<p>Yo!</p>
<p>So I was just wondering which Ivy is the EASIEST to get into (I know... it's a very dumb question).</p>
<p>I am thinking Dartmouth, Brown, and Cornell.</p>
<p>Definitely NOT Princeton, Havard, Yale, Columbia, UPenn(?)</p>
<p>Which ones?!?!</p>
<p>Dartmouth? Brown? Woah there.</p>
<p>i'm sorry : (</p>
<p>No Ivy league is easiest.</p>
<p>That would be Cornell...highest admission rate if that's what you want.</p>
<p>Highest admission rate For EARLY DECISION (around mid-30's)
Usu. admission rate is around mid-20s. So, Cornell is still very tough.</p>
<p>Based on statistics, cornell is the "easiest."</p>
<p>But i don't know why.. Is it because less competitive people apply there?..</p>
<p>^It's because Cornell is big (7 different schools). The competition's as fierce as any other Ivy League.</p>
<p>Dartmouth and Brown are more selective than Penn, and pretty much on par with columbia. No idea why people think Penn is so selective.</p>
<p>I think this is the order of most to least selective</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>UPenn</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
</ol>
<p>It's definitely Cornell</p>
<p>Harvard, followed by Princeton and Yale, is the most selective because of name brand and ability to attract a lot of applicants.</p>
<p>Penn, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, and Cornell are all probably just as selective as one another in terms of what they want from applicants and the strength of applicant they admit. Columbia probably received more applications per spot because of the draw of NYC. Penn and Cornell have higher admit rates because they are larger schools. That does not mean they are easier to get into as in you can work with lower grades, lower SATs, or worse essays. What it means is they have more room to admit students who are just as strong as those admitted to the smaller Ivies.</p>
<p>cornell and Dartmouth are probably easiest to get into.</p>
<p>Based on what. Dartmouth has a lower acceptance rate than Brown and Penn and higher average SAT scores.</p>
<p>Cornell's acceptance rate (Around 20%) makes it the least selective of the Ivies, but that is simply because their student body is bigger. I think sometimes Cornell gets a bad rap because of this, but I really don't think they should do that! Cornell is still a great school, particularly in my field, engineering.</p>
<p>Why are you asking this question? Are you determined to get into an Ivy school just because it's Ivy? Be careful of that...</p>
<p>focus on what you want from a school. something who would be happy at Columbia (NYC) wouldn't be happy with Cornell (middle of nowhere)...</p>
<p>It would be foolish to apply to Cornell and evaulate your chance based on the overall university acceptance rate. Each college at Cornell practices different admissions procedures, independent of each other. By talking purely about the selectivity, Cornell's architecture school is the most selective, its admit rate is in low teens. Cornell's Arts and Sciences, the largest college at Cornell, usually has its acceptance rate around 15%. </p>
<p>Cornell</a> University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
<p>But, overall university acceptance rate is around 20%-21% usually, but since Cornell is so big and has 7 different colleges all practicing different admissions, this data is misleading and should not be used as a proper source of information to predict your chances.</p>
<p>The legend is that Cornell is the easiest to get into and the hardest to get out of.</p>
<p>They work hard there.</p>
<p>^although that is indeed the popular rumor, that is not true at all. Cornell isn't any more difficult than any other top school of its caliber.</p>
<p>Also, Cornell is partially supported by state taxes -- certain colleges in the school are land-grant institutions. I'm pretty sure that affects the admissions rates to a certain degree.</p>
<p>The selectivity differences between the Ivies are miniscule at best.</p>
<p>Also, patlees, how do you know this is a rumor? Do you go to Cornell?</p>