<p>How would you rank the ivies in terms of easiest to get accepted???</p>
<h1>1 being the easiest</h1>
<p>Cornell
Brown
Penn
Dartmouth
Brown
Princeton
yale
harvard</p>
<p>you have brown listed twice</p>
<p>i meant Columbia for the second brown</p>
<p>ornell
Brown
Penn
Dartmouth
columbia-college
Princeton
yale
harvard</p>
<p>Cornell
Brown
Dartmouth
Penn
Columbia
Princeton
Yale
Wharton
Harvard</p>
<p>Cornell - 29% acceptence rate
Penn (esp. if you go ED) - 21% (34% ED)
Dartmouth - 19%
Brown - 17%
Princeton - 13%
Columbia - 11%
Harvard - 11%
Yale - 10%</p>
<p>why did somebody separate wharton? If we must separate ivy league business schools, then put Cornell AEM after UPenn. </p>
<p>also, to be picky, Cornell's acceptance rate is 27%</p>
<p>According to collegeboard.com, it's 29%.</p>
<p>6,621 students were accepted
24,452 applied.</p>
<p>Cornell website.</p>
<p>Looks like somebody at CB needs to brush up on their math, then. :)</p>
<p>lol, is a college education required to work at collegeboard?</p>
<p>I would like to point out that 40% of the undergrad enrollment at Cornell is NYS contract colleges of Agriculture, Industrial and Labor Relations, and Human Ecology. They are really awesome schools with great students and offer wonderful education. But, their admit rate is about 10% higher than the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell (which is like a liberal arts college within Cornell). </p>
<p>The admit rate in the College of Arts and Sciences is about 21%. The admit rate at Dartmouth is 19%...not a big difference. I am not sure what the admit rates are in the liberal arts units of other Ivies, excluding their professional schools. This might make a more valid comparison.</p>
<p>The highest admit rate at Cornell, by the way, is in Engineering (38%). However, the SAT scores in Cornell Engineering are only 20-30 points below MIT and Caltech. It appears that admit rates do not always reflect selectivity.</p>
<p>Here's a list on the individual school level. Columbia, Penn, and Cornell like to complicate things with different admissions standards for different schools. </p>
<p>Penn Nursing
Cornell Hotel/ Cornell CALS</p>
<p>Penn SEAS/ Columbia SEAS/ Cornell Engineering</p>
<p>Cornell CAS
Brown
Penn College
Dartmouth
Columbia College </p>
<p>Penn - Wharton
Princeton
Yale
Harvard</p>
<p>Slipper,</p>
<p>You are little off there on Cornell Hotel... here are the admit stats for the different divisions at Cornell in 2005:</p>
<p>CAS 22%
CALS 29%
AAAP 21%
ENG 38%
Hotel 24%
ILR 32%</p>
<p>Wharf</p>
<p>Yeah Wharf but its more than accept rates...all the ivies have different priorities so its not an exact science. Engineering might accept 38%, but these are often high scorers although probably lacking in ECs and perhaps with lower GPAs. Penn College emphasizes grades, whereas Dartmouth is stringent on SAT scores and loves diversity, whereas Brown/ Columbia are big on letting in special cases and hooks. That's why its difficult to say which is "harder" among similar level schools, they all have their own institutional self interests.</p>
<p>admit rates do not necessarily reflect selectivity. Perfect example with Cornell engineering. The relatively high admit rate reflects the sheer size of the school and their ability to admit a much larger number of students than any other ivy league school.</p>
<p>I do not believe that SAT scores reflect selectivity either. Take for example Cornell's school of architecture, art, and planning. Though they boast the lowest acceptance rate at Cornell, they also have the lowest average SAT (or at least right around there, certainly lower than engineering, ILR, A&S, and the rest). This is because you need way more than SATs to gain admission into the AAP program. Portfolios are a huge factor when it comes to admission. </p>
<p>I would also have to disagree with the idea that cornell engineers are "probably lacking in ECs and perhaps with lower GPAs." They have an incredible student body, among the most motivated and brightest on campus. The hanful I know were at the very top of their class, all had at least a 750 math SAT, and had enough awards/ECs to fill a book. I really have no idea why the acceptance rate is so high. Might be because prospective students see the very high scores that the current student body has and doesn't even bother applying. I dont know! Come on people, apply to Cornell engineering, and get rejected! Give the school the sub 20% acceptance rate it deserves.</p>
<p>I dunno gomestar. At Columbia SEAS kids tended to have higher scores but also seemed much less proficient in other areas. They seemed much more likely to be the "study only" type vs. the College kids who were running community service days or in Plays. I know that at Columbia many athletes are told to apply to SEAS as opposed to CC, which will give them a better shot. Hard to prove, but just my anecdotal experience.</p>
<p>slipper, Cornell CAS is harder to get into than you think. CAS is a different beast than engineering and the other schools here.</p>
<p>each school within Cornell is different. But, it should be noted that students can take classes from any school within Cornell. The school that is the 'easiest' to get into scores wise is the hotel school. But, it doesnt matter if you have perfect scores across the board, if you dont have any experience or dont show any desire to study what they teach, you wont be admitted. </p>
<p>The acceptance rate at a school like Cornell is deceiving. There isn't one school within Cornell where the classes are generally considered "easier." In fact, every class i've had has been an butt-kicking experience (as in, the classes are trying to kick my butt) and i'm at the ILR school, 10% higher acceptance rate than arts and sciences. I have a friend in arts and sciences whose taking an ILR class and says it's easily the hardest and most demanding class he's experienced at Cornell so far (i'm taking it next semester, not really jumping for joy). I'm working on an english concentration in arts and sciences at the moment as well. I'd have to say the one especially noticeable difference between A&S kids and ILR kids is the fact that ILR students seem much more involved both around campus and in the community. It's just what we do. Either way, everybody i've met here has been exceptionally smart and equally talented. We didnt go to havahd. </p>
<p>And bball, i hope you open your eyes and see all that is available to you here on campus, and use the incredable abundance of resources you have at your fingertips. It's totally worth it.</p>
<p>The acceptance rates at specialized schools are deceiving because they have a smaller applicant pool. A heavy "hummanities"-biased person who would have an excellent chance at the Ivy liberal arts will be rejected at Penn/Columia/Cornell engineering schools.</p>
<p>Similarly, even the most outstanding, overchieving nerd (male especially) will probably be rejected at Penn nursing if his background has nothing to do with the topic.</p>