Ivy League?

What are the chances of someone being accepted into an Ivy League college with only a GED and maybe an Associates degree? Transfer programs?

Ivy League?
You can figure this out by looking at a few statistics on line. For instance, each of the Ivy League schools (plus Duke, Stanford, UChicago) enrolls about 1500 kids as Freshman each year. According to the stats on princetonreview.com or US News, these schools have about 97 - 98% retention rate from Freshman to Sophomore. So that means only about 30 kids leave the class. So, that's how many spaces they have for kids to transfer in.



A friend at Brown told me they have about 400 apps for transfer each year. Most of those are from kids at other elite schools or kids who were waitlisted at Brown orginally and still want to get in. Brown and the other Ivies would check the applications to see which kids would fit in best, can afford the costs, and have done the best on the toughest courses at their other school. The number of CC kids who would be admitted would be extremely small. They would have to make a really strong case for themselves to beat this 10% aceptance ratio and get a seat. I'd bet that not more than 5 or 6 total are accepted at all the Ivies put together.



There are plenty of other schools that are really good schools that have a lot more open spaces and would be much easier to get into. Check the US News top 100 ranked universities and you will find a long list of very highly respected schools where there is a realistic chance of transfer admission. Schools like Fordham, Syracuse, North Carolina State, Rochester. Those are good schools and you wouldhave a real chance of getting in.



Good Luck.
Reply:You'll still need to submit SAT scores BTW, so while you can sideskirt that process through your state college via community college transfer, it's not the same everywhere else.
Reply:Not big.