Ivy League Schools Admissions?

What is usually required to be accepted to an Ivy League school? What would my GPA, SAT, and extracurricular activities need to look like?

Ivy League Schools Admissions?
To get into "good colleges" you must take the most challenging courseload offered in your school (possibly more, such as going to community colleges for classes your school doesn't offer) WHILE getting the best grade possible.



Even if you have a perfect 4.0 GPA or 100 average with a hard courseload, with perfect SAT scores, and graduate valedictorian, it is still tough to get into schools like Brown, Yale, and Princeton. Unless you are a gold medalist in the Olympics, there really is no guarantee that you will get into any Ivy League.



Try the best you can in school, and more. If you ever have trouble understanding something, ask your teacher for extra help. I'm sure he or she will be glad to help you.



If you have a weak point - for example, if you know you're not so good at writing essays - schedule appointments to meet with your English teacher to become better at that. This goes for all your classes.



Ivy League schools want you to be excellent in all the standard subjects. They also want to see that you are TRYING and CHALLENGING YOURSELF. This might mean that a B in English Honors is better than an A+ in a regular English class. Of course it is best if you can get an A+ in an honors class.



I also encourage you to develop what talents you have now. If you are good in math, then try out for your school math team and enter math competitions. If you are good at science, take AP Biology, AP Physics, or AP Chemistry your junior and senior years. If you are an artist, take all the art classes in your school and take outside art classes at a specialized art SCHOOL (not just the local arts and craft center) so you can build your art portfolio and send it to colleges with your application.



Your extracurriculars should be related to your interests. If you like community service, great. Do a lot. If you want to be an english major, get your poems published in a magazine or be the editor of your school newspaper. In any subject, it is good to take college courses (try your local community college, or a pre-college program over the summer - Ivy Leagues like Yale, Brown, and Harvard have credit courses you can take.)



The most I can say is, try your best and challenge yourself.

If you want the "technical" information, such as what are the average SAT scores that people who got into college had, then go to that college's website.
Reply:Your demographics and any hardship points are worth more.



Are your rural. Are you an inner city minority. Are you physically disabled. Are you homeschooled. Do you live on a Farm, are you a Quaker. Is your father an alumni. Is your father a Senator.



Harvard may admit some of these with less than 4.0 and less than perfect SAT scores.



On the other hand Harvard just PASSED on 1,100 kids with PERFECT SAT scores.