<p>If you reached like a 2200+ uscf rating (national master) and won some major tournaments, would that give you a nice shot at the ivy leagues?</p>
<p>Assuming you have the right grades and scores, then yes.</p>
<p>Really? Cause I heard that ivy leagues don’t really care that much about chess. I mean, I heard that winning some national math contest or something was more important.</p>
<p>Major recognized achievements are always a plus in applications to selective colleges. Playing chess at a high level certainly is a major achievement.</p>
<p>Chess is played at the college level. See …</p>
<p>[Harvard</a> Chess Club](<a href=“http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hcc/index.php]Harvard”>http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hcc/index.php)</p>
<p>What the ivies care about is getting kids who have been extremely successul at whatever their passion is. It could be chess, math competitions or baton twirling, they seek the world’s best.</p>