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Top Colleges Release Their Admissions Decisions—Here Are The Admissions Rates For The Class Of 2030

Yesterday, students across the globe received their admissions results from the Ivy League and select top schools, an annual tradition of coordinated admissions releases known as “Ivy Day.” As in previous cycles, a number of Ivy League schools—including Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, and Penn—chose to withhold their admissions data, continuing to distance themselves from their reputations for hyperselectivity.

How To Boost Your Odds Of Getting Off The Waitlist At An Ivy League School

Each spring, thousands of high-achieving students open admissions decisions from elite colleges expecting a final response, only to discover that they are stuck in limbo. A waitlist decision from an Ivy League or other top school can be a disappointing extension of the waiting process, leaving many students unsure how to evaluate their options and proceed toward the May 1 Decision Day.

Surviving Ivy Day 2026: Your complete guide to Ivy League admissions and navigating the waitlist

“With such steep competition, Ivy League admissions are no longer about whether a student is valedictorian of their class or received a perfect SAT score — elite schools are looking for students with singular focus and demonstrable passions,” offered Christopher Rim, founder and CEO of Command Education.

What the Trump administration’s Harvard lawsuit could mean for future applicants

By compelling Harvard to make this admissions data more accessible, “this lawsuit has broken open the long-secret world of ‘holistic admissions,’” said Christopher Rim, president and CEO of Command Education, a New York-based college consulting firm.

Elite colleges admitting one student minority group at incredible rates, post affirmative action

“I was like, wow, that’s a big one,” Yiatin Chu, a Queens mother who’s soon to start preparing to go through the college process with her teenager, told The Post.

“This was always about the civil rights of Asian parents, having fairness in the system, and not being discriminated against.”

Stubborn Columbia now the last Ivy League holdout to not require SAT or ACT scores — but why?

“[Columbia] are effectively eliminating one of the most important factors for… comparing applicants across different schools and regions,” Command Education CEO and college admissions consultant Chris Rim told The Post. “This will actually make the process less holistic, as well as less rigorous.”

What's a Good ACT Score for College Admissions

Since admission standards vary by college, a good ACT score for one school may be too low for another.

For top-tier universities, a good ACT score could mean a 34 or higher, while a 30 might be the right score if it fits with the median at the schools on your college list, says Grace Lee, managing director at Command Education, a college consulting firm.

Gen Z embracing gap years before college: ‘Working 3 jobs made me realize what I really want’

“Gap years have definitely become exponentially more popular amongst students in the years since the pandemic,” boutique college admissions counselor and Command Education CEO Christopher Rim told The Post.

The U.S. Economy Is Regaining Its Swagger

Spring is traditionally the busiest season for new-client enrollment at Command Education, a college admissions consulting firm for high-schoolers based in New York City. Not this year.

This millennial was rejected from 200 jobs—now he makes millions charging wealthy families six-figures to get their kids into the Ivy Leagues

Hundreds of families are paying six-figure price tags to a young millennial named Christopher Rim to get their kids into their top college choices. As the founder and CEO of college admissions consultancy group Command Education, Rim has become a wizard of sorts for how to crack the Ivy League code.

Harvard students are ‘frantic’ after Trump administration blocks international enrollment, college consultant says

“I was on the phone with a parent who was visibly shaken and completely frantic,” said Christopher Rim, president and CEO of college consulting firm Command Education.

US Bans Harvard From Enrolling Foreigners, Forcing Transfers

The US revoked Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, meaning foreign students can no longer attend the university. Existing international students must transfer or lose their legal status, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.

Harvard sues Trump over foreign students ban

Christopher Rim, a university admissions coach, said four international students he helped get into Harvard are affected by the ruling, including one from the UK who was set to be among the 70 to 80 British students who enrol in the university each academic year.

Harvard’s Foreign Students Are Stunned and Devastated by Trump’s Ban

Christopher Rim, a college counselor based in New York, said he had four calls from families within the hour of the announcement. Harvard senior Jada Pierre spent two hours on a call with about 20 other students hammering out the language for a statement urging the university to stand up to the move.

Columbia Heads to Summer Break With Reputation Scarred by Tumult

Elizabeth Stone, president of Top Tier Admissions, had a student pick Duke over Columbia this year because of concerns over federal funding for research, while Chris Rim, founder of New York-based Command Education, said many of his students who got into Columbia this year are opting for other schools.

The New College Math: Calculating ROI

“Fewer and fewer students [I work with] are putting safety schools on their list,” says Christopher Rim, founder of Command Education. He adds that he is increasingly seeing an Ivy-or-bust mentality among the clientele of his admissions counseling firm. “The parents say, ‘If we don’t get into a top 25 school, my kid will take a gap year and then reapply.’ ”

When Do May 3 SAT Scores Come Out? Dates, What to Know

Christopher Rim, founder and CEO of Command Education, told Newsweek: “Colleges are expected to interpret SAT scores the same way as before, but because the digital test differs significantly from the paper version, performance comparisons across test formats may not be perfect.

International students are rethinking U.S. study plans amid visa policy shifts, experts say

“Foreign students present a unique challenge for the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy efforts,” said Christopher Rim, president and CEO of college consulting firm Command Education.

“On the one hand, international students account for a large portion of foreign residents in the U.S., and some of the most politically outspoken,” Rims said. “However, they are among the most economically advantageous, as well.”

Teen tech whiz kid with 4.0 GPA made $30M off his startup last year — but he was still rejected by 15 colleges

The statement offers “no clear reason why he would benefit from attending college … At its essence, the personal statement must convey who the candidate is beyond his or her accomplishments and how they’ll uniquely contribute to the campus,” Christopher Rim, founder and CEO of college admissions consultancy firm Command Education, told The Post.