Stanford vs Yale

bluebayou
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:54:41 +0000

ok, I’ll bite…which Ivies have a 90% acceptance rate to med school? Heck, which college anywhere has a 90% acceptance rate (excluding the 7/8 year programs)?

And, preferably sources to turn anecdotes into “facts”.

bite #2: if a committee letter does not exist, how can it be a large part of the admissions process, unless of course, it is used for screening out the low-stat applicants (to artificially boost the acceptance rate)?

One other consideration: approx. 40% of Stanford’s undergrads are California residents, so their instate options are extremely competitive, unlike attendees at the Ivy colleges where ~80-90% of students are from other states, including several with public admits rates much higher than the UCs. Cornell students, for example, can not only avail themselves of instate prices at the contract colleges, but they choose a SUNY med school. Residents from Texas can leave New Haven and return to the Republic.