<p>Could some one rank the Ivy League schools in their opinion as far as most difficult to get into? Are any easier to get into than others?</p>
<p>lol just look at the admissions rates for them online</p>
<p>spikes,
Here are the admit rates for the Ivies and all of the USNWR Top 20 so you can get some idea of their relative difficulty for acceptance.</p>
<p>10% Princeton
9% Harvard
9% Yale
17% Cal Tech
11% Stanford
13% MIT
18% U Penn
21% Duke
38% U Chicago
16% Dartmouth
10% Columbia
21% Wash U StL
25% Cornell
30% Northwestern
14% Brown
27% J Hopkins
24% Rice
32% Emory
34% Vanderbilt
27% Notre Dame</p>
<p>Also remember some of the Ivies have specific programs and schools that have varying levels of admission. For example I have always heard that if you really want to get into Upenn then don't apply to Wharton because they are much more selective than the rest of the schools. Same goes with Brown's PLME (ultra selective) and Cornell's CALS (easier to get in if in state).</p>
<p>^ That's not true. It's not easy to get into Cornell just because you're in state. NY Residents only have a lowered tuition.</p>
<p>Sorry about that, the only schools I really well-versed in are Brown and Stanford but I was just trying to make the point that specific programs and schools within the Ivies can be harder or easier to get into.</p>
<p>Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences is about as selective as Dartmouth. Cornell's Engineering is nearly as selective as MIT and Caltech.</p>
<p>hawkette:</p>
<p>Northwestern's acceptance rate was 25% this year.</p>
<p>Cornell's engineering is not as selective as MIT or Caltech based on what I've seen</p>
<ul>
<li>last time i checked its admission rate was at 37% (could be wrong though...)</li>
</ul>
<p>gd016,
All of the data provided above is from collegeboard.com and draws from the CDS of the various schools which, at this point, are only updated for the class entering Fall, 2006. I think that the information that you are posting on Northwestern (25% admit rate) is for the most recently admitted class. Like virtually all of the schools in the Top 20, Northwestern saw a decline in its acceptance rate for the most recently admitted class.</p>
<p>Hawkette,</p>
<p>Actually you're right, I believe Columbia's acceptance rate declined to 9%, not as drastic as Northwestern. Most schools experienced an increase in the number of applicants this year, but not many schools experienced a 5% decline if I remember correct. UChicago's acceptance, for example, declined by a percent or two.</p>
<p>But to answer the OP's question,
I'd say HYP would be the hardest to get into, then Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, Penn and Cornell.</p>
<p>Most of the schools on that list showed a decline overall this past year.
Overall I'd say:</p>
<p>1) Harvard, Yale, Princeton</p>
<p>2) Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, Penn</p>
<p>3) Cornell</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard.</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
</ol>
<p>However, If I could get into all of them (which will never happen in a million years), I would chose the following in order.</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
</ol>
<p>as always, </p>
<ol>
<li><p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton</p></li>
<li><p>Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Most schools saw a 1-2% decrease in acceptance rates or no material change.</p>
<p>Here are the acceptance rates for the class of 2011 at the end of March of this year:</p>
<p>Harvard - Accepted 2,058 applicants from a pool of 22,955, for an overall acceptance rate 9%.</p>
<p>Yale - Accepted 1,860 applicants from a pool of 19,323, for an overall acceptance rate of 9.6%.</p>
<p>Columbia - Accepted 2,210 applicants from a pool of 21,343, for an overall acceptance rate of 10.4%.</p>
<p>Dartmouth - Accepted 2,165 applicants from a pool of 15,444, for an overall acceptance rate of 14%.</p>
<p>Princeton - Accepted 1,791 applicants from a pool of 18,942, for an overall acceptance rate of 9.5%.</p>
<p>Penn - Accepted 3,610 applicants from a pool of 22,634, for an overall acceptance rate of 16%.</p>
<p>Brown - Accepted 2,577 applicants from a pool of 19,044, for an overall acceptance rate of 20.5%.</p>
<p>Cornell - Accepted 6,229 applicants from a pool of 30,382 for an overall acceptance rate of 13.5%.</p>
<p>Stanford - Accepted 2,465 applicants from a pool of 23,956, for an overall acceptance rate of 10.3%.</p>
<p>Duke - Accepted 3,770 applicants from a pool of 19,170 applicants, for an overall acceptance rate of 19.7%.</p>
<p>Northwestern - Accepted 5,425 applicants from a pool of 21,839 applicants, for an overall acceptance rate of 24.8%.</p>
<p>slipper -</p>
<p>why do you hate Cornell so much?? I dont understand, you have no good reasons besides a personal agenda. </p>
<p>I like how you separate it from the Brown/Dartmouth/Columbia/Penn group even though Cornell accepted 20.9% this year vs. Brown's 20.5%. Now does this make sense??? </p>
<p>K&S - Cornell's rate wasn't 13.5%, it was 20.9%</p>
<p>Oops - switch the %'s for Brown (13.53) and Cornell (20.5).</p>
<p>Btw, imo, comparing Brown and Cornell strictly on the basis of admit rates is retarded.</p>
<p>Cornell has to fill a much larger class (more than 3x the size of Dartmouth's).</p>
<p>It's best to remember that some colleges only have one method of admission (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown) while Cornell, Columbia, and Penn all have different colleges within the university. For all practical purposes, one should only really compare the colleges, IMO.</p>
<p>ok, gomestar it is nice that you think that </p>
<p>I would say</p>
<p>H Y P Wharton</p>
<p>Columbia </p>
<p>Dartmouth/Brown/Upenn CAS.....Cornell CAS</p>
<p>Columbia F.U. Foundation/Penn Seas</p>
<p>rest of cornell</p>
<p>I don't hate Cornell! Cornell is less selective based purely on objective data. On every objective measure (revealed preference, Cornell's own internal admissions report where it admits it loses out to DBCP, SAT score averages, acceptance rate, etc) Cornell is the lowest. Add the fact that at Cornell there are many ways to graduate with a Cornell degree going through a much less selective process (in state schools, hotel, etc) and that's why I put it at the bottom.</p>