<p>That’s what I’ve been thinking. There’s no such thing as a guaranteed match for an Ivy. Students of every type have been turned down. 8% is worth the application fee. The worst that could happen is that I go to a public university for a physics major, do just as much research, and go to medical school. I’m hoping for UCLA, but if not, UCSB has better labs and turns out more research in physics than ANY school, including the Ivy’s. Any UC would get me into UCLA medical school if I did research and had a high GPA, which I’ll have no problem keeping up.</p>
<p>I’ve been thinking about it. Screw the Ivy’s. The people that “think” they’re going to get into it with their high test scores are not the down to earth people you find at UC’s. This website proves it. I’d much rather like the kind people around me at a UC than despise the ego-inflated jerks that seem to get into Ivy’s. Ivy League schools are overrated and graduate a bunch of idiots with inflated grades and less knowledge than someone who actually worked for their grades at a real university. Unlike a Harvard student, I plan on showing up to every class, not a handful of them so I can get other peoples’ notes to cram for a test that will do nothing for my B+ average that everybody else gets. I’m still going to apply to see if I get in, but if I get into a good UC I’ll take it over any Ivy.</p>
<p>I’ll be a great doctor with or without an Ivy acceptance letter. The only difference is that I’ll have gone to a school with good weather and will come out of the experience a person without a superiority complex.</p>
<p>Good luck to all you Ivy hopefuls. If they look at personality in the admission process, I hope your essays don’t show them.</p>