The Ivy League is an atheltic conference composed of sports teams from eight private universities in the United States. The conference name is used to refer to these eight universities as a group: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. The term Ivy League also has connotations of academi excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social prestige. Sometimes people use Ivy League Plus (+) to include other prestigious universities such as Stanford, MIT, Caltech, University of Chicago, Duke, Williams, Amherst, and Swarthmore in their discussion about Ivy League colleges.

 

In this workshop, we'll discuss about the myth in Ivy League + admissions, the roles of hooks - legacy, special talents, minority status, and wealth in the competitive admissions process. We'll discuss the secrets that Ivy League admissions officers don't want applicants to know. We'll further examine the pros and cons of early decision, single choice early decision, early action, and regular decisions. In addition, we'll take a closer look at the financial aid and scholarship applications. Finally, participants are asked to study several cases to to gain insight into the Ivy League + admissions process.