I couldn’t help myself but wasted money on go 4 ivy. com to see my chance in Ivy Leagues. I found out that I have 31% chance. I am wondering how accurate the website is. Is it very likely that I will get rejected because of my low chance?
<p>Are you saying that the money was wasted because you didn’t get the answer you wanted or did they do something wrong?</p>
<p>Now I’m tempted to try that website… haha. Do they give you anything other than percentages?</p>
<p>Both- kind of confusing, I expected my chance to be lower than 10% (average chance), so the website must be lying and took my lousy money. But, I wanted to see if I should apply to colleges. Should I still apply to Ivy colleges, although the website said that I got a low chance?</p>
<p>Uhhhh, nope- just your chance. That’s it.</p>
<p>For those people who want to try that website, DON’T.</p>
<p>lol. if they’re accurate in saying you have a 30% chance at the ivies (which personally i think is bs), you should go ahead and apply to a few.</p>
<p>well if you think about it…</p>
<p>.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% is the exact same thing as 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999%</p>
<p>There is always a chance, meaning.</p>
<p>how much did you spend on that service, expect?</p>
<p>You have a 31% chance at all o the ivies? If so, you are better than the average applicant (I think; if my interpretation of the statistics is wrong, I’m sure one of the well-meaning CC’ers will inform me). The average applicant has a 10% (or thereabouts) chance at most of the ivies, so you are better than the average applicant.</p>
<p>If you have a 31% chance, then if you apply to three schools, you have a 68% chance of getting into one of them. Obviously the process is much more subjective, but perhaps playing with the percentages will take off some of the stress (I know it usually does for me).</p>
<p>actually i have a secret. Not many people know this secret. Know what it is?</p>
<p>everyone has a 50% chance of getting in. It’s either you get in, or you don’t. that’s a 50% probability, no?</p>
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<p>Well, not that you were being that literal, but no. A 50% chance of getting in would imply that the process is completely random. For example, when flipping a quarter there is a 50% chance that it will be heads and 50% chance that it will be tails. However, if you put a weight on the tails side of the quarter (for example, a student with a 2400, or an olympic medal, etc), then the probability that the coin will come up tails becomes much higher and therefore the probably that it will come up heads (your average joe student) becomes much lower. Hope that makes sense.</p>
<p>expect<em>the</em>impossible… what type of questions did they ask you?</p>
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<p>i don’t think so. the OP said he had a 31% chance getting in, then it doesn’t matter how many schools you apply to. the odds are still 31% for each school or 31% for ALL the ivies combined. </p>
<p>i’m also wondering where you got the 68% from. did you just guess that number?</p>
<p>the site was a complete waste of money, there is no way to get a numerical percentage probability like that.</p>
<p>i never even looked at that page, but I definitely agree that it would be a waste of money.</p>
<p>seems a lot like the IQ test sites that charge money for your results. these websites just try to exploit your own insecurities or ego for profits.</p>
<p>semiserious, I WAS KIDDING! 
oh great, now everyone’ll be thinking i’m such a doofus…:(</p>
<p>but yeah, sites like this promise you skies and stars just to get hold of your tuition dollars. i never trust places like this.</p>
<p>I paid $11-12 (thats a lot of money from my pocket) for ONE college- Harvard.</p>
<p>They asked me questions including my ethinicity, test scores, activities, awards, AP scores, parents’ education, class rank, GPA, and siblings attending universities. But they DIDN’T ask whether or not I will have good essays, letter of recommendations, and interview (they are factors of college admission). They didn’t even ask if I overcame hardships (disability, poor, someone decreased, etc.)</p>
<p>LOL AHAHHAHA You threw away 11 bucks for that??!?!</p>
<p>There was a kid on pr stats who posted his results and ended up getting rejected from UCLA where he was suppose to have a 94% chance of admission. The number were random. The only trend I saw was that the percentage rose as the selectivity of the respective schools decreased.</p>
<p>Actually, they asked the right questions. The hardship stuff, great essays and recs don’t mean as much as many here think. Sure they can tip you in, but they’re just telling you if you’re even in the running to get tipped in.</p>
<p>GREAT essays do mean a lot.</p>
<p>“But they DIDN’T ask whether or not I will have good essays, letter of recommendations, and interview (they are factors of college admission).”
It would have been a waste of time for them to ask those questions. Virtually no students know how to correctly judge things like their essays, etc. </p>
<p>I have seen horrendous essays proudly posted on CC by students who thought their essays were great.</p>
<p>The questions that the company asked were good ones because the answers are not subjective. </p>
<p>As for hardships, for $11, it would not be feasible for a company to judge those. Hardships have to be judged in context and in terms of how they are presented. “My dad died and then my grades fell. Please pity me,” isn’t likely to open doors. </p>
<p>I also have noted that often the people with the most remarkable hardships don’t even think to mention them.</p>