The Ivy League College Admissions Guidebook: Book 1: The Basics

By Jillian Ivy

Get into the school of your dreams with "The Ivy League College Admissions Guidebook" - expert advice from a former Harvard interviewer and Harvard graduate. This comprehensive guidebook provides all the tools you need to make your Ivy League college essays and applications stand out, so you can get in to the top schools like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia or the Ivy League equivalent colleges like Stanford and MIT. Discover how to choose the right topic for your Common App essay, select the best schools for your major, maximize your supplemental essays, list the right extracurriculars, and prepare for your Ivy League college admissions interview. Whether you're a high school student or a parent, this guidebook is a must-have for anyone seeking admission to an Ivy League college this year. Don't miss out on this invaluable resource - get "The Ivy League College Admissions Guidebook" today and pave your way to success!

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Mar 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9781667896434

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The Ivy League College Admissions Guidebook

©2023 Jillian Ivy

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eBook ISBN 978-1-66789-643-4

Table of Contents

Introduction

Your Chances

Chapter 1 Overview

Chapter 2 School Selection

Chapter 3 The Application

Chapter 4 How to Choose the Right Topic for Your Common App

Chapter 5 Your Supplemental Essays

Chapter 6 Recommendation Letters

Chapter 7 Your Ivy League Interview

Chapter 8 Transferring to the Ivy League

Chapter 9 Just Believe

Introduction

Welcome to Book 1 in my Ivy League college admissions series teaching you everything you need to know about how to get into an Ivy League school. As you move through my guidebooks, you will learn exactly what it takes to get into schools like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell and UPenn, as well as the non-Ivy League universities that are just as competitive like Stanford and MIT.

In other words, the best colleges in the U.S.

As everyone knows, the Ivy League is more competitive than just getting into a regular school, even a top 25 school, and so if the very top echelon is your goal, you really need to have a completely different heightened strategy.

That’s where I come in: I’m a former Harvard admissions interviewer and a Harvard graduate and I’ve been running my Ivy League college admissions firm Ivy League Essay for the last 15 years. I know what it takes to help students not only get into the Ivy League, but into the TOP of the Ivy League — and now, through this guidebook, I’m sharing this information with you, so you’ll know how to best prepare your applications, your essays, and yourself to get in. It can be done. Students get into Harvard every single year. I did it, and so can you.

This is Book 1: The Basics

Let’s begin!

Your Chances

So — your chances. This is what everyone I speak to wants to know when they first come across my Ivy League firm: what are my chances?

Well, according to U.S. News & World Report, less than 10% of applicants were admitted to an Ivy League school in 2022. Harvard and Princeton had a less than 4% acceptance rate while others, like Columbia and Brown were higher, but still under 10%. You probably already knew