What happened across Letrado’s historical outcomes.
Aggregate offers, acceptance-rate comparisons, and the broader ways Letrado defines a successful decision.
STUDENT RESULTS
Outcomes at a glance. Context behind the numbers.
This page reports aggregate historical outcomes and school-level comparisons. For the complete story of how individual students started, worked, decided, and ultimately chose, explore Client Journeys.
How a particular student moved from a starting point to a decision.
Forty anonymized histories covering context, challenges, advisory work, offers, and final choices.
Explore all 40 client journeys →FIVE-YEAR RESULTS
Six ways to read the broader outcome record.
Reported across the five most recently completed admissions cycles. Offer totals count individual school or program offers, so one student may contribute more than one offer.
Received an offer from a program identified as a top choice
The preference was recorded before decisions were released.
The published general acceptance rate across Ivy League & Ivy+ applications
A historical comparison across the same or closest available admission cycles.
Ivy League offers
Individual school offers across the reporting period.
Offers to U.S. Top 20 universities
Individual school offers across the reporting period.
Offers to U.K. Top 10 universities
Individual school offers across the reporting period.
School offers across graduate and MBA programs
Across business, STEM, law, and the social sciences.
How these figures are calculated
Unless otherwise noted, figures summarize Letrado-advised applications and offers across the five most recently completed admissions cycles. Offer totals count individual school or program offers, so one student may contribute more than one offer; figures marked ‘+’ are rounded down. ‘Top choice’ refers to a program recorded as a preferred option before decisions were released. Acceptance-rate comparisons divide Letrado-advised offers by submitted applications and compare that result with the published general rate for the same institution and the same or closest available cycle. Past results do not guarantee an individual outcome.
SELECTIVE ADMISSIONS
Performance against published general rates.
These comparisons place historical Letrado-advised applicant outcomes beside published general acceptance rates across the five most recently completed admissions cycles. They describe past cohorts, not a prediction or guarantee for any individual applicant.
| University | General rate | Advised rate |
|---|---|---|
| Princeton | 4.3% | 24.4% |
| MIT | 4.6% | 27.6% |
| Harvard | 4.2% | 23.2% |
| Stanford | 3.8% | 28.1% |
| Yale | 4.2% | 20.6% |
| University of Chicago | 4.4% | 42.3% |
| Duke | 4.7% | 32.2% |
| Johns Hopkins | 6.1% | 37.3% |
| Northwestern | 7.0% | 26.9% |
| University of Pennsylvania | 4.9% | 40.3% |
| Caltech | 3.0% | 44.2% |
| Cornell | 7.0% | 54.1% |
| Brown | 5.4% | 17.5% |
| Dartmouth | 5.8% | 28.4% |
| Columbia | 4.9% | 30.0% |
| UC Berkeley | 11.0% | 53.4% |
| UCLA | 9.0% | 49.0% |
SELECTED CLIENT JOURNEYS
Four individual stories behind the broader picture.
One example from each admissions category shows why the same headline outcome can represent very different work and decisions.
Browse the complete journey library →
Representative imageHigh School Admissions
K.T.
Singapore IB student / U.S. boarding-school entry / Quiet academic confidenceK.T. entered the process with strong academics, a modest activity list and little interest in performing a larger personality. Her work focused on school fit, fuller interview answers and writing that showed how she thinks. With offers from Hotchkiss, Exeter and Choate, she chose Choate for its academic range, advising and community fit.
Read the complete journey →
Representative imageUndergraduate Admissions
D.K.
International IB student / Economics and philosophy / Strong ideas, overextended applicationD.K. began with excellent academics, too many competing activities and an essay that sounded more like an argument than a person. Her application became clearer when it centered on economics, philosophy and her willingness to revise a belief. Admitted to Yale, Penn and UChicago, she selected Penn after comparing aid, curriculum and fit.
Read the complete journey →
Representative imageMaster's Admissions
A.O.
Kenyan policy analyst / Public policy and administration / Strong field judgment, older quantitative recordA.O. brought four years of practical public-service work, an older weakness in statistics and no globally famous employer. Her application became stronger by narrowing its claims and showing recent quantitative preparation. With offers from Princeton, Harvard Kennedy and Penn Fels, she chose Princeton after a detailed funding and curriculum review.
Read the complete journey →
Representative imageMBA Admissions
K.A.
Malaysian technology-operations manager / Europe-Asia MBA options / Solid progression without a headline achievementK.A. had steady regional progression, limited formal management and no need for a founder narrative. Her application became clearer through verifiable decisions and a specific product-operations goal. Admitted to INSEAD, London Business School and HEC Paris, she selected INSEAD after weighing geography, program length and opportunity cost.
Read the complete journey →MORE THAN ONE KIND OF SUCCESS
The offer is one moment in a longer journey.
Academic fit
A university where the student can be challenged without disappearing.
Financial clarity
An informed decision about cost, aid, scholarships, and long-term value.
Student ownership
An application the student can explain, defend, and feel proud to have submitted.
A coherent direction
Stronger understanding of interests, strengths, and the questions worth pursuing next.
“The best result is not just an acceptance. It is an applicant who understands the choices that brought them there.”
YOUR NEXT STEP
Your result begins with the next good decision.
We will listen carefully and tell you whether we believe Letrado is the right fit. If another resource would serve you better, we will be honest about that too.
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