<p>There must be at least one that is slightly easier than the rest, right? I am well aware that they are all extrememly difficult to get accepted to, but isn't there just one (or a couple) that are a bit easier than the others?</p>
<p>Look for acceptance rates and SAT score ranges on collegeboard.com</p>
<p>Harvard 9%
Yale 10%
Princeton 11%
Columbia 13%
Brown 15%
Dartmouth 17%
U Penn 21%
Cornell 27%</p>
<p>Alright, so I guess its Cornell and UPenn then. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Not so fast! Make sure to look at the SAT score ranges to correct for a low number of total applicants/self-selection.</p>
<p>Well, it's not that simple, Cornell is pretty much the most self-selective Ivy out there..mostly for engineering majors. That means that most of the applicants are good fits, unlike the other Ivies where everybody applies. Also Cornell accepts intl students without regard to financial need, so that also increases its acceptance rate quite a bit.</p>
<p>Hawkett, your numbers are a little off.</p>
<p>Does that also go for grad school?</p>
<p>Yes, he is off a bit.</p>
<p>Princeton is 10%
Columbia is 10% (24% for Fu Foundation which is Engineering and Applied Sciences)
UPenn is 18%
Cornell is 25%</p>
<p>My numbers were obtained from College Board in case you are wondering.</p>
<p>Edit:these are all undergrad numbers. Grad schools are WAY different.</p>
<p>I hope that the original poster isn't going to apply to Cornell and Penn now soley based on the fact that they are Ivies with higher admission rates.</p>
<p>Such is life</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with a little prestige whoring.</p>
<p>Acceptance rate isn't the only factor in difficulty!</p>
<p>University of Chicago is known for its high selectivity, even though it has a 40% acceptance rate. Chicago, on average, has a more accomplished applicant pool. Chicago has the same SAT average as schools with lower acceptance rates such as Penn, Brown & Duke. </p>
<p>Also if you are interested in prestige.. add Duke & Stanford to your list, unless you are only interested in the Northeast.. which I guess your post may be implying, :p</p>
<p>Stanford is on par with Harvard, Princeton & Yale.
Duke is on par with Brown, Dartmouth & Penn. </p>
<p>Columbia is in between these two groups and Cornell is right below the Duke group.</p>
<p>Good luck with applying to colleges! :)</p>
<p>CoolaTroopa, since we're on the topic of comparing schools. Where do Rice, Vandy, and Emory fall?</p>
<p>Rice is on par with Cornell.. while Vanderbilt & Emory (I would guess) are probably slightly easier to get into.</p>
<p>I think it also depends on what high school you go to. My old public high school had a "special" relationship with Cornell and a TON of kids got to go there. Another school in my area has a huge amount of kids that get admitted to Dartmouth. </p>
<p>Brown and UPenn love the kids that have high science and math scores...at least from my school- all the kids who have gone to those schools had outrageously rigorous math and science courses.</p>
<p>Columbia is very into the liberal arts, if you're really good at English specifically they'll probably like you a lot. </p>
<p>Harvard likes the kids with perfect SATs, extremely rigorous schedules, and outstanding extracurriculars, and mostly awards/distinguishable factors.</p>
<p>It's kind of a crapshoot, excuse my language, but the examples listed above obviously aren't completely true..just in my personal experience (people I know going there, etc.)</p>
<p>fwiw, my numbers are all drawn from USNWR whose data is perhaps old by a year and thus the discrepancy in some of the numbers</p>
<p>Rice 25%
Vanderbilt 35%
Emory 37%</p>
<p>Again, all from USNWR and thus old by one year. Most recent admissions year likely lower for all three.</p>
<p>From looking at recent years, I would say that my high school has a "special" relationship with Vanderbilt... a LOT of people get in!</p>
<p>lol no way rice is on par with cornell...and those other schools arent even close</p>
<p>interesting comparisons Coola Troopa. I am from Rice and they seem to incorporate a big portion of home grown kids into their undergrad program. But I hear that Vandy takes kids from all over the nation and even some that choose it over Ivies. Now Emory, I know is an Ivy reject country club. </p>
<p>So I would've figured that Vandy was either higher or on par with Rice in selectivity/rank</p>