Anyone Here From Ivy League Universities?

[Ask99]

@X2

ivy only or non ivy schools like stanford, chicago, northwestern, berkeley etc too :halo:

Standford, personally I believe is the hardest hardest to get into because of their acceptance rate and their prefrence of more creative/diverse applicants.
Please do give some advice on the admission process, what helped and what didn’t in getting into the Top Universities.

@shay9164

I thought Stanford was ivy.. no?

I got into BU (if that qualifies as ivy these days), I had applied to their combined BS/MD program. I didn’t go because I went for another school I was more interested in. Anyway, a good gpa, SAT scores, recommendation letters, and extra curriculars is the key. In my case, I went to a health professions academy instead of a regular high school and spent all my 3 summers doing research at different hospitals, and finally getting a research placement at Harvard for 2 years. I got some really nice recommendation letters from there which I think made it easy in the app process. If you are interested in doing something (medicine, engineering, architecture, etc etc), you should really gather some experience shadowing professionals, that shows the school how serious and dedicated you are. Also, personal essay is a big one. Hubby got into Harvard and MIT but chose to go to Univ of Miami due to personal/family reasons. He was the valedictorian and had a 1480 on SAT (we both had the same exact score for some WEIRD reason :D), was enrolled in a million honor societies and was an AP scholar. He didn’t do much outside of school though in terms of extra curr. He also has a resume which he sent to all the schools that outlines basically anything and everything. I can ask him for tips if you want, he’s a hardcore nerd.. glasses, calculator in the backpocket, and everything.. jk.

Standford is not Ivy League, Tier one..in the Top Universities of USA.
You both made it to Harvard..wow!

I know of someone in High School specifically looking to get into Ivy League Universities.He has a very strong academic background as well as is in the extra curricular activities. I would really appreciate if you could ask your husband for detailed tips for essays and more on the letters of recommendations.How was the interviewing process.
You were saying that experience by shadowing professionals help a lot.Thanks for the tip.