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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread. 13 pages. For exactly 9 first-hand accounts of who got in.

Of those 9, we had:
2 recruited athletes (Penn and Brown)
2 national musical ensemble members (Harvard and Yale)
1 legacy (Cornell)
4 "regular" kids
	: 1 had a 3.96 and 35 ACT (Penn)
	: 1 had 1580 SAT, 2 800 SAT IIs and is top student tho not ranked (Yale)
	: 1 4.2/4.0 gpa, 35 Act 800 780, 770 (Yale)
	: 1 undefined (Yale)

I think that’s actually a pretty good snapshot. 22% athletes, 11% legacy. And it shows that you have to be the very tip-top kid in your class with impeccable scores to have a shot.

Again, I’m talking about actual first-hand accounts from this year, from people who know. Not a bunch of gossip or BS.[/quote]

Out of 120 kids:
19 to Harvard (mostly athletes and $$$)
17 to Dartmouth (mostly athletes and legacies)
3 to Penn (legacies and $$$)

What people don’t realize is one out of every 4 Dartmouth student is an athlete. These schools want to check off as many boxes as possible per admitted kid. So if a kid is legacy plus a very high caliber athlete w decent grades, they are in. If they are URM plus play a musical instrument in the orchestra, check. Even better if full pay.  So it goes....your chances are much better if you can tick many boxes esp the athlete box if you don’t have money. Legacy doesn’t count as much unless accompanied by other circumstances - family legacy going back generations, $$$, etc[/quote]

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