<p>this question has probably been asked, but which one of the ivies is easiest to get into?? and also, which ivy would be called the "social" ivy where the kids def work hard but also have somewhat of a social life. thankss</p>
<p>Statistically, Cornell is the easiest Ivy to get into. Penn is considered the "social Ivy".</p>
<p>easiest to get into is probably cornell</p>
<p>cornell but dartmouth also relatively easy
then upenn
then columbia, princeton, yale, harvard
dont think im missing any ivies</p>
<p>you're missing Brown</p>
<p>do any of you think princeton/yale accepts more people who have "got it" academically (perfect scores, grades, rank) than harvard?
like, some get into PY but not H... and then some who arent statistically that high get into H but not PY?</p>
<p>maybe this is just based on people i've seen accepted...</p>
<p>Yeah, I've said the same thing before. Its seems a lot more predictable at Y and P. Harvard seems to chose 1400s over 1600s a lot more often just becuase they can.</p>
<p>Those 1400s usually has a strong hook(not just plain urm/legacy), they have won contests like siemen-westinghouse and other significant national/international awards</p>
<p>Statistically, Cornell accepts more students that apply than other ivies.</p>
<p>people here are so concerned with rankings and selectivity that this will show people that just because a school has a higher admissions rate it doesn't mean that comparatively it is less selective. If we want to analyze selectivity we need to take into account that all the class sizes at the ivies are different ranging from an average 1000 person class to a 3000 person class. I decided to analyze how the numbers would look if we made all the class sizes across the ivies the same. I kept the number of applicants, and yield constant.</p>
<p>CURRENT:</p>
<p>SCHOOL APPS ACPT RATE CLASS SIZE YIELD
Cornell 24,444 6384 26.12% 3000 46.99%
Harvard 22,796 2074 9.10% 1650 79.56%
Yale 19,448 1880 9.67% 1325 70.48%
Penn 18,823 3912 20.78% 2450 62.63%
Columbia 18,120 2250 12.42% 1000 44.44%
Brown 16,908 2463 14.57% 1375 55.83%
Princeton 16,516 1807 10.94% 1150 63.64%
Dartmouth 12,615 2149 17.04% 1012 47.09%</p>
<p>WITH SAME SIZE CLASS:</p>
<p>SCHOOL APPS ACPT RATE CLASS SIZE YIELD
Cornell 24,444 2128 8.71% 1000 46.99%
Harvard 22,796 1257 5.51% 1000 79.56%
Yale 19,448 1419 7.30% 1000 70.48%
Penn 18,823 1597 8.48% 1000 62.63%
Columbia 18,120 2250 12.42% 1000 44.44%
Brown 16,908 1791 10.59% 1000 55.83%
Princeton 16,516 1571 9.51% 1000 63.64%
Dartmouth 12,615 2124 16.83% 1000 47.09%</p>
<p>So holding the number of applications and the current yield constant, if the class sizes across the ivy were the same then in order of selectivity the list would look like this:</p>
<p>Harvard 5.51%
Yale 7.30%
Penn 8.48%
Cornell 8.71%
Princeton 9.51%
Brown 10.59%
Columbia 12.42%
Dartmouth 16.83%</p>
<p>the only assumption, i guess, would be that if the class sizes were the same the number of applicants at each school would change (i.e. less people would apply to cornell - people apply now because they have a higher admissions rate, if cornell's class was 1000 i dont think that 24000 would apply).</p>
<p>Cornell is generally considered the easiest to get into, hardest to get out of. It has the highest acceptance rate of the Ivies, but is said to have the toughest academics (and lowest grad rate, i believe).</p>
<p>Cornell definetely, but the hardest to get out of</p>
<p>where did this "hardest to get out of" come from. I hear it from everyone, can anyone explain????????</p>
<p>Academically, Cornell is the most rigorous Ivy, making it the hardest to get out of (i.e. graduate).</p>
<p>I think for engineering and science majors, that might be the case, however, for like an econ, history, or psych, i do not think that is the case.</p>
<p>Are you kidding me Bern???</p>
<p>By SAT Score
Harvard
Yale
MIT
Caltech</p>
<p>Princeton
Dartmouth</p>
<p>Columbia
Brown
Penn</p>
<p>Cornell</p>
<p>You can't average out over applicant size...it makes no statistical sense. Then places like Northwestern/ eclipse places like Williams/ Amherst...makes ZERO sense</p>
<p>This thread is truly horrible. None of these school's are easy to get into. Simple as that. It would be nice if people used current statistics (referring to bern700's post that used stats from the class of 08 not 09) and people would stop being prestige whores. </p>
<p>Go to schools YOU WANT TO GO TO!! Simple as that.</p>
<p>Cornell is easiest for certain programs. Others, like Cornell CAS are much harder, like the other ivies.</p>
<p>Why the emphasis on the Ivy? There are plenty of schools easier to get into than any of the ivies that are just as good, Chicago, for example, is arguably better than most of the ivies.</p>
<p>cornell, like everyone says</p>