Today’s competition is growing rapidly for attending the prestigious universities of America. There are over 2.5 million students applying to colleges and universities each and every year. This number is expected to rise, as young adults in their 20s and 30s are going back to college more and more each year. There are around 20 to 25,000 valedictorians chosen by high schools each year. That number alone is enough to fill over 10 Ivy League colleges.

If you are serious about attending a procedures University, you will want to start learning the requirements as early as ninth-grade, possibly even earlier if you can. They are directories that can tell you all the information you need to know about different colleges all over the United States. Some information you will need to consider is the location, admission requirements, majors offered, the cost of tuition, and the amount of students that are accepted compared to those that have applied. This will give you a realistic approach to what you need to do to prepare for college.

Some of the top colleges and Ivy League schools around the United States are Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, Brown, Columbia, MIT, Washington and Lee, and Cornell University. Harvard has an estimated 17 to 20,000 applicants per year, with only around 2100 accepted. This puts your chance at getting into Harvard around one out of nine. This is not a very high number, which is why you should choose a handful of universities or Ivy League schools that you want to attend.

Princeton has an estimated 15,000 students applying each year, with around 2000 accept it. This give you around day 14 to 15% chance of getting admitted to this school. Stanford has an estimated 16,000 students that apply each year, with an acceptance of around 2900. This gives you a one in five chance of getting admitted. Many of the students that are applying to top universities around the United States have very good applications and resumes, but still get turned down. This is why you must make sure you have at least 5 to 10 colleges and universities on your list to apply to. Do not get discouraged if you do not get admitted to the school of your choice. There are many great universities out there to attend and if you work hard in high school, you will get in to a good school.