ok, i already asked the same question but failed to provide more details. so yeah, i had all A's, as a sophomore in IB, and then this semester i got 4 B's, which for me, was reallly bad. anyway, i play 3 sports (some at varsity level), and i am a founding member of club and I am VP of it. also, i am a lead soloist for a band and i do a lot of chorus stuff so i am pretty dedicated to music. do u think these things and a great report card next year can kinda cancel out my bad sophomore semester, and do i still have a shot at the ivies?
2007-05-28 17:38:39 · 2 answers · asked by sallypumpkin 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I don't think your credentials would be competitive at the elite American universities. The Ivy League schools and the other elite universities (Duke, Stanford, UChicago, etc) recieve about 15 - 20,000 applications each year from the best students in the USA and from thousands of students around the world. All of these schools are rather small and accept only about 1500 students each per year. So, unless you are extremely well qualified, you are just wasting your money applying.
The other answerer is clearly ill informed about colleges. The Ivies and other elite schools are flooded with applications for a reason - because they have fabulous facilities, the best faculty that money can buy, small classes filled with bright, hardworking, creative students and postgraduate networking that continues for a lifetime.
Not only are they prestigious, but they are a good deal. US News ranks colleges in one ranking that is done on the basis of quality, and another ranking that is done on the basis of how good a financial deal it is to go there. Pretty much the same schools are on both lists. The elite schools have a lot of scholarship money, they include lead-ins to lots of jobs and grants, their students are recruited heavily for high paying jobs, and their students are far more likely to get graduate fellowships and grants... so in the end, they make financial sense as well as educational sense.
All is not lost, however. If you check the US News rankings for schools that are in the top tier - the 100 or so best - then there are many schools that are very good, but significantly less competitive. You can check that list for other schools that look attractive and look into them individually. A lot of those schools might fit your credentials.
2007-05-29 04:45:16 · answer #1 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. The Ivies are highly overrated to begin with and they're admitting in record low numbers. You can earn just as high quality an education in a state school. What matters most is what you put into an education, not the name on the diploma.
And frankly, who the hell is crazy enough to WANT to spend over 40k a year just for an overpriced school?
2007-05-28 17:42:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋