just a quick question...

[chickenonrice]

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so i was wondering about this...


say there are 2 applicants. both have the same stats but one of them went to a state school meanwhile the other went to an ivy league.

they both have the same gpa/mcat scores/ and 'hypothetically speaking' have the same ECs.
and both of their interviews and all that are excellent.



does the ivy league student have a better chance to be accepted?


probably yes right?


also how many of you took chem/bio or chem/physics or just chem in your first year of undergrad?

 

[911 Turbo]

so i was wondering about this...


say there are 2 applicants. both have the same stats but one of them went to a state school meanwhile the other went to an ivy league.

they both have the same gpa/mcat scores/ and 'hypothetically speaking' have the same ECs.
and both of their interviews and all that are excellent.



does the ivy league student have a better chance to be accepted?


probably yes right?


also how many of you took chem/bio or chem/physics or just chem in your first year of undergrad?

This topic has been beaten to death multiple times. There is a button called "search" in between two buttons called "new posts' and "quick links" that is very helpful. You will find hundreds, if not thousands, of posts on this very topic using that button!

Anyway... for two identical applicants, I'd imagine that the ivy league kids are better off (even though adcoms will say that they accept people from all locations, lol).

I took chem along with biology freshman year. It was pretty easy.... I would tell you to go into freshman year strong, and don't party too much.

 

[LizzyM]

No two people have the same ECs and no two have the same PS and LORs. Interviews matter, too. And it may depend entirely on which Ivy, which state school, and the majors of the two applicants. A sociology major from Princeton might not be as highly regarded as an engineering major from Michigan if the gpa and MCAT are identical.

 

[Hoya2009]

The Ivy League is an athletic conference.

What if you had an SEC student and a student who transferred from the A10 to the PAC-12?????
I need to know the answer to my own hypothetical questions!!!

 

[LizzyM]

The Ivy League is an athletic conference.

What if you had an SEC student and a student who transferred from the A10 to the PAC-12?????
I need to know the answer to my own hypothetical questions!!!

No one would care unless they still had a year of eligibility left.

/sarcasm







The Ivy League is an athletic conference but it is also a group of eight of the most academically elite universities in the country.