<p>What should you do in your freshman year in order to go to ivy leagues?</p>
<p>I gave this advice in response to a very similar question earlier this year: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15654379-post30.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15654379-post30.html</a>.</p>
<p>In fact, you might want to read that whole thread.</p>
<p>And you should also read this blog post by an admissions officer at MIT, and take every word of it to heart: <a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways[/url]”>http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways</a>.</p>