Good Friday evening everyone! I am looking for some feedback from veteran’s, or others that are knowledgeable, on what stats veteran’s at ivy league schools have had in order to get accepted? Also including schools such as UofChicago, Stanford, or any great University not in the Ivy.
I’d love to meet some Veteran’s at these Universities(or have been there) and also gain some knowledge on the admissions process.
These are highly selective schools. Veteran status is a plus if you can show growth and it’ll almost certainly help you with your essays and stuff, but the schools you listed have very low transfer rates (some less than 1%), so if you don’t have close to a 4.0, are active in club leadership, and everything a normal student would have to do to get in. I remember reading an article that basically summed up as most vets won’t get into ivies or other top 20 schools as undergrads, but have a marginally better chance at grade school.
Look at Columbia School of General Studies. Penn has something similar. If you can get campus housing, your GI Bill with NYC BAH plus yellow ribbon will go a long way.
Hey @Herokid11 , thank you for your reply!
I agree with your post, I’d like to add, simply put, having been in the military will not get you into any top 100 schools for that matter haha
For me, having a 4.0(or as close as possible) along with other extra curriculars are mandatory, as I also am an aspiring Medical School student. I also work with a non-profit organization that works to place academically successful Veteran’s into top Universities. They have connections to admission officers at many of these top schools, so they will have the admission officers let them know what this aspiring applicant needs to add to their resume/application to be accepted. This fall Yale accepted a total of 7 applicants, 3 came from this program(4/7 were vets).
I wouldn’t even say it’s so much the political aspect of being in the military; but, considering the rigor of what a Soldier/Airmen/Shipmen/Marine go through is nothing compared to academics. Seemingly making school and time management a breeze.
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@Sportsman88 thanks for your reply! Are you a veteran at Columbia?? The Columbia GS program is probably the most recommended program I get suggested too. As I would love to go to UPenn, Columbia seems to love Veteran’s, great research opportunities, and as you mentioned the location of Manhattan.
I was informed by a mentor, an average GPA (obviously the course load will be more rigorous for these students) accepted by Colombia, Cornell, and Brown were around 3.5? I was thinking, like HeroKid mentioned, it would be a 4.0 . Do you have any knowledge or experience with some applicants that have successfully been accepted to these schools?
Again, thank you both for these replies; please keep’m coming!
Hey! I know you guys are talking about too Ivy League schools. But I am a vet who is fresh out attending Umass Boston. And I was trying to make the jump to northeastern, BU, or BC. Do you think I would have any trouble with a 3.4?
@ZxcSmith I’m active duty but transferred my GI Bill so I’ve done research. There is a thread on here about Penn vs Columbia for vets. Maybe you can find it with a search. Good luck!
@Dthomas21 I think you wouldn’t have a problem. As long as you don’t have a 3.4 GPA with intermediate courses haha I would reach out to their schools veteran liaison, or search for a Veteran’s club, and see what they would recommend to better yourself.
@Sportsman88 Thank you for your service, and I’ll check to see if I can find that thread, thank you!
Yale offers the Eli Whitney program for non traditional students, which is ideal for vets.
Stanford takes only a few dozen transfer students per year, but likes to write about the non traditional backgrounds (including veterans) among them.
@yiskers thank you for the reply! I have been placed in touch with an admissions officer there at Yale, and Mr. Beecher, the PIC of Veteran’s Affair, great man! I just applied a few days ago to the WSP for Yale this next summer, before I go through the application process. If you know of any veteran’s there, or any students for the matter, please put me in contact.
@ucbalumnus hey balumnus, thank you for your reply! Stanford does like to promote their veteran friendly campus, but I haven’t heard back from anyone I’ve been told to reach out to. Consequently, I have not been able to know more about what they would like from me within this next year.
There was a veteran from my community college that got in to WSP, here’s the article:
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/sd-me-yale-scholarship-20170724-story.html
However, I am not sure how to contact her.
Please stop using apostrophe-s for plurals. The veteran’s car is green. (Singular possessive). Seven veterans are seeking to transfer. (Plural). The veterans’ plane just landed. (Plural possessive).
@Mom22039 Oh my God hahahahahahahaha
@mom22039 auto correct. My phone always puts Veteran’s or Veteran’s. As I don’t need to be a grammar and punctuation nazi on a public forum; I do not edit. For now on, I’ll make sure to take a shower, shave, send my post to multiple people, and then post so I do not aggravate OCD individuals. Thank you for your contribution, mom.
Whoopsies, I mean Veteran’s or veteran’s** … Forgot to send that to a professor first…
As the wife of a veteran I prefer to see these words used correctly. I am bemused as those seeking higher education opportunities without a care for they present themselves.
I agree but autocorrect can be infuriating at times and CC only allows edits for 15 minutes.