Ivy League

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>I have appropriate SAT scores to get into an ivy league, but I have a 3.75 GPA. Can I still get in? </p>

<p>I also have many EC's and play sports</p>

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<p>Hey boo5692, I’m in the same boat as you! From what I understand, not EVERYONE who gets in to Ivies was valedictorian at their high school… they do take some people who’ve had a B or two along the way. </p>

<p>Basically what I hear is that admission decisions at Ivies are sort of random. They might reject the 4.0 merit scholar, and accept a 3.5 kid with average test scores. So yes, you definitely could get in! But the Ivies are a reach for everyone, so don’t sweat it. Most of the people they reject could do the work there anyway… there just isn’t enough room for everyone.</p>

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<p>I had a 3.77ish UW GPA and was accepted to 3 ivies. So it’s not the end of the world :)</p>

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<p>How many times have you posted that link now condiments? lol</p>

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<p>thanks that makes me feel a lot better! :)</p>

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<p>Only if he’s a major football/hockey/basketball star, a talented URM or a wealthy legacy or development candidate. </p>

<p>Do people really believe these myths?</p>

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<p>Nothing at all random about Ivy League admissions.</p>

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<p>It isn’t random, but there is a matrix of needed students to create a class.</p>

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<p>Apparently. And of course it encourages the cannon fodder and in doing so boosts the USN&WR rankings.</p>

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<p>wow, that’s a little rude. sorry for being uninformed…</p>

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<p>Don’t worry about it. She has about 7000 posts in the course of a year. Clearly neurotic.</p>

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<p>Hmom is simply telling the truth, a truth that is not very pleasant so some people don’t want to hear it. Don’t shoot the messenger. </p>

<p>Why do you think that schools that are already rejecting about 90% of their applicants send out marketing mailings? Think about that, and while you’re at it go to the Common Data Sets and look at the stats. See how very, very few kids with a 3.5 and “average” test scores get in to Ivies schools. Then think about how many recruited athletes, URMs, and development admits there are.</p>

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<p>Neurotic? Somewhat! But I am constantly amazed at the things people write on these boards, and write in a factual tone. Why do people answer posts when they really don’t have the information?</p>

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<p>I’m sorry that I was mistaken in my original post, but Consolation and hmom5, you are being just plain snotty.</p>

<p>hmom, from other posts I’ve seen it looks like you have a son at Dartmouth. So, naturally, I’m sure you know a lot about the Ivy admissions process, and that’s great that you’re choosing to spread the information, but asking if “people really believe those myths” is not the best way to do so. A lot of kids have Ivy League hopes, and I respect that you don’t want them to be misled, but in talking that way you sound haughty and scornful.</p>

<p>Consolation, I have the grades, scores, and extracurriculars to attend an Ivy League school, so I do not appreciate your implication that I am “shooting the messenger” because I don’t like what you and hmom5 are saying.</p>

<p>Go back and look at your responses, and you’ll see that you two chose to pick my answer apart and very nearly mock me just because I accidentally gave out some false information. This messageboard is for collaboration and sharing information, and I don’t think your rudeness has a place here.</p>

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<p>Here’s the thing runnergirl. Kids come here to get information. Hopefully reliable information. So when experienced people click on a thread and see someone saying what you said above, we worry about all of the kids that will believe this. </p>

<p>It’s information like this that make the unqualified apply and make ivy admissions seem so daunting and random when they really are not. So why write “you definitely could get in” when you really don’t know?</p>

<p>It was not my intention to be “snotty”, but the continual perpetration of myths is horrifying. Kids are wasting their time applying to schools they can’t get into and not focusing on the ones they can–risking not being admitted to those too. They are wasting time, energy and money. </p>

<p>Come back in April to see the anguish and you’ll understand why Consolation and I reacted the way we did to misinformation being spread. Nothing personal intended.</p>