Anonymous
Post 02/15/2022 08:26     Subject: Accepted to Ivy stats
Anonymous wrote:How do you know if you got a strong recommendation letter?


Such a good question. My kid moved across country to a new school, then covid hit. Barely knew the teachers who wrote her recs. Very high stats and ECs, good essays of her own, but the letters of recommendation were likely meh at best. I'm sure it matters.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2022 08:14     Subject: Re:Accepted to Ivy stats
Can someone post stats for MIT admits? I understand it is not an Ivy, but will be good to know
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2022 00:15     Subject: Accepted to Ivy stats
How do you know if you got a strong recommendation letter?
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2022 00:01     Subject: Accepted to Ivy stats
Anonymous wrote:3.4 GPA
29 ACT
1 AP Class
No EC
Legacy URM




What?
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2022 20:06     Subject: Re:Accepted to Ivy stats
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yale EA

1600 SAT
3.99 unweighted GPA
14 AP classes
President Student Body
Captain Cross Country
Over 750 volunteer hours with the same charity

White, non-legacy, no hooks, not first generation. Nice kid.


F/A or full pay?


Yale is need blind.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2022 19:56     Subject: Re:Accepted to Ivy stats
SAT 1600
4.0 UW, 4.7 W
Math AIME qualifier for past 6 years
USABO finalist
Got into top research summer program
Accepted to Harvard
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2022 18:25     Subject: Re:Accepted to Ivy stats
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Princeton early

1580
4.8 weighted
Many ECs with leadership
12 APs
Asian
Large public hs, competitive state

Very charismatic person with probably excellent letters


Similar stats, rejected. LOR matters, pick someone who knows you well AND has time and ability to write heartfelt and convincing letters.


Maybe part of this also has to do with where the application ranks in the readers' queues.

Some application readers might be a lot more conscientious than others. Some might simply skip over half of the applications and not even look at them at all. So, it could be that one kid gets in and a nearly identical kid doesn't because one kid had a good reader and one had a bad reader.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2022 17:08     Subject: Accepted to Ivy stats
Anonymous wrote:3.4 GPA
29 ACT
1 AP Class
No EC
Legacy URM



Congratulations!
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2022 16:47     Subject: Accepted to Ivy stats
3.4 GPA
29 ACT
1 AP Class
No EC
Legacy URM

Anonymous
Post 02/11/2022 16:45     Subject: Re:Accepted to Ivy stats
Anonymous wrote:Yale EA

1600 SAT
3.99 unweighted GPA
14 AP classes
President Student Body
Captain Cross Country
Over 750 volunteer hours with the same charity

White, non-legacy, no hooks, not first generation. Nice kid.


F/A or full pay?
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2022 10:41     Subject: Re:Accepted to Ivy stats
Anonymous wrote:Yale EA

1600 SAT
3.99 unweighted GPA
14 AP classes
President Student Body
Captain Cross Country
Over 750 volunteer hours with the same charity

White, non-legacy, no hooks, not first generation. Nice kid.


Congratulations!
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2022 10:32     Subject: Re:Accepted to Ivy stats
Anonymous wrote:Yale EA

1600 SAT
3.99 unweighted GPA
14 AP classes
President Student Body
Captain Cross Country
Over 750 volunteer hours with the same charity

White, non-legacy, no hooks, not first generation. Nice kid.



Regular Public high school (not in DC).
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2022 10:30     Subject: Re:Accepted to Ivy stats
Yale EA

1600 SAT
3.99 unweighted GPA
14 AP classes
President Student Body
Captain Cross Country
Over 750 volunteer hours with the same charity

White, non-legacy, no hooks, not first generation. Nice kid.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2022 10:03     Subject: Accepted to Ivy stats
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:1500
Legacy
3.9 GPA unweighted
Accomplished musician
Great recommendations
White
Accepted at Harvard


What's considered "accomplished musician"? Thanks.


at 17, no less.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2022 23:08     Subject: Accepted to Ivy stats
1540 SAT
All As, hardest curriculum
Top NY private
Competitive summer research program
Female math major
Legacy
Hispanic