Lowest Acceptance Rates

　　Fall 2008 Acceptance rate:

　　Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, PA 4.0%

　　Jarvis Christian College Hawkins, TX 4.5%

　　Rust College Holly Springs, MS 7.6%

　　Juilliard School New York, NY 7.6%

　　Harvard University Cambridge, MA 7.9%

　　Yale University New Haven, CT 8.6%

　　Cooper Union New York, NY 9.3%

　　Stanford University Stanford, CA 9.5%

　　Princeton University Princeton, NJ 9.9%

　　Columbia University New York, NY 10.0%

　　Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes, KY 10.5%

　　College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO 11.7%

　　Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 11.9%

　　Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 13.5%

　　Brown University Providence, RI 13.7%

　　United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD 13.9%

　　National-Louis University Chicago, IL 14.3%

　　Amherst College Amherst, MA 14.8%

　　Crichton College Memphis, TN 15.4%

　　Pomona College Claremont, CA 15.6%

　　United States Military Academy West Point, NY 15.7%

　　Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA 15.7%

　　Middlebury College Middlebury, VT 16.8%

　　Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 16.8%

　　University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 16.9%

　　Williams College Williamstown, MA 17.0%

　　California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 17.4%

　　United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO 18.2%

　　Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME 18.6%

　　Georgetown University Washington, DC 18.8%

　　Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA 19.1%

　　Cornell University Ithaca, NY 20.7%

　　Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 21.4%

　　United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT 21.5%

　　University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 21.6%

　　Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 21.7%

　　University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 21.9%

　　Pitzer College Claremont, CA 22.3%

　　Duke University Durham, NC 22.4%

　　University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 22.8%

　　Rice University Houston, TX 23.0%

　　CUNY--Baruch College New York, NY 23.5%

　　Colgate University Hamilton, NY 23.9%

　　Purchase College--SUNY Purchase, NY 24.2%

　　Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MS 24.7%

　　Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY 25.0%

　　Bard College Annandale on Hudson, NY 25.2%

　　Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 25.3%

　　Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 25.4%

　　Tufts University Medford, MA 25.5%

　　Tougaloo College Tougaloo, MS 25.6%

　　Davidson College Davidson, NC 25.7%

　　United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY 25.9%

　　Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO 26.0%

　　Northwestern University Evanston, IL 26.2%

　　Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 26.2%

　　Emory University Atlanta, GA 26.6%

　　University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 26.7%

　　Tulane University New Orleans, LA 27.0%

　　Haverford College Haverford, PA 27.0%

　　Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 27.2%

　　Carleton College Northfield, MN 27.5%

　　San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA 27.9%

　　University of Chicago Chicago, IL 27.9%

　　Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 27.9%

　　Hamilton College Clinton, NY 28.1%

　　Life University Marietta, GA 28.1%

　　CUNY--Hunter College New York, NY 28.2%

　　Barnard College New York, NY 28.5%

　　Bloomfield College Bloomfield, NJ 28.5%

　　Bates College Lewiston, ME 29.2%

　　Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI 29.3%

　　Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY 29.8%

　　Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 29.9%

　　New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ 30.0%

　　Albany State University Albany, GA 30.1%

　　Delta State University Cleveland, MS 30.8%

　　Colby College