How does one get into the Ivy's?
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Anonymous
| Just wondering if most Ivy bound kids have connection and $$$$$$ or do some truly get in on merit? What characteristics do these schools look for? |
Anonymous
| Recruited athletes with sufficient grades and test scores for the non-legacies I know about |
Anonymous
+1 First gen and URM and multi-ethnic helps too. Or geographic diversity. |
Anonymous
| I’m pretty sure merit is a given. The standards are just so high now. Otherwise, what pp’s have said, plus some exceedingly wealthy foreigners. |
Anonymous
| Knowledge of plurals vs. apostrophes would be a good place to start. |
Anonymous
SO sorry, I'm a poor bi racial person from ghetto schools...oops! |
Anonymous
| They start with better punctuation than you |
Anonymous
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a)recruited athlete plus good grades/scores
b) URM plus good grades/scoresc c) legacy plus good grades/scores OR d) close to perfect grades/scores and something else remarkable. If you're not a, b or c you need a stellar academic record plus something else that sets you apart from the crowd. Something that makes you remarkable. |
Anonymous
This |
Anonymous
| Go to a really good private high school and excel there. |
Anonymous
Even that isn't enough - you still need to fall into one of the four categories mentioned above, and yes, you still need the high stats. |
Anonymous
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What does URM mean?
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Anonymous
Or go to a Magnet high school and excel there. https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/10/14/local-washington-dc-high-schools-send-most-kids-top-colleges/ |
Anonymous
d) may be still the majority for brilliant kids from ordinary families (~70% of the admitted). So, one should not largely attribute his kid's rejection to a) b) or c). You may complain about those all day long, but many regular family kids do get in. |
Anonymous
| A b c or d +luck |