0Difficult CollegesWith applications at record levels to many of America’s best colleges, The Daily Beast crunched the numbers at 28 top schools to find projected admission rates. Kristina Dell on Harvard’s low rate and more.Updated Jul. 13, 2017 1:13PM EDT / Published Feb. 23, 2011 7:21AM EST Ivy LeagueHarvard Columbia Yale PrincetonJoseph Sohm BrownStew Milne / AP Photo DartmouthCourtesy of Dartmouth College University of PennsylvaniaMike Mergen, Bloomberg News / Getty Images CornellHeather Ainsworth / AP Photo State SchoolsUniversity of California, BerkeleyCourtesy of University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los AngelesCourtesy of UCLA University of Virginia University of North Carolina, Chapel HillCollegiate Images / Getty Images William & MarySteve Helber / AP Photo University of California, San DiegoAP Photo University of California, Santa Barbara Georgia Institute of TechnologyGetty Images University of Wisconsin-MadisonCourtesy of University of Wisconsin University of Washington Private Liberal Arts SchoolsAmherst College Pomona Claremont-McKenna SwarthmoreMatt Rourke / AP Photo BowdoinRobert F. Bukaty / AP Photo WilliamsGetty Images MiddleburyAP Photo Washington & LeeStephanie Klein-Davis, The Roanoke Times / AP Photo VassarAllan Montaine / Getty Images DavidsonGetty Images
Ivy LeagueHarvard Columbia Yale PrincetonJoseph Sohm BrownStew Milne / AP Photo DartmouthCourtesy of Dartmouth College University of PennsylvaniaMike Mergen, Bloomberg News / Getty Images CornellHeather Ainsworth / AP Photo State SchoolsUniversity of California, BerkeleyCourtesy of University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los AngelesCourtesy of UCLA University of Virginia University of North Carolina, Chapel HillCollegiate Images / Getty Images William & MarySteve Helber / AP Photo University of California, San DiegoAP Photo University of California, Santa Barbara Georgia Institute of TechnologyGetty Images University of Wisconsin-MadisonCourtesy of University of Wisconsin University of Washington Private Liberal Arts SchoolsAmherst College Pomona Claremont-McKenna SwarthmoreMatt Rourke / AP Photo BowdoinRobert F. Bukaty / AP Photo WilliamsGetty Images MiddleburyAP Photo Washington & LeeStephanie Klein-Davis, The Roanoke Times / AP Photo VassarAllan Montaine / Getty Images DavidsonGetty Images