I am a UK student looking to apply to the Ivy Leagues (I don’t need financial aid).
I have 4a* at A Level (Drama, Chemistry, English and Philosophy) and have scored 2400 on the SATs.
However my GCSE results are poor (1 A*, 5 As, 4Bs and a C) due to literally no work. Would this rule out the top schools e.g. HYP?
I have good ECs, I did an extended project which i got an A in (this is the equivalent of a 5th As), I received a scholarship to do a summer course at Oxford Uni, I have done volunteering in my community, I have grade 8 LAMDA and have taken part in many Model UN conference. Would this be enough to be at least considered by the best schools, as i understand they are very competitive.
Thanks for any help!
Take these with a grain of salt, but you might find these interesting: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1752941-harvard-university-class-of-2019-rd-results.html
The point is the variety.
One of the biggest mistakes people make about “Ivy League” (imho) is that they treat the colleges as interchangeable. There is a huge difference between the experience at Columbia and Brown, or Dartmouth and Princeton, Yale or UPenn, Cornell and Harvard and so on. They are different in structure, campus culture, degree of urban-ness and much more.
Take a good look at each one for which environment looks as if it will suit you best. Nobody believes it- and they definitely don’t like to hear it!- but the colleges are not bad at selecting students who are a good fit for them- not perfect, by a long shot, and there are always headscratchers of ‘how did that kid end up there?’- but overall the adcomms know what they are about. You will have much better odds of admission (though still small- b/c they all take fewer than 10% of applicants)- by figuring out which is the most natural fit for you than by just applying to all of them.
also go look at hugo 0777 (here on CC), who has just done this and is disappointed in the results.