<p>My friend got accepted into all Ivy Leagues.
His/Her SAT was about 1550
S/he took 3 SAT IIs. All of them close to 750
GPA (s/he said s/he put top 10%)
His/her activities were
President of debate team (s/he has been in it for 4 years but president in his/her senior year)
And leaders in someother clubs. (Key club, 4H, whatever)
S/he got good recommendations from her Eng, History teachers</p>
<p>I thought only special peopl get accepted to Ivies
Although I don't know what s/he wrote in her essays, s/he wrote it last minute with other essays for other ivies. s/he got accepted into all those ivies. Why and How did she get accepted?</p>
<p>I believe you are insulting your friend by not believing that she is special despite her high marks, great grades, and leadership positions. That rank, SAT score, and those extracurricular activies would make anyone a viable candidate for any school.</p>
<p>Those stats generally gain you admission to all the ivies except Yale, Harvard, and Princeton.... And they greatly improve your chances of getting into those three</p>
<p>I agree - I don't call those stats unbelievable at all...there's no "guaranteed" admission for anyone, but those stats certainly would give a good chance for anyone.</p>
<p>It is unusual to get into all. Either she had a hook you don't know about (a building in her mother's maiden name, a hispanic box check) or just wrote an incredible essay. Once you have the stats that won't lower rankings, I really believe many get in for just hitting adcoms the right way in the application.</p>
<p>That sounds about right. What you need to understand is, with those attributes, it could have just as easily been 1 or none. Another student with better scores was likely rejected. Her attributes put her in contention. Her passion expressed in her essays, her location, her legacy status, or some other not so obvious attribute put her over the top.</p>
<p>Those stats generally gain you admission to all the ivies except Yale, Harvard, and Princeton.... And they greatly improve your chances of getting into those three
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<p>not quite true...check some of the older posts, especially the ones detailing stats of ppl who got accepted/waitlisted/rejected</p>
<p>congratulate your friend on my behalf, wowser...that really is an accomplishment...i was an EA applicant, deferred, and then rejected...here are my stats...</p>
<p>4.0 UW GPA (school doesn't weight); 1/122; 1560 SAT (v. 760 m. 800); SAT II's 800/790/770/770/760; toughest courseload of any person to graduate from my school, including 8 AP's (5 on three of the tests); excellent recs and essay; National Merit Scholar; Presidential-Scholar semi-finalist; NCTE writing award winner; AP Scholar with Honor; national award winner in FBLA; 500+ hours of volunteering in a hospital; regional officer for French club; interviewer said "you're just the type of person we're looking for"...tons of EC's and much dedication to each (15 leadership positions over 4 years of high school, including 3 as Pres and 1 as founder/head coordinator, 1 as editor); speak four languages, including one that was self-taught; self-taught dancer; self-started a school- and community-wide tsunami relief fund; resident of the poorly represented state of LA...but i'm also asian :)</p>