Rank the Ivies by How Hard to Get In

Applying to College
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Putting aside which is “best”, how do you rank the Ivies by ho hard it is to get in? I’d say:

Harvard
Yale
Brown
Princeton
Dartmouth
Columbia
Penn
Cornell

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<p>Is there any particular point to this other than the chance for another Ivy flame fest? It's not hard to find out - just compare # of applicants, average test score, acceptance rate, and EA/ED numbers (some colleges get huge % boosts with ED).</p>

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<p>Not a flamefest please. It's an ED strategy question for the fall.</p>

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<p>while I'm usually against stuff like this, I'm really bored, so here goes:
Yale
Columbia
Harvard
Princeton
Brown
Dartmouth
Penn
Cornell</p>

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<p>why penn so low? wharton is very very hard</p>

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<p>somebody has to be in that spot</p>

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<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia College
Penn Wharton
Brown
Dartmouth
Penn CAS
Cornell
Penn SEAS
Columbia SEAS</p>

<p>idk something like that...</p>

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<p>What does SEAS mean? Do you apply to just that school? And you can't transfer easily?</p>

<p>Also, I don't know that much, so I'm obviously wrong about Wharton.</p>

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<p>SEAS is engineering, at least for columbia</p>

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<p>Be careful when you're ranking the SEAS (School of Engineering and Applied Science) programs. They are usually really self-selective, which partially accounts for their higher acceptance rates. If you do a breakdown of the different colleges at Penn and Cornell, you'll see that the SEAS admission stats tend to be the same as those of the other colleges (and math SAT scores are always higher). True, Penn SEAS and Cornell SEAS aren't Caltech or MIT, but they are still very selective schools.</p>

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<p>The OP asked which are easiest to get into. Generally, the SEAS programs are easier to get into. First, true they are self-selective. They have a lower number of applicants too that means. I'm not knocking on the SEAS programs: i'm sure they are great. I'm just following the OP's question which was, "Putting aside which is "best", how do you rank the Ivies by [how] hard it is to get in?" I haven't even drawn a comparison to Caltech or MIT as they are not Ivy League schools. I still hold my rankings.</p>

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<p>OK, I see your point. =)</p>

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<p>wharton is hard but the overall school of upenn is much easier than wharton. much easier than the rest of the ivies that is....except for cornell of course =D</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale/Princeton
Columbia
Dartmouth
UPENN
Brown
Cornell</p>

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<p>mensa - I'd advise against using this sort of strategy when deciding where to apply ED/EA. Pick the school you most want to attend! Otherwise, it may well backfire. Trying to pick which school is easiest to get into for any <em>particular</em> student is impossible, and isn't reflected in admit stats.
A friend applied to Brown because he thought it would be easier than Yale, where he truely wanted to go if he knew he could get in. He was deferred at Brown, and lost his EA chance at Yale. If you can only apply to one EA school, do the hard work of making the decision about where you want to be before you apply. Visit, interview - do it all this year and early next year so you can choose with enough knowledge of which would be the best match for you.</p>

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<p>Princeton
Yale
Harvard
Columbia
Brown
Dartmouth
UPenn
Cornell</p>

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<p>Isn't this factual? Can't you just check the actual numbers?</p>

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<p>well the question is how do YOU rank the ivies by how hard to get in, so it can or cannot be factual based on your take to the question</p>

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<p>What possible factors, other than admit rate, can we use to formulate our opinions?</p>

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<p>selectivity</p>

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<p>Tossing a coin is also a tried and true method.</p>