Moon Prep Students Earn Acceptances to Ivy League & Top-20 Universities Despite Single-Digit Admission Rates
Moon Prep students typically build college lists that include not only highly selective BS/MD programs, but also Ivy League and other top-tier universities. Many of these schools have single-digit acceptance rates, yet our students routinely receive multiple offers.
Our team consistently works with some of the nation’s strongest applicants and understands what highly selective admissions committees are looking for.
Every student works closely with an experienced counselor to develop a personalized admissions strategy. From academic planning and extracurricular development to essays and interviews, we help students showcase their unique strengths and submit the strongest application possible.
The student profiles below represent just a small sampling of the outstanding admissions results Moon Prep students achieve each year.
Student Case Studies
Here are a few of our recent student success stories.
Female, Asian
Location: New Jersey
Stats:
SAT: 1480
National Merit Scholar
GPA: 98.36 (Weighted, on a 100-point scale)
Class of 2026
Accepted to Yale University (3% acceptance rate) and the University of Southern California (9% acceptance rate) with a sub-1500 SAT score. Proving that a standout application is about more than test scores
Notable Acceptances:
1. Yale University
2. University of Southern California
3. Northwestern University
Notable Extracurricular Activities:
- Founder and Student Leader, Mythology Club
- Founder and Co-Head, Book Club
- Participant, Young Women’s Leadership Cohort
- Sustainability Docent, Morven Museum & Garden
- Member, National Honor Society
- Participant, Waksman Institute Summer Experience (WISE), Rutgers University
- Participant, National High School Institute Theatre Arts Division
- Participant, Columbia University Pre-College Program
- Member, Theatre Program
- Member, Edgertones A Cappella Group
Notable Scholarships:
- National Merit Scholarship Program Qualifier
Male, Asian
Location: New Jersey
Stats:
SAT: 1510
GPA: 3.9 (unweighted)
Class of 2026
Highly Selective University Acceptances: Cornell, Georgia Tech & Emory
Notable Acceptances:
1. Cornell University
2. Georgia Institute of Technology
3. Emory University
Notable Extracurricular Activities:
- American Mathematics Competitions 10 American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) Qualifier
- Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mathematics Tournament (HMMT) Qualifier
- American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) Participant
- Princeton University Mathematics Competition (PUMaC) Participant
- Program in Algorithmic and Combinatorial Thinking (PACT) Participant
- Columbia Engineering Summer High School Academic Program for Engineers (SHAPE) Participant
- Science Olympiad Member
- Math Team Co-Leader
- Founder and Leader, Card Game Club
- Tutor – High School Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
- Astrophysics Researcher, Published in The Columbia Junior Science Journal
Female, Caucasian
Location: New Jersey
Stats:
SAT: 1510
GPA: 3.92 (unweighted)
Class of 2026
Ivy League & Top-Ranked University Acceptances: UPenn, Barnard, Carnegie Mellon & More
Notable Acceptances:
1. University of Pennsylvania
2. Barnard College
3. Carnegie Mellon University
4. Temple University
Notable Extracurricular Activities:
- Participant, Applied Science Certificate Program
- Member, Girls in STEM
- Member, Computer Science Competition Club
- Member, Math Club
- Student Ambassador
- Participant, Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research High School Essay Contest
- National Merit Scholarship Program Qualifier
- Coursework in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), UiPath, and Computer Science
Notable Scholarships:
- National Merit Scholarship Program Qualifier
Male, Indian
Location: Virginia
Stats:
SAT: 1540
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
Class of 2026
Ivy League & Top-Ranked University Acceptances: UPenn, Barnard, Carnegie Mellon & More
Notable Acceptances:
1. Johns Hopkins University
Notable Extracurricular Activities:
- Model UN (4 years)
- Science Olympiad (6 years): Founder and President
- Medical Research Society (4 years)
- George Washington University: Biomedical Sciences Summer Immersion Program (Summer)
- The Teri and Shari Malone Foundation Award for Science
- All County Orchestra (3x)
- Odyssey of the Mind World Finalist
- Top 5 placement in High School Bridge for the Virginia Science Olympiad
- Psychiatry Research Papers
- Medical Anatomical Dissection Experience for High Schoolers
- Created an organization that connected patients with dementia with community members to document their lived experiences/stories, while also clinically monitoring their neurological function for a prospective research study.
Female, Asian
Location: California
Stats:
SAT: test-optional
GPA: 3.98 (unweighted), 4.73 (weighted)
Class of 2025
Multiple Top-Tier Acceptances: Stanford, UPenn, University of Southern California, and More
Notable Acceptances:
1. Stanford University
2. University of Pennsylvania
3. University of Southern California
4. Wellesley College
5. Boston College
6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7. University of California (Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Davis, Irvine)
Notable Extracurricular Activities:
● Worked at the family business
● Intern at Art Academy
● Volunteer, Crew Leader, Doctors Medical Center Volunteer
● Team Leader, ThinkNeuro Internship
● President, Asian American Pacific Islander Club
● Vice President, Peer Assistance Learning
● Co-President, Mock Trial Club
● Member, Speech and Debate Club
Male, Caucasian
Location: California
Stats:
ACT: 35
GPA: 4.62 (weighted)
Class of 2025
Multiple Elite College Acceptances: Columbia, UPenn, Berkeley, and More
Notable Acceptances:
1. Columbia University
2. University of Pennsylvania
3. Pomona College
4. University of California (Berkeley, Los Angeles)
5. University of Southern California
6. University of Washington
Notable Extracurricular Activities:
● Music – 4 instruments
● Three separate individual research projects
● Tech non-profit for local teens without technology
● Computer Science Club President
● Chess Club President
● Volunteer at a local music center
Male, Caucasian
Location: Florida
Stats:
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted), 5.21 (weighted)
11 AP courses, all 4’s and 5’s on the AP Exam
Class of 2024
Attending Brown University (Full Ride Scholarship)
Notable Extracurricular Activities:
● Two languages – Fluent
● Independent Research
● Founder- Nonprofit- Neuroscience and Music Therapy- Global Impact
● Research- National renowned institute
● Research at local Public University
● Clinic Volunteer
● Underserved Clinic Volunteer
● Employed- Medical Assistant
● Musician
● TA and Tutor at High School
● Leadership with Pre-Med club
● Leadership with Robotics team- World
Male, Indian
Location: Kentucky
Stats:
Valedictorian
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
ACT: 35
Class of 2024
Attending MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Notable Extracurricular Activities:
● Aerospace Engineering Certification
● Governor’s Scholar 2023
● Bausch & Lomb Science Award 2023
● National Merit Semifinalist 2024
● Big Future National Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award 2023
● Roger Scholar, 2022 and 2020
● Multiple science fair awards
● 4-H- Advisor for Adult council
● Boy Scouts
● Won multiple state mathematics competitions
● Quizbowl
● Independent research – topic: cancer