Hundreds of thousands of high-school students around the world leant Thursday at 5 p.m. ET whether they were accepted or rejected into the Ivy League.
It looks as if the Ivy League is on track to receive an historic number of applications. Every school except Dartmouth that has reported its figures has seen an increase in application numbers.
Harvard University, with 39,494 applicants, again received more than it did the year before (39,040).
Good luck to all of the aspiring Ivy Leaguers out there.
RANKED: Ivy League universities from most to least selective
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Ivy League admissions decisions came out on Thursday, meaning hundreds of thousands of students who applied found out if they got accepted or rejected from their dream school.
The Ivies are notoriously tough to get into — most have acceptance rates less than 10%.
Here’s the ranking of Ivy League schools by their Class of 2021 selectivity:
8. Cornell University — 12.5%
7. Dartmouth College — 10.4%
6. University of Pennsylvania — 9.2%
5. Brown University — 8.3%
4. Yale University — 6.9%
3. Princeton University — 6.1%
2. Columbia University — 5.8%
1. Harvard University — 5.2%
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