Many students aim for admission to a prestigious college or university, but the supply of open seats often does not meet the demand from applicants. Earning admission to the schools on this list can be especially difficult. With the lowest acceptance rates among all undergraduate institutions surveyed by U.S. News, regardless of ranking category, the 100 colleges and universities listed here are among the most selective, based on the fall 2015 entering class.

School Fall 2015 acceptance rate
Stanford, CA 5%
New York, NY 6%
Cambridge, MA 6%
New York, NY 6%
Princeton, NJ 7%
New Haven, CT 7%
Cambridge, MA 8%
Chicago, IL 8%
Providence, RI 9%
Pasadena, CA 9%
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