Uncommon Essay students have been accepted to competitive colleges and universities including:
- Baylor University
- Bennington College
- Binghamton University
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Clemson University
- Colgate University
- College of William & Mary
- Cornell University
- Elon University
- Emory University
- Florida International University
- Fordham University
- George Washington University
- Gettysburg College
- Hofstra University
- Indiana University
- Lehigh University
- Marist College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- McGill University
- Muhlenberg College
- Northeastern University
- Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Rutgers University
- Skidmore College
- Smith College
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- The College of New Jersey
- Tulane University
- University of Alabama
- University of Arizona
- University of California at Davis
- University of Chicago
- University of Connecticut
- University of Delaware
- University of Florida
- University of Maryland
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Nevada Las Vegas
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Vermont
- University of Wisconsin
- Villanova University
- Washington University in St. Louis