Which IVY LEAGUE School Am I most likely to be addmitted to? - Page 2

rollercoasters · 05-21-2009, 08:34 PM

sophiaR, thanks for the encouragement.

So cornell seems to be the most popular choice for me........

what is cornell famed for? business? medicine? law? .......

and I've only taken the SATs once....I plan on aiming for a 2100, which seems to be my avg practice test score at the moment.

Jooter · 05-22-2009, 04:52 AM

I think the question is - why are you asking other people to do all the work for you finding information about schools, etc. I mean, you ask "Which IVY LEAGUE best fits me?" which is not the way to go about this... especially since none of us here know everything they could know about you that might go towards a decision (best judge would be yourself, then perhaps parents/counselor if you talk to them) and the majority of us plain out don't really care and don't have any inclination to care when you ask such a generic thoughtless question.

Do a little research on each school first... then come back and ask more specific questions. Or at the very least, list some personality quirks of yours, some things that interests you, what you want out of a school and then ask what school best fits you.

Columbia2002 · 05-26-2009, 01:38 AM

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Which IVY LEAGUE School Am I most likely to be addmitted to?

Webster's University

(amazing nobody spotted this in 17 posts)

kwu · 05-26-2009, 01:47 AM

The egregious misuse of capitalization offends me more deeply.

alvie.singer · 05-27-2009, 02:22 PM

Possibly a state school at Cornell. Are you a guy? If so, Penn Nursing might work out. The class size is 100 kids per year, it's really just a fringe program. They should just shut it down.

Epaminondas · 05-27-2009, 05:10 PM

Columbia2002, I spotted it, but didn't have the guts to say it.

Thank you! You are such a hero.

Godfatherbob · 05-27-2009, 05:28 PM

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Which IVY LEAGUE School Am I most likely to be addmitted to?

Webster's University

Hahaha. I get it..

sorghum · 05-28-2009, 01:18 PM

I think Harvard would be the best fit.

Epaminondas · 05-28-2009, 07:06 PM

I second it (Harvard will thank you for your application fees)

monstor344 · 05-29-2009, 11:38 PM

Don't fret over what people are telling you based on your SAT score - yet. You are still a sophomore; you have time to drastically improve that score.

asiantofu · 05-30-2009, 10:55 AM

Okay. This is a little ridiculous. We are random strangers on an online forum. Even with the information you have given us, we are in no position to tell you which Ivy League school is your "best fit." Having recently just completed this past year's college application cycle, I can tell you now that there is no one in this forum who will be able to give you a better assessment than yourself.

Also, from the information you posted, it seems to me that you're more interested in which school you are most likely to get into, not which one you'd most want to attend. I think someone else has already said it, but let me reiterate that that's the wrong way to go about things.

There are few websites you can go to if you want more information about each Ivy League school. I found *****, YouniversityTV, and theU as the most useful video student review websites, and looking on the colleges' sites themselves gave me a better understanding of what I could do on campus.

Basically, sit yourself down and aim to answer this question: Where do you want to be in four years? What type of person do you hope to grow into? What do you want to study? What do you want to do on campus? The school that most fits you is the one that gives you the best answers.

Of course, sometimes even your own assessment may be wrong. My top choice school was Yale, but now I'm going to Columbia. I realize now that I'm a much better fit for Columbia than I am for Yale, and I think I knew that all along. Whatever happens, you'll be happy with where you're headed. It looks like you've got a bright future ahead of you.

Epaminondas · 05-30-2009, 12:49 PM

asiantofu, I applied EA to Yale, and had my heart set on Harvard. As things turn out, I will be attending Columbia. And now I realize why I was accepted at Columbia: I'm best suited there, the core and everything. I wouldn't even consider transferring to those "more prestigious" colleges anymore.

rollercoasters · 06-30-2009, 08:07 PM

Is going to an Ivy League possible with a SAT score of 2000-2100? How about less than 2000?

This is a hypothetical question.

flyingllama · 06-30-2009, 08:13 PM

^ 2100 is definitely possible, 2000 is more rare (athletes or legacies probably) and below 2000 almost never, very rare.

confidentialcoll · 06-30-2009, 08:26 PM

^that's not true at all, I personally know 2 people who both had less than 1900 and weren't athletes or legacies, both urm though. I do know an asian kid with less than 2000 (got into seas, which has higher average SAT scores) and again no athlete, no legacy, no crazy competition winner. Probably just had a great high school record, great ECs and a rock solid app. But SAT score matters much less than people think. Just because you can quantify it doesn't mean it takes precedence over qualitative achievements. It's a one time test, if you do well (2200+) it means you are at a certain level of smartness, if you badly it doesn't (necessarily) mean you suck at academics, intelligence etc etc.

Columbia and most top schools have figured this out, it's riskier to take kids with lower scores. But if you spend time to get a feel for the applicant, it's much easier to pick the stellar 1900s from the simply mediocre ones, it's also possible to weed out the non-stellar 2300. Higher risk, higher average reward.

Similar to GPA in college, important but, does not define your future success, one year into a job, no-one will give a sht what you managed. In some industries it's more like one day into the job. Only grad schools care, and again once you're in, and doing research it doesn't matter.