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08/21/2026

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The largest number of Americans born in a single year arrived on campus in the autumn of 2025, and now a falloff is looming.

College enrollments are forecast to drop 13% by 2041, according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. In some parts of the country—especially the Midwest and the Northeast—the declines have already begun.

You would think a shrinking pool of students would automatically make it easier to get into college. But that won’t necessarily be true everywhere, especially at the most competitive schools, higher-education analysts say.

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08/04/2026

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The process has been disrupted by the pandemic, shifting testing policies, the Supreme Court, federal investigations … the list goes on. But there is good news.

07/31/2026

The common app opens tomorrow!

07/24/2026

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07/15/2026

Caroline, Blooms founder and co-owner is getting HER teen son 👦 ready for college 📚this fall! Whoa! 🤯 from orientation to packing lists 🧳to health forms and more…. We see you parents and raise a glass 🥃 to YOU!

07/11/2026

Somwtimes a personal touch really does matter. More work, yes but worth it because it only takes one ‘Yes’

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07/07/2026

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Bloom reminds our clients to take AP tests seriously— strong scores can mean registering early for classes and bypassing entry level courses as a freshman.

2026 AP Exam scores are available to students starting today.

Students can view scores here: http://spr.ly/6181BE6CbU

06/26/2026

Bloom is in Colorado this week: 🏔️ UC Boulder🦬, Colorado School of Mines🫏, Colorado College😇, Air Force Academy ✈️ and U of Denver 😻🫎

06/17/2026

Our seniors are all in various stages of writing ✍️ their Common App essay…. The summer before senior year is a GREAT 🙌time to work on apps and essays. Contact us for help! 🤩🦸

05/11/2026

Applicant Toolkit

Early Decision conversations usually focus on admission rates. But the more revealing number on the Common Data Set is the share of the freshman class already filled before regular decision applications are even read.

At many selective schools, ED isn't a small advantage lane; it's where most of the class gets built.

Filling 60%+ of the class through ED (2024–25 CDS):

Davidson — 69%

Emory — 68%

Middlebury — 68%

Bucknell — 67%

Claremont McKenna — 67%

Lehigh — 66%

WashU — 66%

Grinnell — 65%

Bates — 63%

Holy Cross — 62%

Tulane — 62%

Reserving most seats for RD:

UVA — 31%

Case Western — 18%

College of Charleston — 18%

Howard — 6%

Quinnipiac — 6%

UVA is a useful contrast. A student applying RD there competes for about 69% of the class. At Davidson, an RD applicant competes for 31%.

The full table covering 200+ institutions is on the CT Dataverse: Early Decision Enrollment.