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This is the hardest college to get into in Massachusetts
One institute of higher education in Massachusetts has been named the most competitive to get into in the state. In an area dominated by colleges and universities, competition to be accepted to prestigious schools is high — but one came out on top. A ranking by 24/7 Wall St. identified the colleges that are the hardest to get into in each state based on admissions rates and median SAT scores, using data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge was named the hardest college to get into in the Bay State. The website noted the school has a 4% acceptance rate, with a median SAT score of 760 in reading and writing, and 800 in math. MIT has 4,629 undergraduate students, with a graduation rate of 96%, the website said. Below is a list of the most competitive schools in the remaining five New England states. Connecticut: Yale University, 4.6% admission rate. Maine: Bowdoin College, 9.2% admission rate. New Hampshire: Dartmouth College, 6.4% admission rate. Rhode Island: Brown University, 5.1% admission rate. Vermont: Middlebury College, 12.7% admission rate. To see the most difficult college to get into in each state, click here. Hong Kong school accepts Harvard transfer amid Trump conflict. Dozens more await Harvard Medical School renames DEI office as university fights against Trump admin in court Trump admin threatens Columbia U. accreditation over Jewish student harassment Trump admin can't gut US Ed Department, federal appeals court rules Harvard amps up federal lobbying spending as Trump admin attacks intensify Read the original article on MassLive.
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11-04-2025
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New Jersey second highest for layoffs in the nation, study reveals
Amid this turbulent time in the nation's economy, employees from the Garden State suffer the shorter end of the stick. According to a 24/7 Wall St. study, New Jersey faces the second highest layoffs in the nation at a sobering 1.6 percent (68,000 total), only beaten by Montana's with 1.7 percent. States were ranked based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, accounting for the number of layoffs and discharges as of January 2025 as a percentage of total nonfarm unemployment. Although much of America's layoff activity occurs in the West and Midwest due to high turnover rates in recreation and construction sectors, high turnover can be balanced out by an abundance of new, available jobs. However, this is not the case for New Jersey, where a high number of layoffs is accompanied by our even higher rate of unemployment (4.6 percent, 225,296 total) raising concerns over the state's volatile labor market. Recent major layoffs include Prudential Financial cutting 634 employees in 2024, as well as JoAnn Fabrics laying off 262 employees after the company announced that they were going out of business and closing all remaining stores back in February. Despite the driven work ethic of New Jerseyans, the bleak reality is that living here comes at a considerable cost. Here's a greater breakdown of New Jersey's numbers: Layoffs and discharges rate, January 2025: 1.6% (68,000 total) Quits rate, January 2025: 1.5% (02 total) Hires rate, January 2025: 2.7% (116,000 total) Unemployment rate, January 2025: 4.6% (225,296 total) Unemployed persons to job opening rate: 1.2 per job opening This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: New Jersey reports second most layoffs in United States: study
