The average GPA of students accepted to the University of Maryland is 3.88
Harvard rejects 50% of applicants who score 2400 on the SAT
Over the past three years, Yale has decreased its number of accepted students while facing an increasing number of applications
95% of those students accepted to Princeton are in the top 10% of their high school class
Colleges prefer to see a student who has spent a lot of time on a few extracurricular activities rather than a student who has spent little time on many
Most competitive colleges require students complete at least three years of math in high school; many recommend taking math all four years