meyer2025-01-13T11:19:16-05:00January 13th, 2025|Categories: Admissions trends, Class of 2029, college, college admissions, college applications, college early applications, college list, Collegiate Gateway, Early Action, Early Admissions, early admissions trends, Early Decision, Julie Gross, Regular Admissions, Regular Decision Admissions, test-optional|Tags: Barnard College, Boston College, Boston University, brown university, class of 2029, College Early Decision, collegiate gateway, Cornell University (ED), Dartmouth College, Duke University, early decision, early decision acceptance rates, Early Decision Application Numbers, early decision benefits, early decision problems, ED, history of early decision, Johns Hopkins University, julie gross, Northwestern University, QuestBridge, skidmore college, test-optional Early decision admissions, the Kipp Foundation, Tulane University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, UVA, Washington University in St. Louis, Williams College|

Early College Admissions Notification Dates 2024-25

Congratulations on submitting your early college applications! Now you may be wondering when you will find out your college admissions results! See our list of early admissions notification dates for many selective schools for the 2024-25 application cycle.

Maureen Meyer2024-11-04T13:43:57-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: Admissions trends, class of 2025, college, college admissions, college applications, College Early Admissions Programs, college early applications, college list, Collegiate Gateway, Common Application, Early Action, Early Admissions, Early Admissions Notification Dates, Early Decision, ED2, Julie Gross, Regular Admissions|Tags: brown university, Case Western Reserve University, College Early admissions notification dates, college early applications, collegiate gateway, Columbia University, Cornell University (ED), Dartmouth College, Duke University, early action, early decision, Georgetown University, Harvard University, julie gross, MIT, Northwestern University, Princeton University, restrictive early action, single choice early action, Stanford University, Tulane University, university of michigan, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, Yale University|

2024-25 Common Application Updates

The Common App went live on August 1, 2024, and several new schools have joined the Common App platform! Read on to find out about this year's Common App changes and updates.

Maureen Meyer2024-10-31T11:42:17-04:00October 31st, 2024|Categories: class of 2025, college, college applications, Collegiate Gateway, Common Application, Julie Gross, Regular Admissions|Tags: 2024-25 Common App, collegiate gateway, common application, julie gross|

Early Admissions for the Class of 2028: Part V: Impact of Early Decision on Regular Decision

Many colleges with Early Decision programs are now filling at least 40% or more of their incoming first-year class through ED. This leaves significantly fewer spots for the vastly greater numbers of students who apply through Regular Decision. For future college applicants, consider our stats in determining where to apply Early and Regular Decision.

Maureen Meyer2024-03-14T13:10:37-04:00March 14th, 2024|Categories: Admissions trends, Class of 2028, college, college applications, College Early Admissions Programs, college early applications, college list, Collegiate Gateway, Common Application, Early Admissions, early admissions trends, Early Decision, ED2, Julie Gross, Regular Admissions, Regular Decision Admissions, yield|Tags: Barnard College, Boston College, Boston University, brown university, class of 2027, College Early Decision, collegiate gateway, Cornell University (ED), Dartmouth College, Duke University, early decision, early decision acceptance rates, Early Decision Application Numbers, early decision benefits, early decision problems, ED, history of early decision, Johns Hopkins University, julie gross, Northwestern University, QuestBridge, skidmore college, test-optional Early decision admissions, the Kipp Foundation, Tulane University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, UVA, Washington University in St. Louis, Williams College|

Early Admissions for the Class of 2028: Part III: Deferral Stats

Take a closer look at deferral rates for some of the most selective colleges for the Class of 2028. If you have been deferred, what does this mean and what are your next steps?

When Will You Hear Back From Colleges?

Congratulations on submitting your college applications! Now, when will you learn your admissions results? See our list of regular decision notification dates for many selective schools for the Class of 2028 application cycle.

Maureen Meyer2024-01-17T12:24:43-05:00January 17th, 2024|Categories: Admissions trends, Class of 2028, college, college admissions, college applications, Collegiate Gateway, Julie Gross, Regular Admissions, Regular Decision Admissions, Regular Decision Notification Dates|Tags: College Admissions, College Applications, College Decisions, collegiate gateway, julie gross, regular decision, regular decision notification dates, waitlist letter of continued interest|

Early Applications Rise for the Class of 2028

The Common App has released preliminary early applicant data for the Class of 2028, and applications are up! Read more to find out what this means for early applicants and how to move forward with your regular applications.

Maureen Meyer2023-11-21T15:42:41-05:00November 21st, 2023|Categories: Admissions trends, Class of 2028, college, college admissions, college applications, College Early Admissions Programs, college early applications, college list, Collegiate Gateway, Common Application, Deferrals, Early Action, Early Admissions, early admissions trends, Early Decision, Julie Gross, Regular Admissions, Regular Decision Admissions, test-optional, yield|Tags: Class of 2028, collegiate gateway, early action, Early Admissions Cycle, early applications, early decision, julie gross, UVA, Yale University|

When Will You Hear Back From Colleges?

Congratulations on submitting your college applications! Now, when will you learn your admissions results? See our list of regular decision notification dates for many selective schools for the Class of 2027 application cycle.

Maureen Meyer2023-03-10T11:38:02-05:00March 10th, 2023|Categories: Admissions trends, class of 2027, college, college admissions, college applications, college list, Collegiate Gateway, Common Application, Julie Gross, Regular Admissions, Regular Decision Admissions, Regular Decision Notification Dates|Tags: College Admissions, College Applications, College Decisions, regular decision, regular decision notification dates, waitlist letter of continued interest|