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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!). We like to think it has something to do with our team's unique approach to college admissions. Want to hear even more good things about us in our clients' own words? Roger that. 

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

We've helped hundreds of students get into schools like these.

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"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')

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"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.

Kerry H., Sierra Admissions Client (20-21')

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"Great result."

Our sophomore needed help thinking about career & major. Set up meetings twice a month and were ready to go by senior year. Brown BS/MD great result!

Hanish L., Sierra Admissions Client (21-22')

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"Helped me brainstorm an essay I loved."

I like writing but the college essays are so weird. I had never really written a personal essay but Alex broke it down and helped me brainstorm an essay I loved.

Lily S., Georgetown University '26

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