I have two questions. Everyday I stay after school and I hear my friends debating about the Ivy league schools and it's starting to get annoying. Anyone blog and tell me your answers because now I'm curious. What is the "PASSION" that the Ivy leagues are looking for. Is it a good athlete, soemthing you love to do????? And do you think the Ivy league schools are overated or are they they best colleges you could go to???? I'm confused. I REALLY appreciate your thoughts because I'm so curious to what other people think on these topics. Thank You !!
The big Ivy League question?
It's about being a well-rounded individual. They want someone who excels academically (of course), but they are also looking for students that spend a good deal of time involved in a VARIETY of other interests. However, school should always be top priority. Don't let your grades suffer because you participate in a sport.
And when I say they want a variety of interests I don't mean do 500 things- admissions people can tell you're just involved in them to bolster your resume. Become involved in one sport or club that you really enjoy, but also do some community service or have a job. Discuss how you find it meaningful in your essays.
I'm a bit biased, but I think you'll receive an excellent education at an Ivy. However, you need to think about what you want to do in the long run before even applying to one. For example, if you want to be an engineer and get into both MIT and Columbia's Fu, go to MIT even though it's not an Ivy. Yes, it's nice to have the Ivy brand stamped across your *ss (you get one at orientation), but you don't NEED it.
Reply:You don't need to go to an ivy league schol to get a good education. However, where there is good money, there is good education, better research, better facilities.
I have worked at Harvard but studied in a non-ivy league university (Top 30). I wouldn't say there was a significant difference. In fact depending on your field, some non- ivy universities provide more advanced facilities (i.e. optics at U of Rochester or Medicine at UW-Madison).
I did biology and i would say, for my subject, being smart is only half of the game. You need to be very dedicated, disciplined and hard-working to achieve in life. Ivy league Universities recieve applications from very intelligent people. So they have to base their decisions on ambition, or what you call "passion" because almost all of the applicants are intelligent.
That is, they try and judge how likely is it that you will keep your hard work for 4 years, during your PhD, or life?
You need to illustrate that you have consistently achieved and that you will do so in the future..
Reply:I am a senior in high school and I think that this was an awesome question. My ex-boyfriend is a freshman at Harvard this year. He's not rich, not poor either but he went to a pre-college summer program. In my opinion, this is what got him in; it showed his dedication to his education (he gave up his entire summer). While Ivy Leagues seem to be great for making you an overnight celebrity and getting the oohs and aahhs out of the family, you can get a valuable education for much less at highly-ranked state schools like Rutgers (called a public Ivy) and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. I hope this helped.
Reply:its their dedication and passion to the school and to their future career. i don't really think they're overrated, they just want to be the best as they can be....
Reply:passion = big donation
Reply:Well, first, if you come from money, they'll take you in a heart-beat, and you have to come from a prep school. But really, those schools are snobs, go to some tiny private liberal arts college, because they care about both you and your education, not your money. I do think Ivy's are overated.
Reply:my son went to Columbia in NYC, one of the 8, just finished off paying his riduculously high loans.......all scholarships are need based.....we are not rich enough to have just written a check, nor poor enough to get any scholarship.....was it over rated?...in my opinion way over rated......he went for two years and finished up his under graduate at the university of montana....then on to u mass for masters.......
I found and still do, it to be a way over rated league....My daughter is finishing up this year at the university of N%26gt;H. In my opinion, much better school, and much less money.....I think the big 8 are around 50 k a year......now.......and w/o scholarships...you are really going to owe a ton.....
the only thing that is good is the possible future networking for your career, but you can also do that at university....so in this moms opinion.....no....not worth it.....hope that helps. Good luck to you and forget their passion...think about your own....
sorry to clever above me......really....i read your response after mine and i don't mean it if it sounded offensive in any way...just to say that for him it didn't work wonders...and we were left owing so much $........hope it works well for you....
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Ivy league schools?
Do you guys think I have a chance at an ivy league school?
my nonweighted gpa is 3.2 and weighted is 3.7 (i know its not good)
sat score-2010 sat II; math 1 750 and physics 600
I speak Russian and Hebrew
I do a lot of community service
Published poet
and piano awards
do i have any chance at an ivy?
Ivy league schools?
I think that getting accepted at an Ivy League School will be next to impossible with a 3.2 GPA and a 2000 SAT1. If you had a low GPA which was offset by a high SAT score or a high GPA and an average SAT score your chances would be vastly improved. You also do not mention the rigor of your courses. Have you taken many AP classes? How have you done on your AP exams? Excelling in these areas may help as well.
For example, Cornell, which is known as the easiest Ivy to get into has first year students with the following profiles:
* 84% in top 10th of graduating class
* 97% in top quarter of graduating class
* 100% in top half of graduating class
The middle 50% of their students had SAT scores in the following ranges:
SAT Critical Reading: 620 - 730
SAT Math: 660 - 760
Penn, which had the second highest acceptance rate among the Ivies had the following stats:
* 94% in top 10th of graduating class
* 99% in top quarter of graduating class
* 100% in top half of graduating class
* 58% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
* 19% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
* 13% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
* 7% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
* 3% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
I would venture to guess that the 10% of the class with GPA scores between 2.5 and 3.24 were special interest cases such as recruited athletes or legacies.
As far as SAT scores go,
SAT Critical Reading: 650 - 740
SAT Math: 680 - 770
SAT Writing: 650 - 740
As you can see, your SAT score pretty much puts you at the 25% level while your GPA is at the 10% of Penn students.
The competition to gain admission to any Ivy League school is tremendous. You can get the profiles of the 1st year students at all schools at www.collegeboard.com.
Good luck.
Reply:I think you have a chance, but I would definitely have a few back ups that you would want to attend just to be safe.
Reply:Maybe if your rich but probably not.
Reply:money helps and some good refferel letters
Reply:I'm not sure how you're weighted GPA goes up... You do have a chance of getting in at an Ivy, but not all of them. Depends on how much time you want to spend applying to a bunch of schools, you should look at some of the "public ivys" and other top schools, Penn State, Michigan, Berkeley, MIT. You should always try for the top schools, but make sure you have a back-up. Good Luck!
my nonweighted gpa is 3.2 and weighted is 3.7 (i know its not good)
sat score-2010 sat II; math 1 750 and physics 600
I speak Russian and Hebrew
I do a lot of community service
Published poet
and piano awards
do i have any chance at an ivy?
Ivy league schools?
I think that getting accepted at an Ivy League School will be next to impossible with a 3.2 GPA and a 2000 SAT1. If you had a low GPA which was offset by a high SAT score or a high GPA and an average SAT score your chances would be vastly improved. You also do not mention the rigor of your courses. Have you taken many AP classes? How have you done on your AP exams? Excelling in these areas may help as well.
For example, Cornell, which is known as the easiest Ivy to get into has first year students with the following profiles:
* 84% in top 10th of graduating class
* 97% in top quarter of graduating class
* 100% in top half of graduating class
The middle 50% of their students had SAT scores in the following ranges:
SAT Critical Reading: 620 - 730
SAT Math: 660 - 760
Penn, which had the second highest acceptance rate among the Ivies had the following stats:
* 94% in top 10th of graduating class
* 99% in top quarter of graduating class
* 100% in top half of graduating class
* 58% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
* 19% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
* 13% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
* 7% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
* 3% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
I would venture to guess that the 10% of the class with GPA scores between 2.5 and 3.24 were special interest cases such as recruited athletes or legacies.
As far as SAT scores go,
SAT Critical Reading: 650 - 740
SAT Math: 680 - 770
SAT Writing: 650 - 740
As you can see, your SAT score pretty much puts you at the 25% level while your GPA is at the 10% of Penn students.
The competition to gain admission to any Ivy League school is tremendous. You can get the profiles of the 1st year students at all schools at www.collegeboard.com.
Good luck.
Reply:I think you have a chance, but I would definitely have a few back ups that you would want to attend just to be safe.
Reply:Maybe if your rich but probably not.
Reply:money helps and some good refferel letters
Reply:I'm not sure how you're weighted GPA goes up... You do have a chance of getting in at an Ivy, but not all of them. Depends on how much time you want to spend applying to a bunch of schools, you should look at some of the "public ivys" and other top schools, Penn State, Michigan, Berkeley, MIT. You should always try for the top schools, but make sure you have a back-up. Good Luck!
Ivy league transfer... please help?
my hs gpa is pretty low.. around 3.0 with 1 AP and several IBs, my sat is arount 1700, but i'm retaking it this december, hopefully it will reach around 2200. i have done a lot of activities during high school, varsity softball, varsity basketball, varsity volleyball manager, president of senior class, treasurer for sport committee, several community services and member of clubs
i'm currently attending 4 years college as a freshmen and hoping to transfer to an ivy league next fall, my first term grade is in high rank between B+ to A with micro class, business class, high calculus math class and chinese class.
also my first cousin was an alumni in u. penn wharton school.
Do i stand a chance in transfering to ivy school?
o and i forgot to mention that my junior in hs messed everything up because i was going to concentrate on science, but it wasn't right for me, so i turned to economics and business in senior
Ivy league transfer... please help?
No.
Reply:your first cousin being an alumni from wharton probably won't affect anything. unless of course he/she gave them a new library recently.
just be very focused this/next semester and take a chance. i would say though, from what you wrote, it's going to be a reach. schools look for consistency. and just because you jump 500 points on a test doesn't mean that they are going to take you. but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
heck, consistency doesn't even guarantee anything. so many factors go into admissions. how many transfers they want this year, from which schools. for example, they don't want 20 people coming in from new york when they only have 40 spots. they don't want x number of people from the same school, etc.
make sure you research each ivy that you'll be applying to. like what kind of programs do they have, how you would be a good fit. you have to show that you're knowledgable about what they are looking for, too.
everybody is writing "i want to go to upenn because it is the best school and i am the best student rahhh." why should upenn want you?
it's not all about grades or sat scores (not that they're not important). so don't drive yourself down into the ground by trying to be the perfect ivy candidate ok? but be focused in life.
also look at schools that are not ivy's but are high ranking in whatever field you're going to. like economics and business. so you have nyu stern, umichigan, ... uh it's been like five years since i had to apply to college. anyways point being is that you can get into VERY good programs around the country that don't have the ivy league name to it but are STELLAR. so the smart thing to do is not just to shoot for ivys, but doing the same thing when you were a senior in high school. compile a list of reaches, probably's, and safeties. seek out an advisor at your current college to help you through this process.
oo also, form some sort of relationship with your advisors or professors. i know this is hard especially in the first year. but if you're doing well in the class, and have questions about the material, strike up a conversation. professor's recommendations will mean a lot. participate in classes. also, when you hand them the recommendation, give in a copy of your resume, and explain to them or write a little letter about why you want to go to this ivy. because you want to do this blahblahblah and this will help you to blahblahblah in the future. that'll help them with what to write.
OK GOOD LUCK@!
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i'm currently attending 4 years college as a freshmen and hoping to transfer to an ivy league next fall, my first term grade is in high rank between B+ to A with micro class, business class, high calculus math class and chinese class.
also my first cousin was an alumni in u. penn wharton school.
Do i stand a chance in transfering to ivy school?
o and i forgot to mention that my junior in hs messed everything up because i was going to concentrate on science, but it wasn't right for me, so i turned to economics and business in senior
Ivy league transfer... please help?
No.
Reply:your first cousin being an alumni from wharton probably won't affect anything. unless of course he/she gave them a new library recently.
just be very focused this/next semester and take a chance. i would say though, from what you wrote, it's going to be a reach. schools look for consistency. and just because you jump 500 points on a test doesn't mean that they are going to take you. but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
heck, consistency doesn't even guarantee anything. so many factors go into admissions. how many transfers they want this year, from which schools. for example, they don't want 20 people coming in from new york when they only have 40 spots. they don't want x number of people from the same school, etc.
make sure you research each ivy that you'll be applying to. like what kind of programs do they have, how you would be a good fit. you have to show that you're knowledgable about what they are looking for, too.
everybody is writing "i want to go to upenn because it is the best school and i am the best student rahhh." why should upenn want you?
it's not all about grades or sat scores (not that they're not important). so don't drive yourself down into the ground by trying to be the perfect ivy candidate ok? but be focused in life.
also look at schools that are not ivy's but are high ranking in whatever field you're going to. like economics and business. so you have nyu stern, umichigan, ... uh it's been like five years since i had to apply to college. anyways point being is that you can get into VERY good programs around the country that don't have the ivy league name to it but are STELLAR. so the smart thing to do is not just to shoot for ivys, but doing the same thing when you were a senior in high school. compile a list of reaches, probably's, and safeties. seek out an advisor at your current college to help you through this process.
oo also, form some sort of relationship with your advisors or professors. i know this is hard especially in the first year. but if you're doing well in the class, and have questions about the material, strike up a conversation. professor's recommendations will mean a lot. participate in classes. also, when you hand them the recommendation, give in a copy of your resume, and explain to them or write a little letter about why you want to go to this ivy. because you want to do this blahblahblah and this will help you to blahblahblah in the future. that'll help them with what to write.
OK GOOD LUCK@!
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Anyone attend Ivy League with mediocre GPA but stellar ACT or SAT scores?
I have a mediocre GPA (higher than 3.6) because of the class selections and struggles with maths and science, are the chances of me attending an Ivy league at zero???
I have attempted community service in the subject I want to study, and there are certain Ivy league schools that have the best program in the country avalible for it.
Also,
I know I don't have to attend an IVY league, but where I am located is pretty desolate, and so are the school institutions.
Anyone attend Ivy League with mediocre GPA but stellar ACT or SAT scores?
I'm going to be honest with you, you are going to need near perfect test scores and lots of activities to counteract that GPA. The Ivy Leagues are among the most competative universities in the world, and I believe that only Oxford, Cambridge and St. Andrews have comparably low acceptance rates. I have a friend who is a minority, lived abroad for 5 years, had a 4.5 GPA, speaks 4 languages, took 6 AP tests, was class president every year and got over a 2100 on the SAT and was not even waitlisted.
That being said, the Ivies are not the only, nor even the best options. Just because they are competative doesn't make them the best choice for you, and given your GPA, I am going to guess that academically you aren't the most competative person. In that case, being surrounded by very competative and potentially ruthless students might not be a good fit. You can still go out of state, or even study abroad to get away from your desolate location.
Reply:Anything is possible, but things are very competitive these days, so make sure you have backup schools. Keep trying your best to raise your GPA and by taking as many AP courses as possible. Good luck....
Reply:Hi TMVRULES,
Not necessarly, but you will need extra-curricular activities and decent scores to off-set the mediocre grade point. If you are a minority, that will also boast your chances of getting in.
My sister got into Columbia without a stellar grade point, but she had activities and great test scores to go with it. She is not a minority though.
Don't count on getting in and look around at other colleges.
I have attempted community service in the subject I want to study, and there are certain Ivy league schools that have the best program in the country avalible for it.
Also,
I know I don't have to attend an IVY league, but where I am located is pretty desolate, and so are the school institutions.
Anyone attend Ivy League with mediocre GPA but stellar ACT or SAT scores?
I'm going to be honest with you, you are going to need near perfect test scores and lots of activities to counteract that GPA. The Ivy Leagues are among the most competative universities in the world, and I believe that only Oxford, Cambridge and St. Andrews have comparably low acceptance rates. I have a friend who is a minority, lived abroad for 5 years, had a 4.5 GPA, speaks 4 languages, took 6 AP tests, was class president every year and got over a 2100 on the SAT and was not even waitlisted.
That being said, the Ivies are not the only, nor even the best options. Just because they are competative doesn't make them the best choice for you, and given your GPA, I am going to guess that academically you aren't the most competative person. In that case, being surrounded by very competative and potentially ruthless students might not be a good fit. You can still go out of state, or even study abroad to get away from your desolate location.
Reply:Anything is possible, but things are very competitive these days, so make sure you have backup schools. Keep trying your best to raise your GPA and by taking as many AP courses as possible. Good luck....
Reply:Hi TMVRULES,
Not necessarly, but you will need extra-curricular activities and decent scores to off-set the mediocre grade point. If you are a minority, that will also boast your chances of getting in.
My sister got into Columbia without a stellar grade point, but she had activities and great test scores to go with it. She is not a minority though.
Don't count on getting in and look around at other colleges.
How do you remove ivy growing up the side of your house on your metal siding?
The ivy, when pulled from our house will leave a small residue of where the feet or roots adhered to the siding. We are going to cut the ivy toward the ground in a few weeks once a frost sets in. Once the ivy is cut, the ivy that is on the siding will die out but we don't think will just fall off of the house. How can we remove it easily and remove the stains it has caused on our siding?
How do you remove ivy growing up the side of your house on your metal siding?
The only way to get it iff is to pull it off and those holdtights they use to attach themselves are a (you know what). You'll have to get pain and paint where the stains are. And in the future trim them a few times a month to be sure they don't get to your siding again.
Reply:You will have to pull them off. After they are off, use your garden hose %26amp; wet the whole surface letting it soak the black spots for an hour or so. Then, the best thing to use and I say this from experience, is s p i c %26amp; span and scrub. Once it is pre soaked, it won't be to bad scrubbing it down. I've done this for years and that is the best thing I could find and it did a great job.
How do you remove ivy growing up the side of your house on your metal siding?
The only way to get it iff is to pull it off and those holdtights they use to attach themselves are a (you know what). You'll have to get pain and paint where the stains are. And in the future trim them a few times a month to be sure they don't get to your siding again.
Reply:You will have to pull them off. After they are off, use your garden hose %26amp; wet the whole surface letting it soak the black spots for an hour or so. Then, the best thing to use and I say this from experience, is s p i c %26amp; span and scrub. Once it is pre soaked, it won't be to bad scrubbing it down. I've done this for years and that is the best thing I could find and it did a great job.
Poison Ivy Help?
To start off im severely allergic to poison ivy and when I get it the stuff spreads very quickly over my body and swells my eyes shut and it even makes me have difficulty breathing........
I have poison ivy over most of my body including my left eye, I went to the doctor today and he gave me a cortisone shot and also a 10 day dose of prednisone.
How long will it take to clear the poison ivy up and when will it stop itching soooooooo bad.
also is there any known med creams that will take the itch away?
Poison Ivy Help?
The prednisone should do it. Not much else will help. You might ask your doctor if you can take some benedryl with the cortizone, at least it will help you sleep.
Reply:Get you a large box of baking soda and make a paste, put it on you entire body, let it stay on for about 30 minutes, then take a shower. You can also pour some into your bath water and lay in it. All of this should relieve the itching................................
Reply:Cortisone 10 cream on the rash should stop the itching.
I have poison ivy over most of my body including my left eye, I went to the doctor today and he gave me a cortisone shot and also a 10 day dose of prednisone.
How long will it take to clear the poison ivy up and when will it stop itching soooooooo bad.
also is there any known med creams that will take the itch away?
Poison Ivy Help?
The prednisone should do it. Not much else will help. You might ask your doctor if you can take some benedryl with the cortizone, at least it will help you sleep.
Reply:Get you a large box of baking soda and make a paste, put it on you entire body, let it stay on for about 30 minutes, then take a shower. You can also pour some into your bath water and lay in it. All of this should relieve the itching................................
Reply:Cortisone 10 cream on the rash should stop the itching.
Poison ivy or not?
I took my 16 months old son for walk in the woods yesterday, he was running around and fell in the grass area. I noticed there was a poison ivy vine, so I took him away imediatelly, but I don't know if he actually touched it or no. Today I checked him and he has few red bumps on his hands, but they don't look too bad and hasn't gotten any worse since this morning {it is noon now}. How fast would the rash appear if it was poison ivy? Also, I have a newborn baby, he was with us yesterday, but I don't think the older one had a chance to touch him before we got home, and once we got home, I washed his hands with the soap and warm water. Is the baby still in danger? Does soap get rid of the poison ivy oil on the hands?
Poison ivy or not?
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Poison ivy or not?
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