How does one get into the Ivy's?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids were legacies at Harvard. We have given less than $5k since graduation. They both got in. So what’s your point?

huh? what other hooks? national recognition? URMs? are you CEO of something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My kids were legacies at Harvard. We have given less than $5k since graduation. They both got in. So what’s your point?


huh? what other hooks? national recognition? URMs? are you CEO of something?

Or multi-generational legacies---if you are a descendant of John Quincy Adams and 6 generations went to Harvard before you, then they are going to let you in if you have decent grades/scores.
the "something remarkable" listed by the PP on page 1 is a broad category----everything from being the world's pre-eminent teen beekeeper to being the kid of billionaires.
And also geographic diversity: If Harvard has to choose between the "unhooked" straight A/perfect SAT from NoVA and the "unhooked" straight A/perfect SAT from North Dakota, then North Dakota wins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids were legacies at Harvard. We have given less than $5k since graduation. They both got in. So what’s your point?

huh? what other hooks? national recognition? URMs? are you CEO of something?

We are Asian. No national recognition. All that you read on this thread is a myth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My kids were legacies at Harvard. We have given less than $5k since graduation. They both got in. So what’s your point?


huh? what other hooks? national recognition? URMs? are you CEO of something?

Or multi-generational legacies---if you are a descendant of John Quincy Adams and 6 generations went to Harvard before you, then they are going to let you in if you have decent grades/scores.
the "something remarkable" listed by the PP on page 1 is a broad category----everything from being the world's pre-eminent teen beekeeper to being the kid of billionaires.
And also geographic diversity: If Harvard has to choose between the "unhooked" straight A/perfect SAT from NoVA and the "unhooked" straight A/perfect SAT from North Dakota, then North Dakota wins.

It’s none of that crap. You are trying to force a narrative here that just doesn’t apply to my kids. And to a good number of their friends.