4 Big College Admission Trends for 2024/2025

**UPDATE: Starting in Fall 2024, the following colleges have announced that they will now require either the SAT or ACT: Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Brown, Caltech and UT Austin.

In this video, we'll explore 4 big trends in college admissions: 1) College admissions are getting more competitive than ever, 2) The SAT is making a comeback, 3) You need a clear application theme, and 4) You need really strong essays. With admissions so competitive, you need to focus on all these areas to give you the best chance of admissions success.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:18 Admissions is harder than ever
01:17 The SAT is making a comeback
03:34 You need an application theme
04:39 Your essays must be great
05:33 Summary

[charliewang]

Very insightful, you basically summarized hundreds of other YouTube videos and articles on college admission in just a few minutes!

[cuadrae]

Can you do a pros and cons video for AP & IB courses?

[shadowmt]

Very good advice! Recently I've watched this channel which is a real good help for high school kids. With his perfect SAT score, my son will enroll JHU for premed track this year.

[BPrashantMehto]

Hey, I've a doubt (I'm an international student).
I've very good SAT score (1500+) but my high school percentage aren't 90+ (our school doesn't have GPA).
But I've a Stellar ECs including profitable Start Up; Youngest International delegate at Harvard; High school sports; 2 Club Founder; One community founder which is recognised by Union Minister of India and etc. etc.

Can you please provide some tips, so that I can get into good University. I really want to go Harvard.

[jack-mbj]

Great video. Where did you get the past admissions rate for various schools (50 second mark)?

[underwriter]

Could you address the glut of Computer Science/Engineering students? My grandson had a 35 ACT score, 4.0 unweighted GPA, excellent essays and extra curriculars according to his AP teachers, and still was rejected by MIT. Now I realize that is a hard school to get into, but his portfolio project I thought would put him over the top. Any thoughts?

[Beck-Stein]

These aren’t trends. This info is known already. You forgot to mention that it helps that not being Asian or a Jew is preferred by ivy schools. Helps a lot.

[genanonaccount]

Does doing research / doing an internship count as "having an impact on the community"?

[Nyumnyum]

I have two primary ‘themes’ in my application—would this negatively affect my chances?

[kevoblaster]

I have AMAZING extracurriculars, I am the top 5% of my class (4.5 GPA 13 AP courses), but my SAT was lacking. I scored a 1450(770 Math, 680 Reading) and decided not to submit because of all the SAT score inflation. I applied to all the top schools (Stanford, Harvard, Yale, etc.)… do you think I should have submitted my 1450?