Ivy League chances

gibby
Mon, 16 May 2016 20:16:12 +0000

@RaymondR: In case you were having trouble following @InxayBob, please google the Common Data Set for each Ivy League School and look at the C10 data points. For example, here’s Yale’s CDS: http://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/cds2014_2015_0.pdf.

Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class = 96%

Unless your high school has enormous grade deflation, the top 10% of a student’s graduating class usually means a minimum unweighted GPA of 3.75. At most US high school’s, the top 10% of a graduating class generally has a 3.9+ GPA.

With a cumulative GPA of 3.4 to 3.7 ALL ivy league schools are an ultra high reach for you (read 99.99% chance of rejection unless you are applying as a recruited athlete where a coach has said they will use one of their “admission slots” for you).

You really need to be focusing your energy on more appropriate schools for your GPA: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/a-plus