College Admissions Research | College Monte Carlo

Ratings, SAT ranges, GPA, enrollment, Ivy+ placement rates, and common hooks for 307 high schools — elite boarding, private day, public magnets, and international schools. Ranked by selectivity and college placement.

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300 College Overview

Selectivity ratings, admit rates, SAT/GPA, yield, and testing policy for all 300 colleges in the research dataset — elite privates through regional publics, HBCUs, military academies, and art schools. Sorted by rating within each of 14 sections.

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Research Overview

High-level syntheses and key findings across all research.

US College Admissions: A Decade-by-Decade History

admissions_history.md

Hidden Rules of Elite Admissions

hidden-rules.md

Competitive Landscape: Admissions Tools & Simulators

competitive_landscape.md

Naviance, Kickstart & Admissions Tool Deep Dive

naviance_kickstart_admissions_tools.md

ABM Literature Analysis: Reardon 2016, Assayed 2023–2025 & Context

abm_literature_analysis.md

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Simulation Architecture

Technical implementation and matching mechanics of the ABM.

Technical Implementation Guide

technical-implementation.md

Matching Mechanics & Simulation Timeline

matching-mechanics.md

Scoring Model Comparison: CollegeVine vs. ABM Approaches

scoring_model_comparison.md

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Demand Side — Colleges & Admissions

College admissions data, yield management, and institutional statistics.

Demand-Side Agent Logic (AI & Yield)

demand-side.md

HYPSM Common Data Set Stats

data_hypsm_cds.md

CommonApp & NACAC Admissions Data

data_commonapp_nacac.md

Top 20–50 College CDS Data

data_top20_50_cds.md

College Statistics Reference

college-stats.md

Enrollment Management: How Colleges Hit Yield Targets

college_enrollment_management.md

College Admissions Decision-Making Model

college_decision_model.md

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Supply Side — Students & High Schools

Student archetypes, feeder school effects, extracurriculars, and high school distributions.

Supply-Side Agent Modeling

supply-side.md

Feeder School Data

data_feeder_schools.md

MIT Extracurricular Profiles

mit_extracurriculars.md

MIT Race & Gender Admissions Data

mit_race_gender.md

MIT Athletic Hook Analysis

mit_athletic_hooks.md

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Student Decision Behavior

How students choose colleges, build lists, and respond to financial aid.

Student Yield & Enrollment Decisions

student_yield_behavior.md

Application Portfolio Behavior

student_portfolio_behavior.md

Student Welfare in Matching Markets

student_welfare_matching.md

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Matching Theory

Gale-Shapley algorithm, stable matching theory, and parallels to school choice.

Gale-Shapley 1962 — Original Paper

gale_shapley_1962.md

Gale-Shapley Algorithm: Theory & Variants

gale_shapley_algorithm.md

College Admissions as a Matching Market

college_matching_market.md

K-12 School Choice Mechanisms

k12_school_choice.md

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Market Dynamics

Application inflation, cross-admit patterns, post-SFFA demographics, and financial aid.

Application Inflation Spiral

application_inflation_spiral.md

Cross-Admit Dynamics & Revealed Preferences

cross_admit_dynamics.md

Post-SFFA Demographic Shifts

post_sffa_demographics.md

Financial Aid & Yield Elasticity

financial_aid_yield.md

Geographic Diversity in Admissions

geographic_diversity.md

Demonstrated Interest by College

demonstrated_interest.md

SAT Section Weighting: Math vs. EBRW

sat_section_weighting.md

Waitlist Mechanics & Statistics

waitlist_mechanics.md

Summer Melt Research

summer_melt.md

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College Consulting Industry

College consulting firms, their business models, and market dynamics.

College Consulting Industry Overview

college_consulting_industry.md

Crimson Education: Company Research

crimson_education.md

IvyWise: Company Research

ivywise.md

Collegewise: Company Research

collegewise.md

College Essay Guys: Company Research

college_essay_guys.md

InGenius Prep & Adjacent Players

ingenius_prep.md

CollegeVine: Company Research

collegevine.md

Chancing Engines Landscape: 50+ Tools Compared

chancing_engines_landscape.md

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College Profiles

Research profiles for colleges: admissions stats, SAT/GPA ranges, demographics, and net cost data from Common Data Set filings.

American U

colleges/american_u.md

Amherst

colleges/amherst.md

Arizona State

colleges/arizona_state.md

Bates

colleges/bates.md

Boston College

colleges/boston_college.md

Bowdoin

colleges/bowdoin.md

Bowdoin Colby Bates

colleges/bowdoin_colby_bates.md

Brandeis

colleges/brandeis.md

Brandeis Lehigh

colleges/brandeis_lehigh.md

Brown

colleges/brown.md

Brown Dartmouth

colleges/brown_dartmouth.md

Bryn Mawr

colleges/bryn_mawr.md

Brynmawr Mtholyoke

colleges/brynmawr_mtholyoke.md

Caltech Johns Hopkins

colleges/caltech_johns_hopkins.md

Carleton

colleges/carleton.md

Carleton Grinnell

colleges/carleton_grinnell.md

Carnegie Mellon

colleges/carnegie_mellon.md

Carnegie Mellon Washu

colleges/carnegie_mellon_washu.md

Case Western

colleges/case_western.md

Claremont Mckenna

colleges/claremont_mckenna.md

colleges/colgate_hamilton.md

Columbia

colleges/columbia.md

Columbia Upenn

colleges/columbia_upenn.md

Connecticut College

colleges/connecticut_college.md

Cooper Union

colleges/cooper_union.md

Cornell

colleges/cornell.md

Cornell Duke

colleges/cornell_duke.md

Cu Boulder

colleges/cu_boulder.md

Cwru Rochester

colleges/cwru_rochester.md

Dartmouth

colleges/dartmouth.md

Davidson

colleges/davidson.md

Davidson Wl

colleges/davidson_wl.md

Dickinson

colleges/dickinson.md

colleges/gatech_rpi.md

George Mason

colleges/george_mason.md

Georgetown

colleges/georgetown.md

Georgia Tech

colleges/georgia_tech.md

colleges/gwu_american.md

colleges/harvard_yale.md

Harvey Mudd

colleges/harvey_mudd.md

Haverford

colleges/haverford.md

colleges/johns_hopkins.md

colleges/loyola_chicago.md

Loyola Marymount

colleges/loyola_marymount.md

Macalester

colleges/macalester.md

Macalester Oberlin

colleges/macalester_oberlin.md

colleges/michigan_emory.md

Michigan State

colleges/michigan_state.md

Middlebury

colleges/middlebury.md

Mit

colleges/mit.md

Morehouse

colleges/morehouse.md

Mount Holyoke

colleges/mount_holyoke.md

Naval Academy

colleges/naval_academy.md

colleges/northeastern.md

Northwestern

colleges/northwestern.md

Northwestern Uchicago

colleges/northwestern_uchicago.md

Notre Dame

colleges/notre_dame.md

Notre Dame Georgetown

colleges/notre_dame_georgetown.md

Nyu

colleges/nyu.md

Nyu Fordham

colleges/nyu_fordham.md

Oberlin

colleges/oberlin.md

Ohio State

colleges/ohio_state.md

colleges/penn_state.md

Pepperdine

colleges/pepperdine.md

colleges/pomona_cmc.md

Princeton

colleges/princeton.md

Princeton Mit

colleges/princeton_mit.md

colleges/reed_kenyon.md

colleges/rochester.md

colleges/santa_clara.md

Scripps

colleges/scripps.md

Scripps Pitzer

colleges/scripps_pitzer.md

colleges/swarthmore.md

Swarthmore Harveymudd

colleges/swarthmore_harveymudd.md

colleges/tufts_boston_college.md

colleges/u_alabama.md

U Arizona

colleges/u_arizona.md

U Denver

colleges/u_denver.md

U Florida

colleges/u_florida.md

U Georgia

colleges/u_georgia.md

U Iowa

colleges/u_iowa.md

U Maryland

colleges/u_maryland.md

U Miami

colleges/u_miami.md

U Minnesota

colleges/u_minnesota.md

U Oregon

colleges/u_oregon.md

U Pittsburgh

colleges/u_pittsburgh.md

U Richmond

colleges/u_richmond.md

U South Carolina

colleges/u_south_carolina.md

U Toronto

colleges/u_toronto.md

Ubc

colleges/ubc.md

Uc Berkeley

colleges/uc_berkeley.md

Uc Davis

colleges/uc_davis.md

Uc Irvine

colleges/uc_irvine.md

Ucdavis Uci

colleges/ucdavis_uci.md

colleges/ucsd_ucsb.md

colleges/uiuc_purdue.md

Umass Amherst

colleges/umass_amherst.md

colleges/ut_austin.md

Utaustin Tamu

colleges/utaustin_tamu.md

colleges/uw_madison.md

Uwmadison Uwseattle

colleges/uwmadison_uwseattle.md

Vanderbilt

colleges/vanderbilt.md

Vanderbilt Rice

colleges/vanderbilt_rice.md

Vassar

colleges/vassar.md

Vassar Haverford

colleges/vassar_haverford.md

Villanova

colleges/villanova.md

Virginia Tech

colleges/virginia_tech.md

Vt Ncstate

colleges/vt_ncstate.md

Wake Forest

colleges/wake_forest.md

Washington Lee

colleges/washington_lee.md

Washu

colleges/washu.md

Wellesley

colleges/wellesley.md

Wellesley Smith

colleges/wellesley_smith.md

Wesleyan

colleges/wesleyan.md

West Point

colleges/west_point.md

Wfu Tulane

colleges/wfu_tulane.md

William Mary

colleges/william_mary.md

Williams

colleges/williams.md

Williams Amherst Middlebury

colleges/williams_amherst_middlebury.md

Wpi

colleges/wpi.md

Xavier Louisiana

colleges/xavier_louisiana.md

Yale

colleges/yale.md

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ABM Research Notes

Detailed notes on agent-based modeling papers and matching market mechanics.

Assayed 2023–2025 ABM Notes

abm_assayed_2024_notes.md

ABM Literature Context

abm_literature_context.md

Reardon 2016 ABM Notes

abm_reardon_2016_notes.md

Matching Market Mechanics

matching_market_mechanics.md