--- title: Outcomes Data | Sierra Admissions description: Sierra Admissions offers private college consulting services in the San Francisco Bay Area, Marin County, Seattle, New York, and online. --- [Ready to start building your best college app? 😇](https://uq2z800a22f.typeform.com/sierra?utm_source=banner) [![](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/brand/logo.png)](https://sierraadmissions.com/) [Work with us](https://uq2z800a22f.typeform.com/sierra) [Work with us](https://uq2z800a22f.typeform.com/sierra) ### Our Admissions Outcomes While college admissions rates plunge, our students’ acceptance rates to their top schools keep going up. **98%** of our students with GPAs over 3.7 have gained admission to one of the top 35 schools in the country. **26%** of our students with GPAs above 3.9 received admissions to an Ivy League school (if they applied to one!). 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[Roger that](https://sierraadmissions.com/wall-of-love).      STEM (CS, Engineering, Biology) | School | Average Acceptance Rate | Sierra Admissions Rate | Our Advantage | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | UT Austin (CS) | 15% | **68%** | 4.5x | | Cornell (Eng) | 10% | **32%** | 3.2x | | MIT | 4.1% | **15%** | 3.6x | | Michigan (Turing) | 18% | **56%** | 3.6x | | UIUC (CS) | 15% | **59%** | 3.9x | | NYU (Tandon) | 35% | **72%** | 2x | | Berkeley (CS) | 8.5%  | **25%** | 2.9x | | Carnegie Mellon (CS) | 5% | **23%** | 4.6x | | UoMaryland | 44% | **95%** | 2.15x | | Purdue | 40% | **73%** | 1.82x | | Stanford | ~2% | **12%** | 6x | Humanities (English, Classics, Arts) | School | Average Acceptance Rate | Sierra Admissions Rate | Our Advantage | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Yale University | 4.4% | **18.5%** | 4.2x | | Stanford University | 3.9% | **20%** | 5.1x | | Harvard University | 3.2% | **19%** | 5.9x | | NYU | 12% | **48%** | 4x | | USC | 12% | ** 42%** | 3.5x | | Berkeley | 18% | ** 45.7%** | 2.5x | | Columbia University | 3.7% | ** 15%** | 4x | | University of Chicago | 6% | ** 26%** | 4.3x | | Bowdoin | 8.8% | ** 57%** | 6.5x | | Rice  | 8.5% | ** 37.6%** | 4.4x | | Amherst | 11% | ** 25%** | 2.2x | Social Sciences (Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology) | School | Average Acceptance Rate | Sierra Admissions Rate | Our Advantage | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Harvard | 3.2% | **15%** | 4.6x | | Duke | 8.4% | **29%** | 3.45x | | Georgetown | 17% | **56%** | 3.2x | | Berkeley | 18% | **28%** | 1.5x | | Michigan | 26% | ** 50%** | 1.9x | | UCLA | 11% | ** 26%** | 2.3x | | Washington University in St. Louis | 16% | ** 63%** | 3.9x | | UT Austin (OOS) | 10% | ** 25%** | 2.5x | | UNC (OOS) | 10.2% | ** 40%** | 4x | | Northwestern University | 7% | ** 38%** | 5.4x | [Work with us](https://uq2z800a22f.typeform.com/mcneil) [See our services](https://sierraadmissions.com/home#services) We've helped hundreds of students get into schools like these. ![1 (3)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/1%20(3).png) ![2 (3)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/2%20(3).png) ![3 (3)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/3%20(3).png) ![4 (3)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/4%20(3).png) ![5 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/5%20(2).png) ![6 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/6%20(2).png) ![7 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/7%20(2).png) ![8 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/8%20(2).png) ![9 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/9%20(2).png) ![10 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/10%20(2).png) ![11 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/11%20(2).png) ![12 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/12%20(2).png) ![13 (1)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/13%20(1).png) ![14 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/14%20(2).png) ![16 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/16%20(2).png) ![17 (2)](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/17%20(2).png) ![19](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/19.png) ![https://21347991.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21347991/Steve.png](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/Steve.png) **"Couldn't be happier."** We’ve worked with Alex for four years and have had nothing but an amazing experience throughout. Our son did his applications with Alex and got into Brown, so we asked him to work with our daughter. In junior/senior year he helped my daughter build a school list and coached her through writing essays that were as amazing and personal as our son’s. She's now at Bowdoin. Couldn't be happier. Jian B., Sierra Admissions Client (21-22') ![https://21347991.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21347991/2%20(1).png](https://sierraadmissions.com/hubfs/2%20(1).png) **"Truly gifted writing coaches."** We hired Sierra Admissions to help my son research what he wanted to study in school. Alex helped him land an amazing research position and brought my husband and me up to speed on the admissions process. Alex has become a mentor to Ken. They know the college process in and out and are truly gifted writing coaches. We recommend Sierra Admissions to everyone. 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