Official "Applied to all 8 Ivies for kicks" thread- Prepare Yourselves

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@SKTT1Impact‌ Congratulations!

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Congratulations on Dartmouth, @SKTT1Impact! Thanks, I got into Yale and Penn tonight.

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@cttwenty15‌
That’s awesome. My great grandfather went to Yale and that was actually one I was really hoping for because of that. No one in my family has been to an Ivy since then. Also, philadelphia is a great city- I was around Curtis when I visited and I loved it; don’t let people talk you out of it. Congrats again!

@marklondon‌

Thanks so much!

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I’ve been following this thread for a bit and I was really excited to see how things panned out for y’all today. I’m a junior right now, but do you recommend the same strategy come my turn to apply for colleges? Hopefully I’ll be applying through Questbridge, and the only Ivies that aren’t partner schools are Harvard and Cornell which I don’t really care about anyway. Do you guys think that applying to this many schools prevented you from being able to create a quality app for each school? Like with essays and whatnot.

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@SKTT1Impact‌
I can’t believe it but yeah I actually did man!!!

Rejected: Harvard (there goes my username), Cornell, UPenn, and Yale
Waitlisted: Brown and Columbia
Accepted: Dartmouth and PRINCETON!

I’m submitting my request to have my username changed to Homeless2Princeton

Go Tigers! Class of '19

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@Homeless2Harvard Hey, I’ve been seeing your posts for awhile and have been hoping you get in somewhere great. CONGRATULATIONS!!! That’s amazing!

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@Homeless2Harvard‌
Nice man! That’s amazing. I hope you attend, and I know you deserve it. I love your story, and I can’t wait to see your new username. Congratulations!

@Swinter‌
I think this is a great idea, if you’re like me and you never really invested time but want to give yourself the best shot you can. I accidentally have a strong SAT score, and that’s pretty much it. Every essay I wrote for all 8 Ivies was submitted and written 4 hours before the submission deadline. I’m not kidding. There were grammatical errors I spotted as I was scrolling down the CommonApp confirmation screen, but since it closed at 11:00 pm, I didn’t have time to change them. Quite the mess.

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@SKTT1Impact‌ I got into 6 out of 8 Ivy Leagues: Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, and UPenn
Denied by Yale and Columbia (my dream school).

I’m pretty happy with the results.

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So happy you guys got the results you hoped for!

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@pinkwhitered‌
Congratulations! That’s amazing. Columbia was my top choice as well.