<p>I want to know if it's possible to get into one of the Ivy League schools or a top tier school if I got waitlisted at all the high schools I applied to. </p>
<p>I got waitlisted for financial aid, so when I apply for college, I'm not going to apply for financial aid. Will this raise my chances? Also, I plan to study harder, and do better on my tests. So then, is it possible for me to get into an Ivy League school even though I was waitlisted when I tried out for 2 private high schools?</p>
<p>You’ve had four years [well okay, three really] to prove your worth as a student. Assuming you are a qualified, well-rounded applicant, there is no reason that you shouldn’t get in right off the bat. Who you were in the eighth grade and what two schools thought of you then is nowhere near a good indication of your college admission potential. I applied to four prep schools [with FA] and got rejected at two, waitlisted at one, and accepted at one. I have received [and am still in the process of receiving] a world-class education. Honestly, it’s the luck of the draw. Perhaps you would have gotten into the third school you applied to.</p>
<p>After rereading your post, it looks as if you may be an underclassman, or even someone who was just denied admission to a private high school! If this is the case, you MOST DEFINITELY have a shot at Ivy admission! You already have the ambition and academic drive. Work hard, play hard, and do your best. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>You certainly do not need a private school education to get into an Ivy. Also, Ivies are need blind. Which means when they make an admissions decision, they’re blind to the fact that you’re applying for financial aid.</p>
<p>@Izzy Busy Bee</p>
<p>Thanks! After reading your comment, you made me feel a lot better! 
I’ll work harder and your comment just made my day! You’re right, I’m just starting high school, and now that I know I have a chance, I won’t waste it! :D</p>
<p>@1Rachel94</p>
<p>Do the Ivy schools really not look at whether you need financial aid or not? I always thought that they did. So if they don’t, not needing financial aid really doesn’t increase my chances, right?</p>
<p>Sorry, but it’s actually impossible to get into an ivy league school without having first attended a private high school. The admissions officers will immediately throw out any application from a public high school student.</p>
<p>They’re all completely need-blind. A lot of other really good schools are the same way.</p>
<p>Colleges don’t really care about pre-highschool things. That’s why, unless something major happened or you took classes that count for hs credit, you shouldn’t have anything on your college app from middle school.</p>
<p>If you do really well in high school you’ll have a shot. You don’t need to go to some private school.</p>
<p>Sorry, but only elite rich people can go to Ivy Leagues. Poor people who can’t afford private high schools are scum and don’t deserve to go to Ivy League schools. /s</p>
<p>In every private school, the vast majority of students don’t get into an Ivy. In about 95% of private schools, the number of kids that go Ivy is less than 10% of the class. Even in the very top private schools (that is, the top 30 private schools in the country), the number of kids that go ivy is only about 20 -25% of the class on average. Much of this admission percentage also has to do with legacy admission. In speaking with parents of kids at private schools, most are disappointed that their children were not accepted to an ivy after spending so much money on private high school tuition. THis is after tens of thousands spent on tuition, tutors, test prep, repeating 9th grade, etc. A top student at a public school has just as much of a chance as a private school student if you take the most difficult courses, work hard, and do well. In fact you will have much more time to study and do standardized test prep in public school. You also have time to attend college courses after school. </p>
<p>It is a fallacy that most private school students get into ivies. The bottom half of the class in private school is no better off than the vast majority of public school students in ivy admission. Unless you are in the top 10% of a top private school, your chances aren’t that great for for ivy acceptance</p>