<p>I understand it's kind of a ridiculous question, but I would just like a reference point.</p>
<p>The conventional wisdom is that UPenn, Cornell, and Dartmouth are the “easiest” to get into, especially through early decision, and Brown is usually also in the mix in these conversations. Cornell in particular admits a much larger class than any other Ivy and has a significantly higher acceptance rate to reflect this. Dartmouth, for its part, gets the fewest applications and is the only of the eight whose acceptance rate increased last year. Penn is somewhere in between.</p>
<p>That said, it’s entirely possible to get admitted to Princeton while being rejected from Cornell – every single one of these schools is extremely selective and has needs and wants that don’t perfectly overlap.</p>
<p>Your reference point is that this question is on par with someone who has absolutely no experience in any sport asking “Which is easier to get into, MLB, NFL, NHL, or NBA.” Even if there were an obvious answer, it’s meaningless.</p>
<p>Um, there are EIGHT Ivy League universities, not three. </p>
<p>swingtime, I took their question to mean of the ivy league schools, which three would be easiest. Of course that was after thinking the same thing as you. I would say based on the phasing of the thread, all 8 might be a challenge. </p>
<p>Cornell and UPenn are two of them, but Wharton is not. Another one might be Dartmouth. However, you’d feel extremely lucky if being accepted by one of the three. </p>
<p>Anyone know the differences in acceptance rates between ED and RD? If your only goal is to get into any ivy league school, is it best to get an ED for a lower school?</p>
<p>Among the five schools that have an ED process, the acceptance rate for ED is about 2-3 times higher than that for RD, although a big part of the discrepancy is that ED applicants self-select for good fit. The numbers are also skewed by recruited athletes and other people who know they’re getting accepted.</p>
<p>if your only goal is to get into any ivy league school, it’s best to reexamine your life. They are 8 very different institutions - and frankly no one should be genuinely interested in attending all 8 of them.</p>
<p>Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn non-Wharton are probably the 3 easiest. However, you could get rejected at 1-3 of them and get into one of HYP. </p>
<p>The easiest three are: 1) SUNY Cornell CALS (non-Dyson) 2) SUNY Cornell ILR 3) SUNY Cornell Human Ecology</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.suny.edu/student/downloads/Pdf/Admissions_qf_stateop.pdf”>http://www.suny.edu/student/downloads/Pdf/Admissions_qf_stateop.pdf</a></p>
<p>Brown, Dartmouth and Penn (except Nursing) are all about the same. They are all very different institutions that appeal to different types of students.</p>
<p>^ agreed, but I would add wharton to penn’s nursing category since both are quite selective compared to CAS</p>
<p>My daughter got into Cornell (A&S), Brown, and Penn. wait-listed for H and Princeton. My son was accepted to Cornell and Princeton. Typically, given all other things being equal, stronger overall credentials are needed for HYP + (Stanford & MIT). The next tier, within the types of schools being considered by the original poster, would be Columbia, Brown, Penn, Dartmouth, and Cornell (all). But that depends on a host of other factors. Admission rates for men will be lower for those schools that usually attract more men than women. Admissions rates for women will be lower for those schools that usually attract more women than man. So women may have an easier with engineering schools, business school. Women will have a more difficult time with Brown and liberal arts focused schools. Naturally this is a simplistic read on admissions but it is roughly true. </p>
<p>@sockittoum How come women may have a harder time? Just because of the competition?</p>
<p>@glee12
numbers. women are still underrepresented in engineering and business, not in the liberal arts.</p>
<p>All Ivys are difficult to get into. Just because Cornell and Penn take in the most incoming freshman doesn’t necessary make them easy to get into. For the class of 2018 Penn received 35K applications and will only 2400 of those students will attend. There are going to be alot of students who are going to find out getting into an “easy” Ivy wasn’t so easy after all.</p>
<p>And for Penn the competition for RD will be intense this year. Some 1300 were already accepted in the ED round.</p>
<p>In our area high school, year after year Cornell accepts the most number of students. Dartmouth also is relatively easier, with an over 50% Ed acceptance rate. However, Penn is very difficult for our seniors to get into. Haven’t figured out why</p>