Profile of an Ivy League Applicant

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<p>On CC, there are many of us who are considering the Ivy Leagues for our undergraduate education. As application time rolls around, what do you guys think the average Ivy League Applicant looks like? Below is a template for you to fill out, but feel free to add or subtract from the template as you feel necessary.</p>

<p>GPA (W and UW)
Rank:
SAT/ACT scores:
ECs: (This is the tough one, and the most diverse category):
Number of APs taken:
Scores on AP Tests:
Recognition (on all levels; school on up through country):
Accomplishments:</p>

<p>Please try to be realistic with this. At all costs, do not play with this thread and put down curing cancer for an EC!</p>

<p>If you know anybody that got into an Ivy League school without having godlike stats, it would be cool to see those person's basic stats.</p>

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<p>GPA (W and UW): 4/4, 5/5
Rank: 1 out of 1337
SAT/ACT scores: 2400/36
ECs: (This is the tough one, and the most diverse category): 2000 volunteer hours, started multimillion dollar business, participates in PhD level research
Number of APs taken: around 7-8 junior senior year, so averages about 5-6 a year
Scores on AP Tests: all 5, except for one 4 (to prove human)
Recognition (on all levels; school on up through country): Siemans, Intel, USAMO -> IMO, Chemistry Olympiad, Biology Olympiad, #1 ranked chess player in US, won Pulitzer prize.
Accomplishments: same as above</p>

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<p>A guy i know who got into cornell ED, international.</p>

<p>GPA (W and UW)… 39/45 for IB predicted…?
Rank:???
SAT/ACT scores:2280
ECs: (This is the tough one, and the most diverse category):I don’t think he has too many.. Math club tutor, sketching (this should be the best… he’s at like a college level at least), piano but he quit for like 2 years.
Number of APs taken:0
Scores on AP Tests:N/A
Recognition (on all levels; school on up through country): qualified for canadian math olympiad… and AIME like 2 times. Scored a 6 on AIME i believe
Accomplishments: ^^^</p>

<p>EDIT:

noobcake…
If you have nothing to contribute… don’t.</p>

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<p>^ 0 AP’s??! Blasphemy!</p>

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<p>UW GPA (Why would weighted matter?): 3.7+
Rank: Top 10%
SAT/ACT scores: 95th percentile and up.
ECs: (This is the tough one, and the most diverse category): Whatever they do they have leadership positions and are good at it.
Number of APs taken: What matters is AP Classes Taken/AP Classes Available
Scores on AP Tests: Mostly 5’s
Recognition (on all levels; school on up through country): Just do your best.
Accomplishments: Just do your best.</p>

<p>If this is your strategy to get into an Ivy League school, you probably won’t make it. Just do your best and it will happen if it’s supposed to happen.</p>

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<p>I can help since only 1 person in our school got into harvard. She was pretty popular so everyone knows here:</p>

<p>GPA 4/4 UW(Im ont sure how many AP class she had but I knew she ahd at least 2 in senior year)
Rank:1(validictorian)
SAT/ACT scores:2340
ECs: (This is the tough one, and the most diverse category):President of 3 clubs, officer of two other. Captain of tennis team. Over 1000 community service hours.
Number of APs taken:At least to my knowledge 6.
Scores on AP Tests:All 5s
Recognition (on all levels; school on up through country):not sure, she was in any national torny
Accomplishments:Not that sure, she doesn’t like to brag so not too sure on this one</p>

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<p>I’ll put what I think a competitive applicant looks like</p>

<p>GPA (W and UW) 3.8+
Rank: top 1-5%
SAT/ACT scores: 1500/2250, 34
ECs: (This is the tough one, and the most diverse category): 2-3 sport athlete, with leadership in SC and/or club, and community service
Number of APs taken: ~6+ (this can definitely vary)
Scores on AP Tests: 4’s and 5’s
Recognition (on all levels; school on up through country): AIME is impressive, USAMO and other Olympiads are impressive also, intel, etc. Otherwise national merit, AP scholar</p>

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<p>I live in Canada. Our school doesn’t have APs. However, as I indicated in the GPA part, he was in IB. 39/45 for predicted score.</p>

<p>Oh and another person got into Yale SCEA.</p>

<p>I don’t know all of his stats though. (I don’t know anything about the person who got in harvard)</p>

<p>but
He took 6 HL courses. The most you can normally take is 4, but he had 2 certificate HLs in addition to the diploma. </p>

<p>2400SAT took once.
a bunch of ECs, can’t count them.
Got rejected by harvard.</p>

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<p>… I guess I’ll give it a shot.</p>

<p>GPA (W and UW) 3.8ish UW
Rank: Top 10%
SAT/ACT scores: 2200’s/33
ECs: (This is the tough one, and the most diverse category): It doesn’t matter which EC’s, as long as you’re committed to a couple of them. Hopefully has some volunteer hours or work experience.
Number of APs taken: All that were available.
Scores on AP Tests: At least 4’s.
Recognition (on all levels; school on up through country): Something at least region-wide.
Accomplishments: Does well in what they’re involved in. No need for anything insane.</p>

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<p>You kids realize that each college has a list of SAT scores, class rank, and other stuff for their admitted students on their websites right? Look at those numbers and just assume that the average unhooked competitive applicant has slightly higher stats. You could also look at the decision threads on CC at all of these colleges and see what stats students actually have. Either way, there are so many Ivy applicants from all over the place that there is no uniform profile of applicants. If there was a uniform profile, these schools are going for diversity and would admit students who don’t fit the mold.</p>

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<p>I was just profiling what I think is the average applicant. The OP is looking for some kind of benchmark, might as well give it a shot. :P</p>

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<p>Here I believe is what the typical applicant looks like. This does not mean it is a person who has a likely chance of getting in, a person who is rejected, or a person who is admitted, but the likely average applicant to an Ivy that has self-selected themself from America’s graduating high school class to apply.</p>

<p>GPA (W and UW): 3.7 UW, No Basis for Weighted
Rank: Top 10%
SAT/ACT scores: 1900 - 2200, Average of likely 2050
ECs: (This is the tough one, and the most diverse category): Officer in one or two clubs on the school level (nothing on the regional, state, or national level). Sports, but not neccesary captain.
Number of APs taken: 2-5
Scores on AP Tests: Mostly 4’s, then 5’s, a few 3’s
Recognition (on all levels; school on up through country): Local awards, national merit mabye
Accomplishments: No Basis for This</p>

<p>This is what likely the typical applicant looks like. The admitted applicant is usually a high-ranking, high-GPA, and slightly higher SAT (likely around 2200 average) with much stronger EC’s and accomplishments. </p>

<p>But based on all the statistics and info, this is likely the regular applicant.</p>

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<p>GPA: 3.75 uw
Rank: Top 10%
SAT: 2000-2200 Average 2100 ACT: 30?
AP’s by Graduation: 5-7
Scores: Mostly 4s, some 5s</p>

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<p>I have no opinions on this, as I know nothing about ivys/EC’s and etc…</p>

<p>but wow ivyleaguewannabe, how many of these threads do you have to create? Seriously, stop worrying and just chill out…I remember the last time you were asking about geography and SAT score specifics…</p>

<p>Statistics.</p>

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<p>there’s a site called collegedata that specializes in this kind of thing. here’s yale’s page <a href=“https://www.collegedata.com/cs/admissions/admissions_tracker_result.jhtml?schoolId=244&classYear=2012[/url]”>https://www.collegedata.com/cs/admissions/admissions_tracker_result.jhtml?schoolId=244&classYear=2012&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^ it has too few cases to be scientific, though I use it and it’s interesting certainly</p>

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<p>6 higher levels?? the horror..</p>

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<p>^lol</p>

<p>bump 10 char</p>