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Top Most Difficult Universities in USA to Get Admission

United States of America is home to world’s most top class universities that are statistically ranked best of the world mutually by all ranking organizations like QS and Times Higher Education. The most top ranked a university is, the more students are attracted to it which makes the competition tough. Usually students are only looking for a university where they can easily get the admission. But some very intelligent and hardworking students have higher goals. They want to study in the best of the educational institute and prove themselves. Here in this article I am sharing with you top most difficult universities in USA to get admission.
 

7 -   Columbia University:
 
Location: New York, NY
 
Columbia University is ranked 11th best university of USA by Times Higher Education and 16th best of the world by same organization. It is also 3rd best university for Nursing and 9th most Diverse university in USA. University of Columbia is currently considered 7th most difficult university in USA to get Admission. It has an acceptance rate of only 7%. Click the link to read complete Application Requirement of University of Columbia University.
 
·         SAT Scores Range:  1390-1570
·         ACT Scores Range:   31-34
 
Columbia University Campus Tour:
 
 

6 -   Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
Location: Cambridge, MA
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is most commonly known as MIT. It is 3rd most top university of USA and it is also among top 5 universities of the world in 2017 ranking of Times Higher Education. In QS Top Universities Ranking, it is ranked the best university of the world. Currently there are 19,178 students studying at MIT. It is 6th most difficult university in USA to get admission. It has an acceptance rate of only 8%. Click the link to read complete Application Requirement of University of MIT.
 
·         SAT Scores Range:  1420-1570
·         ACT Scores Range:   33-35
 
 
MIT Campus Tour:
 
 

5 -   Princeton University
 
Location: Princeton, NJ
 
Princeton is ranked 5th best university of USA in the ranking of Times Higher Education. It is also 7th best university of the world. There are currently 5,200 undergraduate students and 2,600 graduate students studying in Princeton University. It has an acceptance rate of only 6.5%. Here is a link to official website of Princeton University.
 
·         SAT Scores Range:  1400-1600
·         ACT Scores Range:   31-35
 
Princeton University Campus Tour:
 
 
 

 
4 -   University of Chicago
 
Location: Chicago, IL
 
University of Chicago is currently ranked 6th top university of USA. In same ranking of Times Higher Education, it is also ranked 10th Best university of the world. University of Chicago is 4th most difficult university of USA to get admission. It is also ranked 4th for its Best Professors. It has an acceptance rate of only 9%.Click the link to read complete Application Requirement of University of Chicago.
 
·         SAT Scores Range:  1435-1600
·         ACT Scores Range:   32-35
 
University of Chicago Video:
 
 

 
3 -   Yale University
 
Location: New Haven, CT
 
Yale University is currently ranked 8th best university of United States of America and hailed as 12th best of the world. Yale also holds the title of being Most Diverse university of USA. It is Third most difficult university of USA to get admission. It is also Best university for English and Psychology of 2017 in USA. It has an acceptance rate of only 6%.Click the link to read complete Application Requirement of Yale.
 
·         SAT Scores Range:  1410-1600
·         ACT Scores Range:   31-35
 
Yale University Campus Tour Video:
 
 

2 -   Harvard University
 
Location: Cambridge, MA
 
Harvard University is currently ranked 4th top in USA and 6th best of the world in the ranking of Times Higher Education. Ivy league universities are never easy to get into and Harvard is happened to be one of them. Harvard is one of most famous and admired universities in world. It has an acceptance rate of only 6%. Currently there are over 20,000 students studying at Harvard. Click the link to read complete Application Requirement of Harvard.
 
·         SAT Scores Range: 1410-1600
·         ACT Scores Range: 32-35
 
Harvard University Video:  
 
 
 

1 -   California Institute of Technology
 
Location: Pasadena, CA
 
Also referred to as CALTECH, California Institute of Technology is currently ranked most top university of United States of America in Times Higher Education university ranking off 2017. It is also the second best university of the world in the same ranking. So, it is not a surprise if it is most difficult university of USA to get admission. At present there are only 2,181 students enrolled in Caltech of which 27% are foreigners. It has an Acceptance Rate of just 9% but because of short intakes, it is the most difficult university in USA to get admission. Click the link to read complete Application Requirement of CALTECH.
 
·         SAT Scores Range:  1500-1600
·         ACT Scores Range:   34-35
 
CALTECH Campus Tour Video: 
 

 


 
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