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Forbes New Private Ivies List? Not So Helpful

Last week, I posted a list of Forbes’ “New Public Ivies,” relatively cost-effective (compared to private institutions) colleges that propel students toward strong salary outcomes. Forbes has also created a list of “New Private Ivies.” 

Unlike those on the Public Ivy list (see last week’s blogpost), which are highly competitive but reasonable reaches for many students, these colleges are mostly “Ivy overlaps” with extremely low admit rates. Though some of Forbes’ “Private Ivies” may be slightly less competitive than some colleges in the Ivy League, their admission rates are not necessarily lower than Ivy ED admit rates. This list encourages hopeful students to add more colleges that deny 85% plus of their applicants to already too-long college lists. That's not helpful, and it adds stress to the application process.

The ED or REA rates of admission to Ivies are similar to the general admit rates of these schools. A few of these schools have somewhat higher ED rates, but like the Ivies, they get many applications from all over the world. Here’s the list, in order of selectivity: 


Boston College 15% overall, 30% ED

University of Notre Dame 11% overall, REA admit rate 15%

Carnegie Mellon University 11% overall, 12.5% ED

Emory University 11% overall, 32% ED

Georgetown University 10% overall, REA admit rate 12-15%

University of South California 10% overall, Both 9% ED/EA

Rice University 9% overall, 13%

Johns Hopkins University 8% overall, 15% ED

Northwestern University 7% overall, 20% ED (record high)

Vanderbilt University 6% overall, 15% ED







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