Most Selective Colleges
Every college in the database with an acceptance rate of 10% or lower. At this level of selectivity, strong grades and scores are the starting point, not the finish line, and a balanced list matters more than anywhere else.
Schools
29
Median acceptance
7%
Most selective
Harvard University
3% acceptance
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29 schools
- Harvard University3%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1580
- California Institute of Technology3%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1580
- Columbia University4%acceptanceMost selectiveNY · SAT 1560
- Princeton University4%acceptanceMost selectiveNJ · SAT 1570
- Stanford University4%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1570
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1570
- Brown University5%acceptanceMost selectiveRI · SAT 1560
- Yale University5%acceptanceMost selectiveCT · SAT 1570
- University of Chicago5%acceptanceMost selectiveIL · SAT 1570
- Dartmouth College6%acceptanceMost selectiveNH · SAT 1560
- Duke University6%acceptanceMost selectiveNC · SAT 1570
- University of Pennsylvania6%acceptanceMost selectivePA · SAT 1560
- Vanderbilt University6%acceptanceMost selectiveTN · SAT 1560
- Northeastern University7%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1530
- Northwestern University7%acceptanceMost selectiveIL · SAT 1560
- Johns Hopkins University7%acceptanceMost selectiveMD · SAT 1560
- Pomona College7%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1540
- Rice University8%acceptanceMost selectiveTX · SAT 1560
- U.S. Naval Academy8%acceptanceMost selectiveMD · SAT 1400
- New York University8%acceptanceMost selectiveNY · SAT 1530
- Cornell University9%acceptanceMost selectiveNY · SAT 1550
- UCLA9%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1510
- Amherst College9%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1540
- Bowdoin College9%acceptanceMost selectiveME · SAT 1520
- Claremont McKenna College9%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1520
- Swarthmore College9%acceptanceMost selectivePA · SAT 1530
- Colby College10%acceptanceMost selectiveME · SAT 1500
- Tufts University10%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1530
- Williams College10%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1530
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Acceptance rates and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets) and are rounded. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.