Am i Ivy caliber?

juillet
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:21:41 +0000

You could just say “top schools.”

When people say “Ivy League” it’s difficult to tell whether they are referring to all top schools of that caliber (like if Stanford and Caltech and MIT, etc., are also included) or whether they are literally talking just about the 8 schools in the athletic conference. The term is abused and there seems to be the idea that the conference is some Special Group of particularly selective colleges – which is weird, because there are many other universities that are just as selective (and honestly, more selective than some of the schools in the conference).

In any case, what in particular you are asking is relatively unclear. Can you get into an Ivy League school? Possibly. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with your grades and ACT/SAT scores, and you have some extracurriculars (nothing special, but you do have some). Will you get into one? shrugs The only way to know for sure is to apply. Top schools are far reaches for most anyone; you would be the average applicant at those places, nothing special, and possibly even slightly “below average”.