Baylor University
What Baylor University's own numbers say, from its Common Data Set 2025-26.
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WaitlistBaylor University
Baylor University's waitlist is a long shot: 2.1%.
19 of 916 students who stayed on the list got in.
Admitted off the list2.1%
Not admitted98%
Source: Baylor University's Common Data Set 2025-26
Who says yesBaylor University
85% of students admitted to Baylor University go elsewhere.
Only 15% of admits enroll, so Baylor University admits far more students than it has seats.
Enroll15%
Go elsewhere85%
Source: Baylor University's Common Data Set 2025-26
5 more things the data says PRO
- 916 students stayed on the waitlist and 19 were admitted from it (2.1%).
- Early Decision filled about 13% of the 2025-26 first-year class, less than most similar colleges.
- ED applicants were admitted at 80%, against 51.9% for everyone else: 1.5 times the rate.
- After ED, 3,099 of 3,552 seats were left for 44,358 other applicants: about one seat for every 14.
- Applications rose 21% from 2018-19 to 2025-26 (37,083 to 44,924).
What students say PRO
From students' own posts on Reddit and admissions forums: self-reported, unverified, never used in your odds.
- Most admits who named a round (19 of 27) applied Early Action; the other 8 applied Regular Decision.
- Most admits held leadership roles, such as team or debate captain, student council, club president or editor-in-chief, over several years.
- Many admits founded something, like a nonprofit, a startup, a tutoring business, a club or a free coding class.
- Many admits had research or technical work, including lab or bioinformatics research, publications, a patent or software projects.
- Many admits did steady service, such as hospital, special-needs or youth volunteering, often 100 to 1,000 hours.
- Students report merit offers vary a lot, from about 20k a year up to 120k over four years, and rose in some recent cycles.
- Students report extra money is possible: invitation-only scholarship events add roughly 5-6k a year, and appeals and later awards have helped.
- Students report the BS/MD track is very selective, with about 6 chosen from several hundred invited.
- Students report Early Action decisions can arrive early and on different days, while some applicants wait much longer.
- Students report Baylor is expensive even with aid, so some compare it with cheaper public options.
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