What ivies/top 25 schools are the least selective?

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<p>I know that admission at all of the top schools is very difficult, but which ones are the easiest to get into?</p>

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<p>I would imagine the publics are easiest to get in, if you're instate. I'm talking about UCLA, Berkeley, UVA, and Michigan.</p>

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<p>I would put my money on Cornell, it's the easy Ivy for a reason after all. Boasting a total undergrad enrollment of about 14,000 makes it the least selective just on the basis of size. If your looking more into LAC's perhaps consider Grinnell or Pitzer.</p>

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<p>and uh... CMU, Vanderbilt - note: certain CMU schools are more difficult than others to get into, and its high rank in part is connected to those schools that are more difficult to get into</p>

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<p>im not a fan of the usnews rankings, but here are several that are less selective than their ranking would suggest: hamilton, smith, bryn mawr, mt holyoke, bucknell, notre dame, ucla</p>

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<p>Yeah, I would say the publics too.</p>

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<p>University of Chicago</p>

<p>Well, they accpeted just under 40% this year, but the students' SAT scores/grades, etc. are just as high as more selective schools.</p>

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<p>University of Michigan I think would be the easiest to get into from the usnews top 25. Carnegie Mellon too</p>

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<p>I would not put Cornell as less selective. The applicant pool this year was very competitive. I know people who got into MIT and were waitlisted at Cornell.</p>

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<p>Probably Michigan from my own experiences or an ED to Emory.</p>

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<p>good call on ed to emory.</p>

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<p>U of Chicago applicants are a self-selected pool, though. 40% doesn't really mean much since the average SATs, GPA, etc. measure up to other top schools...people take themselves out of the running without even trying so the admit rate is artificially high.</p>

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<p>Duke has a higher acceptance rate than I though (25%).</p>

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<p>Brown is pretty easy.</p>

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<p>^ hah. i know people that got into harvard and yale and princeton but not brown.</p>

<p>wellll. ivies and top 25 are NEVER "least selective", lol... i would imagine the bottom of the list (of the 25) would be least selective. you still need competitive stats in order to even get a chance in these schools.</p>

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<p>Since when is Duke's acceptance rate 25%?? They are JUST as selective as most of the Ivies. My friend got accepted at Wharton and Yale but rejected by Duke. It's so random.. you would be best to just apply to several of the "least selective" of the "selective" schools.
i say that while trying not to create an oxymoron, lol</p>

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<p>Brown IS NOT pretty easy. If anything, Cornell is easier. If Cornell is accepting students with 1600s and Brown isn't accepting students with 2250s..then that must say something about the schools.</p>

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<p>of course
if paleridden has one piece of anecdotal evidence in favor of his or her argument, then OBVIOUSLY he or she is correct</p>

<p>brown is 8th in selectivity says US news, cornell is 16th
however you'd probably get into brown for engineering before cornell any day of the weak</p>

<p>the best advice in this thread is to diversify and apply to a few, especially if they're on commonapp</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt? :rolleyes:</p>