<p>Is it possible to get into ivies the easy way? i.e. going by one major, art or something, and then switching into physics or literature?
Anyone ever done it?</p>
<p>No they have not. The only easy way into an Ivy is if your parents pay like millions of dollars to the university</p>
<p>^Or lying intelligently.</p>
<p>**pretty much Cornell ILR or hotel **, which are some of Cornell’s state-funded schools, hence “state” school status…my brother did it. he got into ILR with a 25 ACT and top 20% in an ok high school. his resume did look good in that it showed interest in “labor” but that was BS because rarely anybody that young really has genuine interest in the field at that age. also, one of my best friends who’s in the hotel program at Cornell got in with a 24 ACT and top 15% but has really good restaurant experience. she tells me her experience is basically waitressing, which is the only job she could get in HS. however, she made is seem like it was her “passion.” She’s doing well at Cornell though and loves it.</p>
<p>Other than Cornell and Penn, ivies don’t admit by major. Even at those schools, they have CAS which also does not admit by major.</p>
<p>The only back door I know to an ivy is Harvard’s Extension, where anyone can enroll. You get a Harvard Extension degree rather than a Harvard College one, but hey it’s a Harvard U degree.</p>
<p>agree with scales, donate millions. that is the easiest way.</p>
<p>Being a URM.</p>
<p>For the most part, at Ivies you don’t apply to a major, or to a separate division such as a school of nursing or a school of international relations. You apply to the college. So it’s not as if there’s a lower standard for, say, French majors than there is for biochemistry majors.</p>
<p>Cornell is something of an exception because, as noted above, part of Cornell is a land-grant institution, and part of it is a private research university.</p>
<p>It may be that Wharton at UPenn has an application process that’s separate from Arts & Sciences–I wouldn’t know–but that would hardly be a back door anyway.</p>
<p>Or you could convince a parent to get a job in said schools Admissions office</p>
<p>I heard the admissions standards for nursing school at UPenn is like 70% or something. Either way, it’s ridiculously easier to get into than CAS.</p>
<p>Hmm…I didn’t even realize Penn has a nursing school.</p>
<p>OK, as far as I know, at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown and Columbia…</p>
<p>@seancarpenter. Awesome post man, it really brings out your ignorance</p>
<p>Much as I hate condoning doing anything the “easy way,” Cornell definitely has a couple schools that you can get into without much trouble. Three kids from my grade got into Cornell ED this year. One had serious legacy, and the other two, neither of whom you’d expect to be the Ivy League types, got into some really random schools.</p>
<p>cbollentin my mom went to Cornell Hotel School, but thats even harder to get into (Atleast in the 80s im not sure now).</p>
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<li><p>Schedule an interview…or not. Doesn’t really matter.</p></li>
<li><p>Get a few friends together with some musical equipment. Talent is a nice plus, but not required.</p></li>
<li><p>Set up musical equipment right outside the admissions office.</p></li>
<li><p>Start playing something…preferably something that is as far removed from classical music as possible to not be overly trite. Say something by wonderfully sophisticated artists well-appreciated by Ivy adcom types. At Ivies which trend towards the more conservative and/or historically attracted more southern students, make it a point to reinterpret country-western in the punk style like the Ramones, Sex Pistols, and especially the Clash or hip-hop rap icons like Vanilla Ice. Toss in some Lady Gaga or Kate Perry if you really want to go the extra 10,000 miles. For the rest, play ye olde '60s Motown/folk tunes as modern Country pop tunes…autotuning optional. </p></li>
<li><p>Oh, yeah…most adcoms were probably children of the '70s so you can’t go wrong playing anything disco…especially anything by the Beegees. Bonus points for wearing that white suit from SNF. 
:D</p></li>
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<p>Bonus Ivy admissions points if the volumes are dialed up to 20 and you get international news coverage. With that, they cannot help but let you in. :D</p>
<p>Disclaimer: Am not responsible for any less than optimal results from following the above-mentioned suggestions. :D</p>
<p>@scales I don’t see how reality=ignorance…</p>
<p>It is ignorance because if what you said was reality, URM acceptance rates would be 100%, which they aren’t. So, thanks for another awesome post. Stay awesome bro</p>
<p>I agree with seancarpenter. Do you really think sotomayor was really the absolute most qualified to be the next on the supreme court? No she was very qualified, but being a hispanic woman seperated her from the other white males more qualified than her.</p>
<p>^ Maybe people were tired of a white male dominated Supreme Court</p>
<p>Why does it matter if they are white males? Shouldn’t it simply be whoever is the most qualified no matter the race? However it was not.</p>