<p>I live in a city with an Ivy League in it, and last year 86 students from a class of about 350 applied. About 50 of them got in (many were under qualified based on the average stats for the school). The acceptance rate at the college is about 14(?)% usually. Is this something that occurs at other colleges as well or is this a unique situation?</p>
<p>I just realized how vague I was - the college is Cornell</p>
<p>Are you saying that there were 50 students from Ithaca who were accepted to Cornell last year? Did I understand you correctly?</p>
<p>Yes you did. I know it’s crazy - that’s why I was wondering if it’s the same for other ivies or for other schools in general</p>
<p>That was really unusual!!! I have never heard this kind of situation before. Basically, 14% of the class went to a single Ivy school. Just amazing!!!</p>
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More than that, I should think. Cornell had 69 freshmen and 329 undergraduates from Tompkins County last year. </p>
<p>Yale averages about 8-10 students a year from New Haven. </p>
<p>As of 10 years ago, Brown admitted ~20 students from Providence, and that number is likely similar today. (Although RI is less than 1/3 the size of CT, Brown and Yale have similar in-state percentages.) </p>
<p>Princeton High School sends about 15-17 students per year to Princeton. Senior class size is 350 students, but it averages 14 NMF. </p>
<p>Hanover High School sent 8 students to Dartmouth last year. Senior class size is ~160. Again, given that only 11 students made NMSF/NMF, that’s not bad at all.</p>
<p>I couldn’t find info for the other Ivies. At least for Dartmouth and Princeton, it seems like all NMFs plus others (after all, not everyone matriculates) are admitted, so yes, there’s probably some acceptance inflation going on.</p>
<p>thanks for the stats warblersrule! they’re really helpful. everyone should keep in mind that cornell has nearly 14,000 undergrads while yale has about 5,000, brown has about 6,000, princeton has about 5,000, and dartmouth has about 4,000. however, the acceptance rate out of tompkins county still seems incredibly high compared to other schools</p>
<p>Let’s nott forget, however, that some schools at Cornell are part of the NY state school system.</p>
<p>And at many of the high schools in ivy towns, professor and staff kids, not to mention legacies abound. Many of these kids are hooked.</p>
<p>Oh also, the number I gave is for the students who were accepted, not for the students who enrolled. I think the legacy/professors’ children goes for many schools so I don’t think it affects Cornell more than any other place</p>
<p>Preferential admissions for faculty kids exists in most locales. The fact that Ithaca has a high # as opposed to New Haven may indicate that fewer Yale faculty families live within New Haven proper as opposed to Cornell faculty families?</p>
<p>Cambridge Rindge and Latin High usually sends around ten kids per year to Harvard.</p>
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