Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 19:50     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FWIW our aerospace engineering kid was in Civil Air Patrol and got his pilot’s license at 17. He flew himself to VT for interviews, which he was told impressed VT admissions. Top student in his class, top gpa, Eagle Scout, 35 ACT. Got in to UVA, VT, Georgia Tech, etc., waitlisted at Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Cornell. So obviously did not green light him into the Ivies.


By VT you mean Virginia Tech, not Vermont?

Having your own pilot’s license at 17 is just a sign your parents are rich.


CAP will teach some qualified CAP cadets how to fly. It is part of their program. Parental wealth is not relevant to CAP.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 17:08     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
The correct answer is Juilliard pre-college
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 17:07     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
Anonymous wrote:FWIW our aerospace engineering kid was in Civil Air Patrol and got his pilot’s license at 17. He flew himself to VT for interviews, which he was told impressed VT admissions. Top student in his class, top gpa, Eagle Scout, 35 ACT. Got in to UVA, VT, Georgia Tech, etc., waitlisted at Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Cornell. So obviously did not green light him into the Ivies.


By VT you mean Virginia Tech, not Vermont?

Having your own pilot’s license at 17 is just a sign your parents are rich.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 16:53     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
FWIW our aerospace engineering kid was in Civil Air Patrol and got his pilot’s license at 17. He flew himself to VT for interviews, which he was told impressed VT admissions. Top student in his class, top gpa, Eagle Scout, 35 ACT. Got in to UVA, VT, Georgia Tech, etc., waitlisted at Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Cornell. So obviously did not green light him into the Ivies.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 15:29     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
Anonymous wrote:Also are those sea cadets doing ROTC at Ivies?


Yes. That’s not what any of our kids want to do.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 15:25     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
Also are those sea cadets doing ROTC at Ivies?
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 15:23     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
The kids that I know who got into Ivies have multiple hooks and none are Sea Cadets.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 15:21     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
Most kids from our division are off to the service academies. I don’t see ivies. Is this because you know 1 or 2 kids who go into Ivies and are sea cadets? The percentage of sea cadets vs Eagle Scouts at the service academies are also similar so not sure whether sea cadets is helpful.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 15:04     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
Anonymous wrote:The Navy Sea Cadets

https://georgewashingtondivision.org/

https://www.wearemooberry.org/home


Yup. ⛵️

Easy admit to HYPSM.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 15:03     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
how do you know the ivies care about this?
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:48     Subject: The Ultimate Ivy League Acceptance Hack
The Navy Sea Cadets

https://georgewashingtondivision.org/

https://www.wearemooberry.org/home