No students have ever gone to an Ivy!

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>I just talked to my guidance counselor today and she told me that our Toronto high school has never had a student that has gone to an Ivy before (at least during her stay, which has been for a while, about 10 years probably).</p>

<p>How disappointing is that?
But then again, maybe I can start a new trend... :)</p>

<p>P.S.
It's not like this because students here don't WANT to go to Ivy's, but more because of the fact that the majority of our school is, erm... 'academically-challenged' :(</p>

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<p>that will only serve to help your application.</p>

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<p>I disagree. If your school has connections it can be very beneficial.</p>

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<p>what high school do you go to?</p>

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<p>In fact, the Canadian acceptance to Ivy Univs. is too low, nationally.</p>

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<p>:] Goodlucky to you Gary. Hope you get into the ivy league of your dreams! :D</p>

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<p>Hey good luck, i sincerely hope dat u'll be able to the first one 2 usher admission @ IVies....</p>

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<p>Woohoo! Hey Yash! Are you class of '07? :]</p>

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<p>My school is the same...except mine is in ohio, I find it depressing, and I think it will hurt my chances also.</p>

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<p>Serious? We at least have a bunch of UCLA, Berkeley, USC. And one Cornell this year.</p>

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<p>How many have applied to an Ivy League?</p>

<p>In other words, what's the yield rate like? </p>

<p>If it's 0%....then that spells bad news for you.</p>

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<p>about 50 in my school are going to community college..25 other.
1 out of state...rest of senior class????</p>

<p>(senior year)</p>

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<p>Don't worry about this at all. It will NOT hurt your chances. At my school, one person - 20 years ago - went to an Ivy, and I was accepted to Yale this year. I think elite colleges appreciate the ambition that comes with being the first from your school to apply to an Ivy. And JyankeesSS2, my school is in Ohio too. ;)</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Nobody in my school's ever even applied to an ivy.. I was the first.. haha they don't even know what the ivy league is.. it's quite sad actually..</p>

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<p>Always cool to be first! The whole town will be like: "wow, that's the kid who got into the Ivy League!"</p>

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<p>haha now if only the town knew what the ivy league was..</p>

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<p>Mine just had its first this year.</p>

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<p>It'd be cool to be the first from your school going to an Ivy. :) Maybe that very fact may help you out in admissions....?</p>

<p>This year, unlike the past five/six years, NO ONE from my hs class was accepted to HYP (no one applied to Stanford). There was a Duke and an MIT and a Penn Wharton, though, as well as a good number going to top thirty unis or LACs. But no one was accepted to a "big one," though at least twelve kids out of a class of 200 applied to HYP.</p>

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<p>only a few kids from my school have made it to ivies...this year i was the only one to be accepted to one from my class. don't despair, college admissions looks at how you compare to your peers, and it sounds like you're way ahead. make sure you set yourself apart, take advantage of being one of the few intelligent ones. itll pay off.</p>

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<p>well you can be the first one. rock on gary.</p>