Which Ivies D should apply to after getting into MIT/Caltech early?

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<p>I applied to Harvard and Princeton before the Dec 1 deadline.</p>

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I have nothing to offer you as I have no idea what you are asking or why (and I want to remain blissfully ignorant), but I did want to ask, how close a pursuit would you recommend? ;)</p>

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<p>Hmmm. Seem to have a bit of a title discrepancy here. What happened to your “D”?</p>

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<p>What are you going for? Comparing CM to HPY is next to impossible. If you want to go engineering then you’re set.</p>

<p>Congrats to your “D” by the way.</p>

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<p>How did _____ get that name? Is it like Prince (who changed his name to a symbol)?</p>

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<p>You/your daughter got into two of the best science/engineering schools in the country. If that’s not what you want, by all means try your luck somewhere else. If engineering is your interest, I’d recommend looking at Stanford, though Harvard’s offerings are expanding, it’s still very small. H and P are obviously both good schools. Would you rather be in a pretty little suburb where you have to get on a train to get to the city? Or would you rather be in a bustling city - a subway ride away from downtown? Or if you go to Caltech - would you like to be at a tiny quirky institution full of science geeks. Both sons loved the Caltech vibe, but it’s not for everyone.</p>

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<p>Curmudgeon, what did the OP originally say – it appears to have been edited, since what you quoted in your response is no longer there. Is this ParentofIvyHope under another name?</p>

<p>And why would someone interested in engineering, who has already gotten into MIT and Caltech, bother with any of the Ivies? What’s the point?</p>

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<p>ivies usually have better financial aid…</p>

<p>if that is a concern…</p>

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<p>Pizzagirl, some engineers/science types want more non-engineers/science types around them than MIT or especially Caltech would supply. They might want to work on the Crimson, or they always wanted to be involved in the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. Since Yale is SCEA and Harvard doesn’t have EA at all, it may have made sense to apply to MIT and Caltech EA as a budding scientist even though one would prefer to attend a liberal arts college.</p>

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<p>Pizzagirl, that was my thought, too. The screenname says it all.</p>

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<p>Smith College might appeal to a female engineering student who doesn’t want an engineering school.</p>

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<p>Admission to CalTech & MIT for females may be much easier due to the imbalance of males & females at each school, therefore, admission to Ivies may be much more difficult for your daughter. For engineering, consider non-Ivy Stanford University if you really must apply to an ultimate prestige school.</p>

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<p>You should apply to all the Ivy League schools.
(Especially if they will waive the application fee)</p>

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<p>since you are premed, apply to Brown’s 7-year program. But, would strongly rethink the eng track for premed – just too hard to earn A’s in engineering classes, and med schools don’t care about undergrad major.</p>

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<p>Caltech does not practice affirmative action in admissions; therefore, admission to Caltech is absolutely unrelated to gender.</p>

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<p>^^affirmative action refers to race, not gender.</p>

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<p>“Pizzagirl, some engineers/science types want more non-engineers/science types around them than MIT or especially Caltech would supply. They might want to work on the Crimson, or they always wanted to be involved in the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. Since Yale is SCEA and Harvard doesn’t have EA at all, it may have made sense to apply to MIT and Caltech EA as a budding scientist even though one would prefer to attend a liberal arts college.”</p>

<p>Right, but one would think one might have sorted that out prior to December 15 if the presence of a liberal arts environment was of importance. Otherwise, it looks as though one is a prestige-seeker and just wants to apply to “Ivies” because “Ivies” are impressive to see how many top caliber school acceptances one can rack up.</p>

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<p>Post #15 is wrong. Post #16 is correct. Qualified female applicants to CalTech enjoy a significant advantage.</p>

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<p>Well you might - my son only applied to one really non-techie school - that was Harvard. Looking at our school’s scattergrams and factoring in the fact that he was a legacy, I thought he had a better than 50% chance of getting in. My son wasn’t convinced it was techie enough for him in December, but I thought then that it was still better than going to his safeties (fine schools though they were.) In the end he had to think till the last day in April before turning down Harvard. :slight_smile: I don’t think it’s so terrible to have a couple of choices in April - kid’s change. Schools look different on a second look. My son liked Harvard better than he expected to, but still not as much as where he’d ended up, which he didn’t even visit until accepted student’s weekend.</p>

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<p>“Post #15 is wrong. Post #16 is correct. Qualified female applicants to CalTech enjoy a significant advantage.”</p>

<p>Yup.</p>

<p>From CalTech Common Data Set for Class entering 2004 (most recent CDS I could find without effort), here: <a href=“http://finance.caltech.edu/budget/cds2005.pdf:[/url]”>http://finance.caltech.edu/budget/cds2005.pdf:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Male</p>

<p>Apps: 2120
Admits: 374</p>

<p>Pct.: 17.6%</p>

<p>Female:</p>

<p>Apps: 641
Admits: 192</p>

<p>Pct: 30%</p>