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Toughest Schools

All-Nighter Hall of Fame

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Caltech Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA	235	4%		57% / 43%	9%	—	—
2	Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	1,678	11%		51% / 49%	19%	$157,437	—
3	Cornell Ithaca, NY	Ithaca, NY	3,875	7%		46% / 54%	10%	$113,181	—
4	Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	1,344	6%		48% / 52%	13%	$103,798	—
5	MIT Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	1,099	5%		51% / 49%	10%	$165,471	—
6	U. of Chicago Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	1,926	5%		53% / 47%	16%	$130,457	—

Library Lockdown

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	4,576	13%		62% / 38%	11%	$132,716	—
2	Harvey Mudd Claremont, CA	Claremont, CA	209	9%		53% / 47%	7%	$141,494	—
3	Princeton Princeton, NJ	Princeton, NJ	1,324	4%		48% / 52%	10%	$154,667	—
4	Swarthmore Swarthmore, PA	Swarthmore, PA	426	7%		48% / 52%	14%	$125,231	—
5	U. of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Berkeley, CA	9,207	11%		46% / 54%	13%	$109,700	—

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# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Boston Boston, MA	Boston, MA	4,505	13%		40% / 60%	23%	$85,005	—
2	Reed Portland, OR	Portland, OR	312	28%		41% / 59%	9%	$29,279	—
3	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Troy, NY	1,247	67%		70% / 30%	13%	$108,757	—
4	Wellesley Wellesley, MA	Wellesley, MA	597	14%		0% / 100%	14%	$71,843	—

The Students Claim They Do

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	SAT	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA	Needham, MA	102	8%		55% / 45%	9%	$111,697	—
2	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Grinnell, IA	383	14%		50% / 50%	16%	$85,226	—
3	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	Terre Haute, IN	428	79%		74% / 26%	8%	$123,225	—
4	Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA	Gettysburg, PA	554	35%		46% / 54%	5%	$84,469	—
5	Centre Danville, KY	Danville, KY	299	55%		50% / 50%	2%	$69,253	—
6	Lafayette Easton, PA	Easton, PA	599	32%		50% / 50%	5%	$91,947	—
7	Bucknell Lewisburg, PA	Lewisburg, PA	860	32%		46% / 54%	4%	$92,852	—
8	Williams Williamstown, MA	Williamstown, MA	493	7%		51% / 49%	7%	$103,679	—
9	Saint Olaf Northfield, MN	Northfield, MN	646	45%		43% / 57%	10%	$69,693	—
10	Colby Waterville, ME	Waterville, ME	532	8%		51% / 49%	10%	$101,179	—
11	Bowdoin Brunswick, ME	Brunswick, ME	482	7%		48% / 52%	6%	$128,825	—
12	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	Saint Louis, MO	1,994	8%		48% / 52%	8%	$119,020	—
13	Amherst Amherst, MA	Amherst, MA	486	7%		51% / 49%	12%	$140,201	—