<p>what is the "easiest" ivy to get into. like selection wise. I know ivys r not easy, but the easiest in the ivy.</p>
<p>In general, Cornell.</p>
<p>^ Probably Cornell but the stats are highly misleading. Cornell engineering and CAS (arts & sciences) are very hard to get into; the “contract colleges” (e.g., the ag school, essentially “public” units within the university) are generally significantly easier. The US News stats are a composite across all schools and colleges at Cornell. Consequently, if you want to get into Cornell engineering or arts & sciences, it’s going to be significantly harder than the aggregate statistics reported in US New would suggest.</p>
<p>What if I want to go into computer science? What ivy’s or non ivy’s that are easier to get in am i looking for? ( when i say non ivy’s i mean UCB or something like that)</p>
<p>Cornell CAS accepts 16% of applicants with a mean SAT in the 1430 range. That makes it as selective as Brown and Dartmouth. Cornell’s CoE accepts a higher precentage (35%-40%), but the mean SAT score of those students hovers at about 1470. The other coleges within Cornell (Agriculture, Architecrture, Hotel Management, Human Ecology and Industrial and Labor Relations) are not comparable to the rest of the Ivies because they are unique to Cornell. </p>
<p>There is no easiest Ivy if you make apple-to-apple comparison. HYP are the hardest. Beyond those three, the remaining 5 Ivies are all relative the same in terms of selectivity. Of course, if one wishes to get an Ivy League degree, regardless of major, there are probably a couple of colleges within Cornell are are easier to get into, but I am not familiar with the specifics.</p>
<p>mathkid95, Cornell and Dartmouth are the easiest ivies to get into. I don’t really know which school is better for computer science but on a whole I like Dartmouth a lot better than Cornell. However, just because the two schools are the “easiest ivies”, they are both still VERY selective since they have the “ivy league” tag.</p>
<p>If you cannot spell ‘Ivies’ correctly, I’d move on.</p>
<p>if you are applying to a school because it’s an easy ivy, you are not a good fit for that school</p>
<p>Cornell contract schools followed by non Wharton Penn are the easiest. Columbia’s engineering school is easier to get into than the rest of the college.</p>
<p>^ Penn’s College of Arts and Sciences has an overall admit rate of 16-17%. I’m not sure that it’s necessarily “easier” to get into than Cornell Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>Penn CAS was 13% for RD this year. ED is much higher, though.</p>
<p>EDIT: You posted while I was posting :)</p>
<p>But yeah, there are the numbers.</p>
<p>^ I said “overall” admit rate (which combines ED and RD).</p>
<p>Don’t we already have about 5 billion threads on this topic already? Here’s what the general consensus is every time:</p>
<p>Tier 1: Harvard, Yale, Princeton</p>
<p>Tier 2: Columbia, Brown, Wharton@UPenn</p>
<p>Tier 3: Cornell, Dartmouth, UPenn</p>
<p>There you go. Next time, please don’t make a thread.</p>
<p>That list is not accurate, no wonder people keep redoing them.</p>
<p>I’d say that there are a good number of kids at Cornell who were rejected by other Ivies, and a good number of kids at other Ivies like Penn, Harvard, Brown, etc. who got into Cornell as well. That is from my experience from a high school that sends nearly 10 kids to Cornell a year, 5 Penn, 1 to each HYP, and a few to Dartmouth and Columbia. I’ve heard similar stories from other people and their experiences as well. In addition I have a bunch of friends at Penn who were admitted to places like Cornell and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>In all actuality, Cornell’s contract schools are easier to get into than the rest of the Ivy League. Penn SEAS and Columbia SEAS are not as difficult as the rest of the Ivies to get into either. You still have to have a very strong profile and have the background of a prospective engineer, but there just isn’t as much competition for each spot.</p>
<p>Probably Cornell, but Brown is the easiest to graduate with a high GPA.</p>
<p>“That list is not accurate, no wonder people keep redoing them.”</p>
<p>I’ve been here for 5 months, read ever stupid list, and this is always what comes out. I don’t really know why besides peer review and USN&WR this happens, but it always does. Maybe if we sticky it on the ivy forum we won’t have to go through this every week.</p>
<p>in terms of difficulty of admission…</p>
<p>TIER 1: Harvard, Princeton, Yale
TIER 2: Wharton, Columbia College
TIER 3: Dartmouth, Brown
TIER 4: Penn CAS, Cornell CAS, Cornell Engineering, Columbia Engineering
TIER 5: Penn Engineering, Cornell contract colleges</p>
<p>I think most people would agree with these tiers.</p>
<p>Class of 2012</p>
<p>Harvard 7.09%
Yale 8.29%
Princeton 9.25%
Columbia 10.05
Dartmouth 13.24
Brown 13.29%
Penn 16.44%
Cornell 20.40%</p>
<p>Class of 2013</p>
<p>Harvard 7 %
Yale 7.5%
Princeton 9.79%
Columbia 10%
Brown 11%
Dartmouth 12%
Penn 17%
Cornell 19%</p>
<p>I honestly don’t understand how you can rank ivy league schools. Penn is ranked 6th by US News and yet people consider it 3rd/4th tier ??? am i missing someting here?</p>