haha i was viewing this very thread, and at the top, there was this huge banner ad that said IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITIES REJECT THOUSANDS OF PERFECT SATs. college admissions is indeed changing, children.

and upenn is an ivy league^

they are as follows:
harvard
princeton
yale
upenn
dartmouth
cornell
columbia
brown

yes, i'm the loser that memorized them all. don't laugh.

UGA - University of Georgia, for those of you who can't figure that out.

hahha mindy it's okay, i memorized 7/8. =P

is it really? i knew the rest of them were, i didnt think upenn was though

yeah--stanford is NOT an ivy.

my counselor showed me stats from my school last year, and there were a bunch of 1600's with 4.1 GPAs that did not get into an ivy. even with early decision/early action.

woah did not they don't accept 1600 SATS, i think they onyl accept you if you like a genius, but by the time you go there you probably have no life. there are the college that where most leader some from.

Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton University
Yale University

thank you for listing the ivy leagues again

...SATs mean much less than grades, and out of school activities. ask any admissions officer.

we didnt have any 1600s at our school this year, though

haha we had like 20.

wow. we have a fairly large 800 club, i think, so i was really surprised when i heard that the highest score was a ....actually, i cant find it, but it wasnt perfect, at least

not a surprise.. TJ's average alone is almost 1500! (and most of the people @ TJ would probably retake it after getting a 1500)

and as for the ivy rejection thing.. it's because so many kids these days are wrapped up in competition and leadership/test scores that they lack the intellectual passion and curiosity, which is exactly what the nation's top colleges seek.

yeah, which is exactly why im so annoyed with my school. im not that smart, im not aiming for a very highly prestegious college, but i cant take any classes that actually interest me- i cant even do IB and take TOK because with only 6 classes theres no room in my schedule, but so im stuck forcing myself to just barely get by in classes i hate, while i could be learning things that im genuinely interested in. i actually learn more during the summer than i do in school, because i seek knowledge in more than just curriculum. school has actually sucked the will out of me

i know people who got a 1550, weren't satisfied, and retook it to get an 1600! crazy.

hmm.. i wonder how the scores will be for the *new* SAT.
wow, our generation is so caught up in scores. where's the intellectual curiosity?

Seattle Central Community College.
Lots of asians transfer there because this college was in the newspaper. So I guess it's a popular community college to Korean people from Korea.

I also like it there because theres a lot of new instructors especially fashion and art insitute and web-designing. I heard that they are nice, friendly, very good at teaching. So I decided to go there. I would not want to get a very mean, harsh teacher haha.

Also the area is there is nice. Also it's over at downtown! I can get to see space needle a lot hehe.

well i used to know where i wanted to go...now i don't quite know anymore since i don't know exactly what i want to take.
i originally wanted to into comp. sci. at the university of waterloo in ont, canada because of its great co-ed program and its the best school for math/computer science apparently and my aunt went there so yeah...
but now, i really don't know at the moment. most likely in the computer area/field but yeah...

University Of British Columbia for several reasons
1) I Don't think i could go anywhere else...
2)Grades also keep me from going to many other places
3)They got all the classes I need/want there (psych, commerce.... just like most other universities)
4)Cheaper cuz i dont hafta travel abroad

ok, i know i skrewed up before, but i know for certain that uconn isnt ivy league

well bc isn't either =P haha uconn won the ncaa last year! ooooh that reminds me, i need to get my brackets. my friend goes to bc, he likes it a lot =]

i didnt know what bc was...

bc could either be boston college, or umbc, university of maryland baltimore county. from the other colleges he listed, i'm assuming it's boston college.

Maybe Yale (ha!)
Cause it's close to home, and it's a med. school (i think) which I plan to go to. And I heard it was a good school.

Or unless my grades won't be able to go to yale (which is probably won't), maybe BU or something... =\

ah, yes, that makes sence

an ivy league school, or boston university, then work up to going to an ivy league school. I want to study psychology.

I've always wanted to go to Princeton.....but I probably can't afford it. it really sucks. My second choice is Georgia Tech. It's not a bad college....plus, it's not that far away from where I live.

I plan on going to southwest missouri state university only because its kinda away from home but not to far only 3 1/2 hrs and i want to get a degree in bussiness which will be awsome And I am only getting it in bussiness because I want to be a banker or A Real estate agent not sure yet!

Maybe, Standford, be causeI heard it's a really good school and everything and it's not insanely far away from I live. I don't think i'd be able to be so far away from home, but I'm not even sure yet. I think it's a bit early to be thinking about it for me

i wanna go to a college in my state...less money..and i can visit home frequently because i worry about my mom being home alone and all...and she could feel lonely..and she can make me food...and teach me how to do my own laundry!

Well.. I just want $$$ when I start working... and I figure the prestige could help me get hired. *shrugs*

that's not always true =] choose a school that specializes in your major...which is why it's important to know what your interests are =) if it's known for, say, engineering, then go to that school. you wouldn't go to some liberal arts ivy just for the name if you wanted to study engineering. that doesn't make much sense, does it?

sorry, i didn't mean to pick on you, just trying to say this in general =]

finally, someone realizes this ;o

yes, it would be great to have a high score on the sats, but if you've been slacking off for the four years in h.s. do you really think they'll give a damn about your sats? ;o they're looking for "well rounded" people to contribute to the "diversity" in their schools. it's better to be a jack of all trades instead of a master of one thing, in this case... unless you plan to go to a specific college with specific requests (e.g. - juliard).

if you have a 4.0 gpa, and you get a 900 tops on your sats, you'll still get accepted into good schools, with scholarships. yes, some iv leagues are picky about sat scores, but if you show you have something that not a lot of their students have, then they'll consider you.