实际上，美国名校录取率持续走低，已经是大势所趋。从2001年开始，中国学生每年申请赴美国留学的人数不断攀升，录取要求不断提高，“僧多粥少”的局面下导致中国学生入读名校的几率下降，所以出现越来越多的申请学生被名校拒绝。
◆美国常春藤大学录取率：
Harvard University(哈佛大学) — 5.9% of 34,295 applicants were accepted (2013年哈佛大学录取率为5.79%)
Yale University (耶鲁大学)— 6.26% of 30,922 applicants were accepted (2013年耶鲁大学录取率为6.72%)
Columbia University (哥伦比亚大学)— 6.945 of 32,952 applicants were accepted (2013年哥大录取率为6.89%)
Princeton University (普林斯顿大学)— 7.28% of 26,607 applicants were accepted (2013年普林斯顿大学录取率为7.29%)
Brown University (布朗大学)— 8.6% of 30,291 applicants were accepted (2013年普林斯顿大学录取率为9.16%)
University of Pennsylvania (宾夕法尼亚大学)— 9.9% of 35,788 applicants were accepted (2013年宾夕法尼亚大学录取率为12.1%)
Dartmouth College (达特茅斯学院)— 11.5% of 19,235 applicants were accepted (2013年达特茅斯学院录取率为10.05%)
Cornell University (康奈尔大学)— 14% of 43,041 applicants were accepted (2013年康奈尔大学录取率为15.15%)
◆美国其它名校录取率：
Stanford (斯坦福大学) 5.1%,
MIT (麻省理工大学) 7.7%
Amherst College (阿默斯特学院) 12.8%
Bowdoin (鲍登学院)14.9%,
Duke (杜克大学)10.7%
Johns Hopkins (约翰霍普金斯大学)15%,
Harvey Mudd (哈维姆德学院)13.2%,
Middlebury (密度伯瑞学院)17.4%,
Northwestern (西北大学)12.9%,
Olin (奥林商学院)10.2%,
Pomona (波莫纳学院)12.2%,
USC (南加州大学)17.8%
Vanderbilt (范德堡大学)11%.
