What Are The T20 or The Top 20 U.S Colleges?

There is no universally agreed-upon definition of what constitutes the T50, but this list will suffice for practically everyone. We are excluding liberal arts colleges because they should not be compared to research universities. When these colleges release their supplemental essays, we will link our guide for them below. So stay tuned!

1. Harvard University

2. Yale University

3. Princeton University

4. Stanford University

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

6. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

7. Columbia University

8. University of Pennsylvania

9. Dartmouth College

10. Brown University

11. Cornell University

12. Duke University

13. Vanderbilt University

14. University of Chicago

15. Johns Hopkins

16. Northwestern

17. University of Southern California

18. Rice University

19. Georgetown University

20. New York University

If you wish to learn which 3 types of extracurriculars are most effective for gaining admission to these schools, check out: The Only 3 Extracurriculars You Need to Get Into an Ivy League School.

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