Amherst College
Recently U.S. News & World Report ranked Amherst College “as the second best liberal arts college in the country.” Although it has an acceptance rate of around 15%, the 6.31% applicant decrease is alarming.
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
In the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, you’ll find the “#1 Most Desirable Small School” as per Newsweek. While Cooper was best known as an intensely selective school – its acceptance rate is below 10% – the 6.5% applicant decrease raises cause for alarm.