What are my chances to get into ivies

tdy123
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:12:11 +0000

Harvard is the only Ivy that I’m aware of that breaks down International student enrollment. During the period 2013-20 Total enrollment (students in all 4 years) of undergraduate students from India averaged 21. That means they enrolled about 5 freshman from India in an average year.

Assuming Harvard admits on a roughly equivalent level to the other Ivys + MIT, that yields 9 schools x 5 enrolled/year for a total of 45 spots for Indian undergrads.

A significant percentage of those 45 spots probably go to the children of the wealthy and powerful. For students needing full aid or close to it, based upon average fin aid award rates at the schools, the available spots are probably half or less. That works out to 25 spots or fewer across all the Ivys + MIT spread across all undergraduate fields.

The truth is that you have to be among the absolute best of the best of the best in India to have even a remote shot…