The Class of 2026 in graduation gowns

CATS Academy Boston · U.S.

Outstanding student achievements. The file, not a league table.

U.S. universities consider everything about a student, not just a score. Since 2014 the school has walked files to rooms that match the student — Ivy League, liberal arts, and the world’s top art schools.

Since 2020

Acceptances
2,400+
Of the U.S. Top 100
85
Scholarships
$11.7M
Class of 2026
372

Class of 2026

372 university and college acceptances in one year.

122 to Top 100 U.S. universities. 11 to Top 100 liberal arts colleges. 21 to QS Top 100 global universities.

A student speaking at graduation
  • Cornell University — Ivy League, ranked 12th in the U.S.
  • Brown University — Ivy League, ranked 13th in the U.S.
  • University of California, Los Angeles — ranked 17th in the U.S.
  • University of California, San Diego — ranked 29th in the U.S.
  • New York University — ranked 32nd in the U.S.
  • University of California, Irvine — three acceptances
  • University of California, Davis — two acceptances
  • Georgia Institute of Technology — ranked 32nd in the U.S.
  • Boston College — ranked 36th in the U.S.
  • Boston University — four acceptances
  • Northeastern University — eight acceptances
  • Pennsylvania State University — seven acceptances

Destinations since 2014

Top 50 national. Top 50 liberal arts. The art schools that actually matter.

Rankings from U.S. News & World Report 2026 for national and liberal arts colleges.

Top 50 National

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)2
  • University of Pennsylvania7
  • Cornell University12
  • Brown University13
  • University of California — Berkeley15
  • University of California — Los Angeles (UCLA)17
  • University of Michigan — Ann Arbor20
  • Georgetown University24
  • University of California — San Diego29
  • Georgia Institute of Technology32
  • New York University (NYU)32
  • University of California — Davis32
  • University of California — Irvine32
  • Boston College36
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign36
  • University of Wisconsin — Madison36
  • University of California — Santa Barbara40
  • Ohio State University41
  • University of Maryland42
  • Boston University42
  • University of Washington — Seattle42
  • Rutgers University — New Brunswick42
  • Northeastern University46
  • Purdue University46
  • Lehigh University46

Top 50 Liberal Arts

  • Williams College1
  • Amherst College2
  • Claremont McKenna College7
  • Carleton College10
  • Middlebury College13
  • Smith College13
  • University of Richmond22
  • Colby College24
  • Bates College24
  • College of the Holy Cross27
  • Mount Holyoke College29
  • Bucknell University30
  • Denison University34
  • Franklin & Marshall College35
  • Skidmore College37
  • Union College44
  • Kenyon College45
  • Furman University45

Top Arts Colleges

  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts
  • Berklee College of Music
  • California Institute of the Arts
  • Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
  • Fashion Institute of Technology
  • Istituto Marangoni, Florence
  • Massachusetts College of Art & Design
  • Parsons School of Design
  • Pratt Institute
  • Rhode Island School of Design
  • Ringling College of Art and Design
  • San Francisco Art Institute
  • Savannah College of Art & Design
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • School of Visual Arts, New York
  • The New School
  • University of the Arts London

Recent files

The students the destinations are named after.

AJ, Class of 2026

Cornell University · College of Engineering

AJ

Fourteen AP courses and five Honors. Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship — one of 200 nationwide, one of five in Massachusetts. Up to $40,000, and a paid internship after the first year.

Aaniva on the ice

Amherst College · Biochemistry or Medicine

Aaniva

Eleven AP courses. AP Scholar with Distinction, 2025. Ranked second among National Liberal Arts Colleges — one of the most selective rooms in the country.

Huu

Northeastern University · Finance

Huu

One of eight CATS students accepted in the same year. AP Calculus, Microeconomics and Statistics, with piano, robotics and 3D design still on the timetable.

Zachary in a hockey jersey

Boston College · Finance · Early Acceptance

Zachary

Four AP and four Honors, varsity golf, chess, investment club, and the Scholars Program. Ranked 36th in the U.S.

A painting by Flora

Rhode Island School of Design · Early Decision

Flora

Figure drawing, comics, portfolio development. RISD is ranked fourth in the world for art and design.

Karolina at graduation

Brown University · Ivy League

Karolina

College counseling from the first September. An Ivy League offer from a school that already knew how to read the file.

The school around them

AP School Honor Roll. Science Teacher of the Year. Fifteen delegates at MIT.

Bronze on the College Board AP School Honor Roll, 2024 and 2025. 93 students sat 18 AP courses in 2025. Ms Pooja Tiwari was named Massachusetts Science Educator of the Year. Fifteen students represented the school at MIT’s Model United Nations — MITMUNC XVIII.

“I wanted to attend an Ivy League school and CATS Academy Boston has made it possible.”

Karolina · Ukraine · Brown University
2025 AP School Honor Roll certificate
AP Honor Roll, 2025
Ms Pooja Tiwari with her award
Science Educator of the Year
Fifteen CATS delegates at MIT Model UN
MITMUNC XVIII

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