college admissions results 2025
Research and passion projects are shown to have a material impact on college applications. They help you craft your personal narrative and tell your story in a way that grades and test scores cannot. The 612 Polygence alumni that graduated high school in 2025 and responded to our survey are proof that passion projects can play a role in being accepted to your dream school.
2339
acceptance letters
from
340
universities
4x
greater admissions chances at Top 10 Schools
$19.2M
earned in academic scholarships by our students collectively
Polygence acceptance rate to Ivies
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, Brown, Penn
30%
of polygence alums who applied to ivies were accepted to one or more
5.1%
average national acceptance rate to ivies
18%
polygence acceptance rate to upenn - which is 3.7x the average 4.9% acceptance rate
1/3
“Nearly 1/3 of the admitted students engaged in academic research during in high school .” - upenn dean of admissions
Polygence acceptance rate to top engineering schools
MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Georgia Tech, Purdue
32%
of polygence alums who applied to top engineering schools were accepted to one or more
25%
polygence acceptance rate to caltech - which is 11x higher than caltech's 2.3% acceptance rate
45%
of incoming caltech students included their own past research in their college applications
13.6%
polygence acceptance rate to mit - which is 3x higher than MIT's 4.5% acceptance rate
Checkout our full 2025 College Admissions Report to read more about our alumni's success!
Download the reportPolygence acceptance rate to top UC schools
Many Polygence students have their sights set on West Coast schools. About half of our alumni applied to at least one school in the University of California System.
386
acceptance to the top uc schools this year
34%
polygence acceptance rate to berkeley - which is 3.1x the average 11% acceptance rate
33.6%
polygence acceptance rate to ucla - which is 3.7x the average 9% acceptance rate
Polygence acceptance rate to Top 25 schools
Top 25 Universities based on US News & World Report ranking.
55.9%
polygence alumni acceptance rate into top 25 schools
10.5%
polygence acceptance rate to stanford - which is 2.9x the average 3.6% acceptance rate
23.2%
polygence acceptance rate to johns hopkins - which is 5.8x the average 4% acceptance rate
Polygence acceptance rate to Top 10 Non-US International Universities
Top 10 Non-US International Universities based on US News & World Report global ranking.
62%
polygence alumni acceptance rate into top 10 non-us international universities
80%
polygence acceptance rate to oxford - which is 5.8x the average 13.9% acceptance rate
50%
polygence acceptance rate to imperial college london - which is 4.9x the average 10.2% acceptance rate
92%
polygence acceptance rate to university of toronto - which is 2.1x the average 43% acceptance rate
Polygence Results for U.S. News Rank Top 50 Universities
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