<p>I want to make a list of admissions myths because of all the misinformation around here. Feel free to add a numbered entry. </p>
<p>1) Ivies are a reach for everyone. </p>
<p>Not so. 2400, val, strong EC's, legacy, strong profile created by recs/essays, and you're not exactly a reach for Columbia ED anymore. More like a low match.</p>
<p>Okay, our school valedictorian was deferred then waitlisted Columbia ED. 35 ACT, Lots of clubs/contests/leadership, was a double legacy and had a brother there, fantastic writer.</p>
<p>Explain this one. She didn’t have any red flags or weak parts to her app. She had the stats to get into Georgetown, Brown and Chicago too.</p>
<p>= low match</p>
<p>not safety</p>
<p>^ Yeah I consider low match to be a 60-70% chance.</p>
<p>This is a silly thread. For someone with good numbers who got accepted into Columbia, I can see him saying that Columbia is a low reach. However, for another candidate with equally good numbers who got rejected, Columbia is anything but a low reach. How could any conclusion regarding the difficulty about getting into Columbia be considered a myth?</p>
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<li>That any Top schools are any sort of a match for anyone.</li>
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<p>^ At my school, I have been 90% successful in predicting Columbia ED admissions over the past three years. A lot of people apply Columbia ED because the school’s in new york, so this is kind of a game for me and my friends. The fact that it’s so easy for me to predict suggests that it’s not a crap-shoot reach for everybody. 27 for 30 so far 
3 of the rejections I called were deferrals because of legacy I didn’t know about.</p>
<p>this thread is pretty stupid.</p>
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<p>that game sounds really lame… you and your friends should find a new game. try king’s cup.</p>
<p>it’s fun because you can do it during school and you can put money on it. i’ve made about 300$ doing it, but i usually lose an equal amount later in the year through march madness and survivor football.</p>