When applying to some of the top colleges and universities, you expect that it will be difficult to get into. But there are a select few so competitive that they are especially notoriously hard to get an acceptance letter from. Their admissions standards are extremely rigorous and only the best of the best become admitted students. These schools can afford to be highly selective about who they choose to admit because of the high number of applications they receive for only a few available seats.

Currently, Minerva University topped the list with a whopping 1% acceptance rate in 2022! That’s harder to get into than many of the Ivy League schools!

 

Around the world, here are the hardest schools to get into.

1 Minerva University

  • # of Applications in 2022
  • 20,816
  • # of Students Accepted‍ in 2022
  • 208‍
  • Acceptance Rate in 2022
  • 1%
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  • 2 California Institute of Technology
  • # of Applications in 2022
  • 16,626
  • # of Students Accepted‍ in 2022
  • 448‍
  • Acceptance Rate in 2022
  • 2.70%
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  • 3 Harvard University
  • # of Applications in 2022
  • 61,221
  • # of Students Accepted‍ in 2022
  • 1,984‍
  • Acceptance Rate in 2022
  • 3.20%
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  • 4 Stanford University
  • # of Applications in 2022
  • 56,378
  • # of Students Accepted‍ in 2022
  • 2,075‍
  • Acceptance Rate in 2022
  • 3.70%
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  • 5 Columbia University
  • # of Applications in 2022
  • 60,879
  • # of Students Accepted‍ in 2022
  • 2,404‍
  • Acceptance Rate in 2022
  • 4%
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  • 6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • # of Applications in 2022
  • 33,767
  • # of Students Accepted‍ in 2022
  • 1,337‍
  • Acceptance Rate in 2022
  • 4%
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  • 7 Yale University
  • # of Applications in 2022
  • 50,060
  • # of Students Accepted‍ in 2022
  • 2,289‍
  • Acceptance Rate in 2022
  • 4.60%
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  • 8 Brown University
  • # of Applications in 2022
  • 50,649
  • # of Students Accepted‍ in 2022
  • 2,562‍
  • Acceptance Rate in 2022
  • 5.10%
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  • 9 University of Chicago
  • # of Applications in 2022
  • 37,522
  • # of Students Accepted‍ in 2022
  • 2,039‍
  • Acceptance Rate in 2022
  • 5.40%
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  • 10 Princeton University
  • # of Applications in 2022
  • 38,019
  • # of Students Accepted‍ in 2022
  • ‍2,167
  • Acceptance Rate in 2022
  • 5.70%