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College Series #3




The Ivies are the top-tier schools, which only the best of the best can get into. Pilibos itself has only had one graduate, in recent years, accepted into an Ivy League school. With the exception of Cornell, all the schools’ most popular majors are economics and political science majors, which could be essential in minimizing your college search if these are not your fields of interest. Yale College is the #1 school in the country and for good reason too. Its history and English departments are historically renowned and its most popular majors are government and economics. With an average GPA of 4.1, SAT/ACT scores of 1540 and 33 and an acceptance rate of 7%, it is clear as to why it is extremely difficult to be accepted. The #2 school would be Harvard. Harvard’s average GPA of 4.1, SAT/ACT scores of 1540 and 34 and acceptance rate of 6% make it harder to get into than Yale. University of Pennsylvania has a GPA of 3.9, SAT/ACT scores of 1510 and 32 and an acceptance rate of 10%. Brown has an average GPA of 4.08, SAT/ACT scores of 1500 and 32 and an acceptance rate of 9%. Columbia has an average GPA of 4.16, SAT/ACT scores of 1530 and 34 and a 6% acceptance rate. Dartmouth College has an 11% acceptance rate with an average GPA of 4.06 and SAT/ACT scores of 1500 and 32. According to the stats, Cornell would be the easiest Ivy to get into with an acceptance rate of 15%. The average GPA is 4.04 with SAT/ACT scores of 1480 and 32. Its popular major is biology. Come back next time for information on the nation’s top private universities!

Written by: Nayiri Artounians and Veronica Mkhsi-Gevorkian

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