Ivy yields break records

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:function of the economic times. people see how hard it is to crack into or stay in the umc and a ivy degree really helps on that quest.

ivy madness would not occur in a more economically equal society

It's how the white privileged UMC folk perpetuate themselves. They know that inequality is going to spell big time changes soon, but they can't let go of being on "top."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:function of the economic times. people see how hard it is to crack into or stay in the umc and a ivy degree really helps on that quest.

ivy madness would not occur in a more economically equal society

It's how the white privileged UMC folk perpetuate themselves. They know that inequality is going to spell big time changes soon, but they can't let go of being on "top."

You're more of a bottom?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Half those classes are made up of people who applied ED or SCEA. So it's really not as impressive as schools that have high yields without any binding admissions.


A 61% yield puts Dartmouth as one of the highest, if not second highest, for yields among schools that offers ED. The highest is usually U'Penn. Also, Dartmouth only filled ~43% of its class with ED, compared to 50%+ at most other peers.

An 84% yield without any binding process will probably be the highest in the nation.

They are impressive yields, for sure. Not sure what examples you have which do better? Stanford's yield is comparable to Harvard and its early process is restrictive. MIT's yield is quite impressive but not as high as Harvard's. U'Chicago has gamed its yield with no less than 3 early processes.


I guess I was saying that I was not impressed, but I wasn't comparing them to any particular schools. Then when I was looking online, I found out that University of Nebraska has over a 60% yield. Obviously it's a less impressive school by DCUM standards, but I'm personally more impressed by it's yield. I would compare RD yield at ED/SCEA schools to other schools overall yields. This would put Dartmouth at 40-something percent, which while good, is not in a league of it's own

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Stanford and Harvard are exactly the same--both use SCEA (single choice early action), so neither is particularly restrictive, except that you can't apply to a ton of other places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:function of the economic times. people see how hard it is to crack into or stay in the umc and a ivy degree really helps on that quest.

ivy madness would not occur in a more economically equal society

Totally agree with you. Our society is going from a bell curve to a barbell. It's the end of the middle class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:function of the economic times. people see how hard it is to crack into or stay in the umc and a ivy degree really helps on that quest.

ivy madness would not occur in a more economically equal society

Totally agree with you. Our society is going from a bell curve to a barbell. It's the end of the middle class.

No, more like a one tail distribution.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what the percentage is of actual qualified students? Is everyone, even those with a mediocre GPA/SAT applying just for the long shot? i.e. it is an UMC hail mary at this point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what the percentage is of actual qualified students? Is everyone, even those with a mediocre GPA/SAT applying just for the long shot? i.e. it is an UMC hail mary at this point?

I've heard ivy admissions directors say that 90% of applicants have GPAs and test scores that fall within their target range........so no, not a lot of Hail Marys

[Anonymous]

Most UMC white folks send their kids to state universities and the kids usually turn out fine.

Ivy mania is really a cultural subset of the general UMC population.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:function of the economic times. people see how hard it is to crack into or stay in the umc and a ivy degree really helps on that quest.

ivy madness would not occur in a more economically equal society

It's how the white privileged UMC folk perpetuate themselves. They know that inequality is going to spell big time changes soon, but they can't let go of being on "top."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:function of the economic times. people see how hard it is to crack into or stay in the umc and a ivy degree really helps on that quest.

ivy madness would not occur in a more economically equal society

Totally agree with you. Our society is going from a bell curve to a barbell. It's the end of the middle class.

No, more like a one tail distribution.

Sad, but you're probably right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:function of the economic times. people see how hard it is to crack into or stay in the umc and a ivy degree really helps on that quest.

ivy madness would not occur in a more economically equal society

It's how the white privileged UMC folk perpetuate themselves. They know that inequality is going to spell big time changes soon, but they can't let go of being on "top."

Stop generalizing all white UMC. 28% of admits are Jewish when Jewish students only represent 2% of the overall population. Non Jewish white students are not given the same "privilege". Stop lumping us all together. Do not lump us with the extreme right either. The extreme left especially at top universities give a HUGE disproportionate amount of slots to Jewish students- almost 1/3. Please don't say all whites are the same. I would never have supported Hitler, slavery, or what is going on in Syria. All I see is one group trying to keep other groups down and then other groups trying to knock them off. Humans suck! The obsession with Ivy like schools is crazy. It is all a scam to get people to spend money on tutors, activities, College Board prepping, ridiculous tuition rates, high mortgage prices to get into decent school districts. It is all about MONEY and the elites that sit at the top fanning the flame to get people to panic and spend more money. The Ivy schools are the worst at choosing people based on ethnicity/religion. They do not mirror our melting pot country. 1/3 Jewish shows how off the numbers are.