Did you know it's possible to be guaranteed admission to certain public universities based solely on your academic credentials?
While institutions like the University of California won’t guarantee you admission to a specific campus, the good news is that most will based on some combination of class rank, GPA and test scores.
For example, if you’re an Arizona resident interested in the University of Arizona, a 3.0+ GPA or top 25% class rank will assure you admission. Or if you’re a Texas resident interested in the University of Texas at Austin, a top 6% class rank will grant you automatic admission.
Better yet, assured admission often extends to non-residents as well. A top 10% class rank or 3.5+ GPA will assure admission to Washington State University, for example, or a 24+ ACT or 1160+ SAT will assure admission to the University of Missouri.
Of course, you’ll still need to complete an application and sweat the details, like making sure you’ve satisfied curriculum requirements and that your GPA is calculated appropriately. To help you understand the specifics, we’ve included links to program criteria for the public institutions listed.
If that’s still too much work, consider checking out College Kickstart. We track assured admission criteria for over 40 programs across the nation and will automatically flag situations where your academic credentials appear to meet assured admission criteria for schools on your list. It's a great way to take some of the stress out of the process!
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Here's our latest list of reported early decision and early action admission rates for the Class of 2025.
Vanderbilt University reported that it admitted 18.1 percent of early decision applicants to the Class of 2025.
Here's our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2025. As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their "official" notification dates, so we've compiled the most recently updated dates for you here where available, as well as last year's notification dates for reference. Bookmark this page, as we'll be updating it frequently over the next 30 days.
Rice University admitted 421 early decision applicants to the Class of 2024. 
Duke announced today that it received 5,036 early decision applications for the Class of 2025, up 18 percent year over year.
The University of Notre Dame announced it admitted 1,672 restrictive early action applicants to the Class of 2025. 
Harvard announced today that it admitted 747 applicants to the Class of 2025 under restrictive early action. 
Brown accepted 885 applicants to the Class of 2025 under early decision. 
The University of Pennsylvania admitted 1,194 early decision applicants to the Class of 2025. 
Dartmouth accepted 566 applicants (including 21 matched through QuestBridge) to the Class of 2025 under early decision. 
Yale announced today that it admitted 837 applicants to the Class of 2025 under Single Choice Early Action.
Johns Hopkins admitted 520 Early Decision I applicants to the Class of 2025. 
The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 968 early decision applicants to the Class of 2025. 
Emory University admitted 769 Early Decision I applicants to the Class of 2025. 614 were admitted solely to Emory College, 337 solely to Oxford College and 182 to both.