Ivy day 2026

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies still prioritize legacies?

The Ivies will always prioritize legacies. They are the ones that came up with the concept (in order to keep out jews and catholics). I have a lot of respect for JHU, MIT, Amherst, Pomona and other schools that have decided not to give consideration to legacies.

A pretty cool admissions criteria! Just for that exclusive concept I would go look elsewhere. You don’t have to be in an Ivy to succeed in life.

To defend them a little, there are a LOT of schools that once did not accept Jews and other groups, including women - it wasn't just an Ivy thing. And there are a lot of schools besides Ivies that consider legacy. It's about money more than exclusivity, but since most people marry homogenously and therefore breed kids that look like them and worship like them, the effect was exclusivity. In some ways, Ivies have compensated for past transgressions more than other groupings of schools through general financial aid and holistic admissions. That said, legacy priority is on the way out, as it should be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies still prioritize legacies?

The Ivies will always prioritize legacies. They are the ones that came up with the concept (in order to keep out jews and catholics). I have a lot of respect for JHU, MIT, Amherst, Pomona and other schools that have decided not to give consideration to legacies.

A pretty cool admissions criteria! Just for that exclusive concept I would go look elsewhere. You don’t have to be in an Ivy to succeed in life.

Wait, what??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:THREE HOURS!!!! 😅

(I’m pretending to be totally chill with my kid)

Me too! Lucky my kid won’t be home until right before decisions because my acting is not so great…

Same. Left on a long walk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies still prioritize legacies?

The Ivies will always prioritize legacies. They are the ones that came up with the concept (in order to keep out jews and catholics). I have a lot of respect for JHU, MIT, Amherst, Pomona and other schools that have decided not to give consideration to legacies.

A pretty cool admissions criteria! Just for that exclusive concept I would go look elsewhere. You don’t have to be in an Ivy to succeed in life.

To defend them a little, there are a LOT of schools that once did not accept Jews and other groups, including women - it wasn't just an Ivy thing. And there are a lot of schools besides Ivies that consider legacy. It's about money more than exclusivity, but since most people marry homogenously and therefore breed kids that look like them and worship like them, the effect was exclusivity. In some ways, Ivies have compensated for past transgressions more than other groupings of schools through general financial aid and holistic admissions. That said, legacy priority is on the way out, as it should be.

Don’t forget they also gave us a lot of really crappy politicians.

[Anonymous]

DC was WL at Princeton in EA. Unfortunately for DC, two athletes were admitted in EA from their school (kudos to them though). My guess is they won’t offer another slot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies still prioritize legacies?

The Ivies will always prioritize legacies. They are the ones that came up with the concept (in order to keep out jews and catholics). I have a lot of respect for JHU, MIT, Amherst, Pomona and other schools that have decided not to give consideration to legacies.

What if you are a legacy who isn't involved and have not even donated one penny? Is that still a hook?

Yes, but it depends on the overall application

Do elaborate....

[Anonymous]

Out early!

Stanford ✅
Harvard ✅
Yale ❌
Penn✅
Columbia✅
Brown ❌
Dartmouth✅
Cornell❌

4.13 GPA, 1580, no hooks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out early!

Stanford ✅
Harvard ✅
Yale ❌
Penn✅
Columbia✅
Brown ❌
Dartmouth✅
Cornell❌

4.13 GPA, 1580, no hooks

Wait, all of them are out early? Like 2+ hours early?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out early!

Stanford ✅
Harvard ✅
Yale ❌
Penn✅
Columbia✅
Brown ❌
Dartmouth✅
Cornell❌

4.13 GPA, 1580, no hooks

Really out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out early!

Stanford ✅
Harvard ✅
Yale ❌
Penn✅
Columbia✅
Brown ❌
Dartmouth✅
Cornell❌

4.13 GPA, 1580, no hooks

Nice trolling. Stanford is releasing tomorrow. And it is not an Ivy either. You forgot Princeton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Out early!

Stanford ✅
Harvard ✅
Yale ❌
Penn✅
Columbia✅
Brown ❌
Dartmouth✅
Cornell❌

4.13 GPA, 1580, no hooks

Nice trolling. Stanford is releasing tomorrow. And it is not an Ivy either. You forgot Princeton.

The most important Ivy! /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out early!

Stanford ✅
Harvard ✅
Yale ❌
Penn✅
Columbia✅
Brown ❌
Dartmouth✅
Cornell❌

4.13 GPA, 1580, no hooks

I like the effort with emojis, shows flare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:THREE HOURS!!!! 😅

(I’m pretending to be totally chill with my kid)

Me too! Lucky my kid won’t be home until right before decisions because my acting is not so great…

Same. Left on a long walk

Somehow my kid's HS decided to schedule a mandatory event this evening. All students will be together in a room sharing good and bad news at 7pm. Probably cool for them and not so cool for parents waiting for phone calls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC was WL at Princeton in EA. Unfortunately for DC, two athletes were admitted in EA from their school (kudos to them though). My guess is they won’t offer another slot.

Athletes are usually considered a different pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC was WL at Princeton in EA. Unfortunately for DC, two athletes were admitted in EA from their school (kudos to them though). My guess is they won’t offer another slot.

Athletes are usually considered a different pool.

That's only swimmers and water polo players.