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
6%
Most selective
California Institute of Technology
3% acceptance
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29 schools
- California Institute of Technology3%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1580
- Columbia University4%acceptanceMost selectiveNY · SAT 1560
- Harvard University4%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1580
- Stanford University4%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1570
- Yale University4%acceptanceMost selectiveCT · SAT 1570
- University of Chicago4%acceptanceMost selectiveIL · SAT 1570
- Brown University5%acceptanceMost selectiveRI · SAT 1560
- Dartmouth College5%acceptanceMost selectiveNH · SAT 1560
- Northeastern University5%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1530
- Princeton University5%acceptanceMost selectiveNJ · SAT 1570
- University of Pennsylvania5%acceptanceMost selectivePA · SAT 1560
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology5%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1570
- Duke University6%acceptanceMost selectiveNC · SAT 1570
- Vanderbilt University6%acceptanceMost selectiveTN · SAT 1560
- Johns Hopkins University6%acceptanceMost selectiveMD · SAT 1560
- Bowdoin College7%acceptanceMost selectiveME · SAT 1520
- Colby College7%acceptanceMost selectiveME · SAT 1500
- Pomona College7%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1540
- Swarthmore College7%acceptanceMost selectivePA · SAT 1530
- Northwestern University8%acceptanceMost selectiveIL · SAT 1560
- Rice University8%acceptanceMost selectiveTX · SAT 1560
- Williams College8%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1530
- Cornell University9%acceptanceMost selectiveNY · SAT 1550
- U.S. Naval Academy9%acceptanceMost selectiveMD · SAT 1400
- UCLA9%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1510
- Amherst College9%acceptanceMost selectiveMA · SAT 1540
- New York University9%acceptanceMost selectiveNY · SAT 1530
- University of Southern California10%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1530
- Claremont McKenna College10%acceptanceMost selectiveCA · SAT 1520
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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.