What does a person have to do get into an Ivy League university like Stanford or Harvard.?

Question

Which is the easiest Ivy League school to get into?

Answer 1

Stanford isn't in the Ivy League, so I'm not sure what would work for them. I went to Brown (one of the Ivies), so I can tell you exactly what I had and you can think on it for yourself:

For starters I was #1 in my class, with a 4.35 overall GPA (I took 7 AP classes, plus I did one over the summer at Stanford and then studied for an additional one on my own). My SAT score was a 1340 (630 verbal, 710 math; keep in mind that's low for Brown, as I've not met anyone with a lower SAT score.....it's also from the old version). I got the following AP scores:

US History-4
English Language/Comp-3
Physics B-3
Statistics-4
English Literature/Comp-4
Calculus AB-5
Biology-5
Microeconomics-5
American Government-4
Chemistry-4

In additon I was a Golden State Scholar, I was a member of the California Scholarship Federation, on the academic decathalon team, wrote for the newspaper (first the school's and then the town's), I was selected to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, the National Young Leaders Conference, and the Junior State Summer School at Stanford (where I took one of my AP classes).

I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but that should give you an idea if you're in the ballpark. Ultimately though, what's going to give you the best chance is if you match something that the University in question really loves. For example, Brown is big on its open curriculum where students can challenge themselves as they see fit. My essays and my recommendations all let Brown know that I was the kind of student who always looked for new ways to challenge myself and expand my horizons. That made me into something they wanted! That will be your best bet for attracting these schools. Even so, they each only take roughly 1 in every 9 students that apply, so it's highly competative at all of them (so none are "easy").

Also, don't worry about the money issue. Many of the Ivies have adopted a "need-blind" admissions policy, where you don't submit any financial need statements until after you're admitted; that way it doesn't play a role in the admissions. There are still rich kids who get in based on a donation and that sucks, but it's truly a small percentage now (compared to, say, the 1960s where they were practically all rich kids).

Good luck!!

Answer 2

Well, knowing that Stanford isn't a member of the Ivy League might be a good start. The Ivy League is an athletics league consisting of eight East Coast schools: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Penn, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Cornell. Standford, being in California, is not a member of the Ivy League.

That said, the only sure way into an Ivy is to have your dad buy them a building. Assuming that's not an option, you need a 4.0 GPA, a 2400 on your SAT, you need to have founded a couple of community service programs back in elementary school and followed through on them ever since, you need to be a champion athelete, and you need to get really f***ing lucky. OK, that's a bit of an exageration, but unless you have some pretty sweet family connections, there's no guarantee you'd get in even if you _did_ do all the things I listed above. A lot of it is basically just luck, and there's nothing you can do that will ensure you get in. Your best chance is obviously going to be to do your best at everything, but that doesn't always work.

Answer 3

1. Have lots and lots of money lying around.
2. donate that said money to the school of your choice.
3. the dean of the said school will automatically enroll you to the school of your choice.
4. have your dad run for president, then you can get into Yale like Bush.

...no...seriously. All Ivy league universities are hard to get into. The hardest part is, money, these schools are very very expansive. Secondly, is the grades, the testing scores, the No. of AP classes taken. If you can't make it to the top of your high school academically, its unlikely that you'll be able to cut in a first rate school, where competition is fierce. Do lots of extracurricular activity, run for school president, be a community leader, write a book, start a company, be spetacular.
Personal charm, and solid recommendation letters. These schools holds personal interviews for would be students..so brush up on your interview skills.
Recommendationletters from the state senator, big corporte munchers will help add points.

Answer 4

The best way to get a reliable answer is to ask the colleges themselves. Of course, your age matters a lot. Are you young and wondering way ahead or are you getting ready to apply to colleges?

Irregardless, the best way, in my opinion and from my experience, to get your foot in the door anywhere is by doing loads of research on the place you're wanting to get your foot in, look for possible connections (I don't mean phony or shallow ones) such as shared interests, common geographical backgrounds (scholarships?), clubs and organizations, etc. Look for a mentor who went to the college, taught at the college, etc. You'd be surprised at the information you can uncover these days and the people you can meet on the internet.

What's your reason for wanting to go Ivy League? Do you have a passion, a goal that can best be met by that particular school? How will they benefit from you becoming a student there, now and in the future?

Consider getting into the college of your choice the same as getting your dream job. It's no different. Good luck!

Answer 5

STANFORD IS NOT AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL! Cornell is the easiest of the Ivies to get into.

Answer 6

Be born into a rich family, preferably the Bushes.

Answer 7

Good grades and MONEY

Answer 8

the one that isn't going to shaft you just because you are poor....