<p>I am exceptionally nerdy, but lacking in every other department. What ivy school could I MOST LIKELY get into with stellar grades without having to discover the cure to cancer or live with the wolves for the summer?</p>
<p>MIT, although it's not an Ivy, is known for emphasizing scores/grades more than most...</p>
<p>For Ivies, I would say Cornell. Incidentally, it's also the Ivy with the highest acceptance rate.</p>
<p>well, UC's are pretty much GPA/SAT and essay</p>
<p>are you asking abt grades OR grades & SATs?</p>
<p>It's not an ivy, but I think Stanford has the reputation of emphasizing GPA's and SAT scores more than other top universities do.</p>
<p>^ really? i thought they looked at the whole picture</p>
<p>Davidson really puts weight on grades...</p>
<p>Caltech seems to be EXTREMELY numbers oriented</p>
<p>No one will know your answer unless an adom from a top tier school replies.</p>
<p>Bowdoin...they dont recquire SATs...is that what you were referring to?</p>
<p>Yale is more number-oriented than Harvard and Princeton.</p>
<p>yes; for clarification, grades means sats and gpa, just anything that degrades your intelligence into mere numbers and percentilles</p>
<p>Would that include science/math competitions, writing competitions, etc...like AIME/USAMO? ISEF? Siemens Westinghouse? That kind of thing could be classified as "academic" but would probably also count as ECs for your app.</p>
<p>Yale is definitely v. academically oriented.</p>
<p>and "It's not an ivy, but I think Stanford has the reputation of emphasizing GPA's and SAT scores more than other top universities do."</p>
<p>no way! I know this guy who got into stanford SCEA with a ton of Bs (at least 2 every quarter), but admittedly a good SAT (1580). So if stanford emphasized GPA/SAT, they would've rejected him b/c there are tons of 1580s out there with better GPAs...Stanford is v. random, but I'd have to say VERY EC-oriented. Aforementioned guy went to Junior Olympics in Fencing.</p>