<p>I'm applying to 3 ivies RD</p>
<p>Harvard, Princeton, Columbiaaaaa <3</p>
<p>for those of u who already got into your top choice school EA, do the rest of us a favor and don't take up spots at OUR dream schools "just for the heck of it"</p>
<p>even if you don't accept the offer you get from Yale/Harvard/Brown/Columbia, your original acceptance will translate into a rejection for someone else who would have gone in a heartbeat</p>
<p>^I do agree that from an ethical standpoint, you may be right. However, you need to realize that a lot of people apply to several schools to compare financial aid packages or because they truly do not know which school they wish to attend. Besides, if the person truly had a chance, he will have the same chances to be taken off the waitlist. If that person did not make the waitlist, then his decision would have been the same regardless.</p>
<p>Yeah I hate that argument - "Don't apply cuz you'll take a spot that could have been reserved for someone else."</p>
<p>I don't advocate applying "for the heck of it", but honestly, the person that got a waitlist will be admitted after the person who received admission enrolls at a different school.</p>
<p>I was going to apply to quite a few, but I ended up withdrawing a couple so I've applied to 2 Ivies total.</p>
<p>I applied to Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown. Yale for the financial aid package. Dartmouth for its undergrad focus. Brown is pretty much for its Open Curriculum. If you get accepted to both Dartmouth and Brown, what are the criteria to compare these 2 schools?</p>
<p>I'm international, and only HYP give aid to foreign citizens lol.</p>
<p>i'm surprised by how few browns there are in here. i guess that's good for me. i've visited all of them and i liked brown by far the best. yale was definitely second. and then probably cornell and columbia. </p>
<p>will never get into harvard.</p>
<p>dartmouth is not so much my type.</p>
<p>did not like u penn, way too pre professional i felt.</p>
<p>almost applied to princeton, but decided against it.</p>
<p>^To those saying "don't apply to other schools if you got in SCEA blah blah", one of the main reasons I applied SCEA to Stanford was that I knew that if I got in, I wouldn't be bound to it. Financial aid is really important to me (as I'm sure it's just as important, if not more important to a lot of you as well). My original plan was actually to do ED to Brown, but I decided against it, and it was the best decision I could have ever made. I got into Stanford, and now I can apply to Brown worry free along with one or two other schools, and then make a final decision come april when I finally know ALL of my acceptances/rejections/waitlists and I can sit down and compare offers from different schools. And to top it all off, applying early really does take the stress off of the rest of senior year. Even if I wind up getting rejected from everywhere else I apply, at least I have the peace of mind knowing that I got into a great school that I love.</p>
<p>Oh and for those complaining, if Yale was your top choice, why didn't you apply early? (If you were deferred, then that's understandable).</p>
<p>^^^you think penn is too pre professional but you don't think cornell is?</p>
<p>ilovepeople712
y wont u go in harvard</p>
<p>I didn't like how penn is so pre-professional
But I want to go into business...and since Wharton has the best business program, I plan to apply there just because of that</p>
<p>However, I started reading more about Cornell and it sounds really nice. I really like the campus and the location (a bit too cold but whatever)It really seems like a good school..I'm actually considering it (need to do more research but it's looking good so far)</p>
<p>Why does everyone on CC rank it so low???</p>
<p>If I end up liking Cornell alot..it might replace Harvard because Cornell seems much more likely than Harvard..more realistic..</p>
<p>If you know your desired major, why do you want to apply to all of the Ivies? One Ivy is much much different from the other one.</p>
<p>Say like, if you do engineering, why apply to all of them? I've never heard people coming to Harvard and Yale for engineering.</p>
<p>If you do social sciences, it's a little bit understandable. But seriously who comes to Penn for the regular Arts and Sciences, considering it has the Wharton School?</p>
<p>Just a few opinions...</p>
<p>"It depends on many factors.I wouldnt apply to any Ivy if may SAT score was below 2100.If it was below 2200 i wouldnt apply to Princeton,Stanford and if it was below ~~2280 i wouldnt apply to Yale or Harvard,"</p>
<p>Probably the stupidest comment ever</p>
<p>I applied to all of them. I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about with prestige. For me it's ivy league or state school. It's a matter of money.</p>
<p>I agree with rb3 when it comes to price tags. My parents haven't saved **** over my lifetime and now we have nothing and my dads roughly $60,000 in debt. So for me, I have two options: Ivy or state. I wouldn't mind state, but I have falled in love with a few of the Ivies. For me, I'm applying to HYP (Yale out of love and the others for finances), Brown, and Cornell.</p>
<p>The issue with someone applying to every Ivy is that it blocks people from his/her school and region. The waitlist argument is flawed, because I know friends who were rejected from the Ivies while their prestige-seeking classmates got in only to say "No thanks, I'm going crimson." And when those kids gave up their spot in the class, it wasn't anyone from our school who got it. The only reason you should apply to more schools with an early acceptance is for financial aid, and some of those who have claimed that they are going to apply to other schools have made it clear that they do so out of curiosity, not out of need. They admit that no matter what, they're going to their early school all the way.</p>
<p>I applied to five, and have good reasons for... well, four.</p>
<p>Princeton: I love the campus and the feel of the place. Also the undergrad focus.</p>
<p>Dartmouth: I pretty much love everything. </p>
<p>Yale: I love the location (not necessarily New Haven, but the proximity to other cities), the housing system, and that there are "secret societies" but that they don't play a huge part in campus life. I also love the history of the place.</p>
<p>Penn: I really loved it when I went there, and I do like the pre-prof focus, to a point. But it wasn't my first choice by far, and now that I've gotten into BC and Gtown I almost certainly won't go even if I got in.</p>
<p>Harvard: Uh. This is the one I don't really have a reason for. I love the location (Boston!!) but I can't see myself here at all. But, dude, it's Harvard! And also, there is a delicious hamburger place very near by... YUM!</p>
<p>I also looked at Cornell, but I could not handle to distance from EVERYTHING. Ick. And Manhattan is fun to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there (Columbia).</p>
<p>Wow, I feel like sort of a schmuck for getting deferred Cornell HumEc ED.
I'm really not optimistic for the Ivies I applied to after seeing how many people got into places like Yale and Georgetown and are applying to the same schools I'm applying to.</p>
<p>Reasons:</p>
<p>Yale: Absolutely love the place. I would choose it hands down if I were to get accepted. The residential colleges are amazing, the campus culture is ridiculously vibrant, and the students are exactly the type of people I'd like to get to know at this stage of my life.</p>
<p>Harvard: It's Harvard, yes, but it has an extremely strong anthropology program (which I will major/concentrate in along with doing pre-med requirements). Also, had a great alumni interview, though I highly doubt that will help me get admitted.</p>
<p>Penn: Health and Societies major with a concentration in International Health= OMG YES!
Absolute perfect major for me, the school is more an academic fit in terms of this major rather than campus culture fit: campus was nice and Philly's a GREAT city, but I prefer Yale's campus. Wrote some interesting essays... let's hope I get in.</p>
<p>Cornell: Ah, Cornell... the deferral will forever sting, but I did find out why I was deferred and it's something I can address in my letter of interest that I'm going to send in a few weeks. What can I say about Cornell? I fell in love with the Human Ecology school, but I'm a bit miffed at my deferral. Top grades in all APs/honors, medical ECs, passion for languages, and a 2300 SAT? You'd think they'd want me ED, guess not.</p>
<p>Dartmouth: I haven't visited the campus, but it seems like an awesome school. The academics are top-notch, and their pre-med as well as language programs are wonderful. Great campus culture and a very desirable place for me. However, I'm expecting a rejection.</p>
<p>Gotta love them there Ivies!</p>
<p>Mr. Fitz - In your region, I am sure there were not solely "accepted" and "rejected" but deferred as well (waitlist later for RD). So while people at your school won't come off the waitlist, someone else in your region will. If people at your school didn't get deferred/waitlist, they wouldn't have been the ones accepted even if the crimson people did not apply. I am not saying it is right for someone to collect acceptances, but the fact that people who would have been accepted (had a person with interest in Financial Aid accepted EA not applied) will come off the waitlist afterwards is true.</p>
<p>just Brown and Yale. Brown is my first choice, Yale is just my safety.</p>
<p>ok, I'm kidding about that last part.</p>
<p>I applied to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown and Dartmouth. I did Yale's single choice early action and got deferred, so I am crossing my fingers for the rest. I hope I get into at least one of my dream schools!</p>