Accepted to Ivy stats
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Anonymous
There is a little room in some of these applications to submit supplemental information and letters of reference. An example might be a student who did a lot of research outside of school might include a reference from the mentor. They do not encourage doing this unless there is a good reason. In this case, maybe get a reference letter from one of her teachers from the old school where they knew your student well as include it with an explanation of the situation. |
Anonymous
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I am new to this, so please excuse me if these are silly questions:
What is EC? Is it extra curricular? What is Legacy? |
Anonymous
DC had counselors change during the 20/21 year, so this was one year without ever seeing the counselor. Additionally, the counselor messed up the schedule in Junior and Senior years. DC had to straighten the counselor out twice. In senior year she got signed up for classes she had already taken and were not on her ranked choice list. 
DC felt very unsure about her counselors recommendation. |
Anonymous
Yes, it's extracurricular Legacy = a family member (usually a parent, but some colleges include other relatives) went there |
Anonymous
Unfortunately, that's what usually happens. People are too eager to fill the thread with their comments. |
Anonymous
Thank you! |
Anonymous
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High school Class of 2016
My kid had 4.0 UW in IB Diploma Program 35 ACT, 1560 SAT, 800 and 780 Subject tests Captain of 2 sports (not an athletic recruit) Self-taught an uncommon language, did NSLI-Y summer abroad Shut out of HYP (including SCEA, not even waitlisted RD) Got into mid-Ivy RD 6 years later, pretty sure there's no way they would have gotten into any Ivy RD |
Anonymous
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So basically if you have a 1600 SAT score you have a shot at IVY.
Nobody got anything else? |
Anonymous
No, they don’t care about SAT |
Anonymous
Everyone that listed their stats said 1600 so apparently they care. |
Anonymous
My DD TA'd at a HYPSM school, and was pretty impressed with the students. She said they were all smart. STEM. |
Anonymous
I looked through Naviance at our school to see which kids got into HYP, and I noticed that not one of the 1600 SAT kids got into Harvard or Yale. One got into Princeton, and one got into Stanford. But the others were rejected at these three colleges. And kids with lower SAT scores got accepted, so I'm not sure a 1600 SAT means much except at Carnegie Mellon. |
Anonymous
The stats are looked at for everyone and are relevant. It's helpful to know the point beyond which it's just not gonna happen. |
Anonymous
No, they're probably referring to something that happened in 1947. |
Anonymous
On what, successfully trolling? |