EOD to Ivy?

surrata
Fri, 24 May 2013 22:40:22 +0000

I’m fairly new to posting on these threads but I think I might be able to give you at least a little insight.

AMU/APUS is regionally accredited, which means they aren’t just a diploma mill. From what I’ve heard, regional accreditation is harder to get than national. Depending on it’s curriculum, the school that you eventually go to will have to make a decision on whether they will allow those credits to transfer. I really have no idea what will carry over, but I would guess a good amount of the core classes would. With an Associates, I don’t believe your SAT scores will be needed, and you may not even have to send them.

I know UPenn has the College for Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS), which is aimed for non-traditional students and is supposedly easier to get into. Columbia has the School of General Studies, Brown has the Resumed Undergraduate Education Program (if you’ve been out of high school for 6 years), etc. These make it easier for returning adults to get an Ivy education. If you are a Marine, Upenn LPS is also part of the Marine Leadership Scholar Program, where you would only have to compete against other Marines, not a larger pool of applicants.

The Non traditional programs may limit you slightly because they are (to my knowledge) restricted to certain colleges (degree programs) and it may be hard to transfer to a different college within the university.

I think with your GPA, background history and whatever recommendations you can get/essay you write, any college would have a tough time denying you. It may be my personal opinion, but I’d like to think top tier colleges see a hard working individual/veteran (like yourself), who they know will attribute greatly to their school, and actively try to pursue them.

Some people on here know better than I the amount of veterans at the Ivies (low-non existent apparently), but I think that has slightly more to due with veterans not going after them.

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. Feel free to PM me if you have any further questions.