Does an Ivy League education open more doors for employment? What is the average person paid after graduating from an Ivy League University with a degree in science and technology? Is it easy to obtain a career after graduation or is it really difficult?

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Ivy League educations open the most doors when you make personal contacts with students a few years ahead of you or with alumni/ae. Ivy League bachelor’s degree holders rank at the top nationwide for starting salaries, along with holders of degrees in engineering from top engineering schools. Their mean starting salaries are in the low to mid $70,000s. They are probably higher in science and technology. An engineering degree from an Ivy makes it easier to obtain employment than does a "pure" science degree.

See payscale.com for very interesting data.

I’m going to High School in September, and I want to get into an ivy league school. What do I have to do to get into one of these colleges from public school? I am going to be starting high school with all honors classes except for math and science. (My weakest subjects) How should I study to get into one of these colleges?

It’s good that you have started with the honors classes, but in the next few years you want to think about taking AP courses. I would suggest taking at least one or two in your sophomore year in subjects you are comfortable in. I would also try to take the PSAT this upcoming year to see how well you will do and work on your problem areas. Also make sure that you take SAT II in subjects that you are taking. For example at my school freshmen take biology so I would advise a freshman at my school to take the Biology SAT II exam that year so he/she could remember the info. Make sure that you keep both your weighted and unweighted gpa up, become involved in extra-curriculars and do well on standardized tests and you will be fine. I hope this helped and doesn’t seem like too much, just have fun and work hard and you’ll do well.
P.S. I believe that Ivy League Schools are overrated especially for Undergraduate School. Once in the real world employers don’t pay too much attention to your undergrad education but more attention on your grad. education.

I was just thinking about college today and I think if I work hard I might have the grades to go to an Ivy League college.
I know that there is Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University.
Which one is the best undergrauduate school for medicine?
I understand the system to get into the medical field. Both of my parents are doctors. I was just wondering what undergraduate school would help me the most to get into a good medical school.

Just to be clear, medicine is a graduate degree. You first spend 4 years in undergrad majoring in whatever you want as long as you take the science, math, and English courses required by medical schools. You need a 3.6+ GPA, 3.8+ for top-tier med schools. Then you need to take the MCAT; 30+ in general, 35+ for top-tier. And extracurriculars: volunteering/community service, clinical experience, research, plus other activities that distinguish you from every other premed. After all that you apply to medical school; that’s another 4 years. After that you do your residency (3-8 years, depending on specialty) and then practice.

So, you wouldn’t study medicine at any undergraduate college. It doesn’t matter where you go, really, although attending an Ivy or other top-ranked undergrad helps. All will get you into medical school if you do well.

As for Ivies specifically: if you can get into Brown’s 8-yr combined BA/MD program (PLME), then you’re guaranteed entrance to medical school before even starting college; otherwise you’d have to pursue the usual pre-med route at all of these universities.

I’ve heard that Yale Med auto-interviews Yale grads (most medical schools invite about 10-35% or so of applicants to interview, and from that pool about 10-40% are accepted. No acceptance without an interview). I imagine Harvard Med might have a similar deal, and Columbia P&S does seem to take a lot of its own. Not sure if Penn, Cornell, or Dartmouth do. Brown does not, aside from the PLME program. Yale and Harvard are obviously feeder schools for top-tier medical schools; Princeton might be, too, but I don’t know as much about that one. Really, if you go to any Ivy, you’ll be in good shape. But again, you can get into medical school from any reputable 4 year college or university in the country. Your chances depend on YOU, not on your school’s reputation.

Next year, I’m participating in an exchange program to Spain with AFS for one year, and I just want to know if this could be an advantage or a disadvantage when applying for Ivy League schools.

Also, how do college’s in general view students who have participated in exchange programs?

This is a major advantage, colleges will be pleased to see that you are independent.

I am an aspiring French Horn player. I really want to go to an Ivy League school, but I want to know if I can get a scholarship to an Ivy League school by agreeing to be in their band. I can’t seem to find anything about it- but I am very interested in the subject. Please answer- thank you!

I found some info about getting this scholarship online in this scholarship database - education.mypressonline.com

Next year, I’m participating in an exchange program to Spain with AFS for one year, and I just want to know if this could be an advantage or a disadvantage when applying for Ivy League schools.

Also, how do college’s in general view students who have participated in exchange programs?

They consider it a positive, especially if you come in with strong language skills

Why do Ivy league Universities accept people with GPAs that are barely in the top ten percent?
For example, Princeton accepts 10% of their incoming class with a GPA that 3.65 or lower. Is this to balance out the class or is it because the students have done something extraordinary.

because GPA doesn’t show intelligence. the SATs, although can be coached, are better determinants of intelligence as compared to a high school GPA. that’s why their don’t necessarily accept someone with a high GPA, but all Ivy League schools’ SAT scores are not just top 10%, but top 1% in the country.

Also, they like to accept well-rounded individuals and not just people who study really hard. They will interview you (and will know your personality, if you’re articulate and eloquent, if you’re smart and witty, if you know how to sell and present yourself, etc… all skills which can’t be taught in a classroom or shown on a GPA.) They want booksmart + streetsmart, basically. GPA only shows you know how to study and read books.

I go to Columbia Engineering and half my calculus class were high school valedictorians, my physics class had guys from Intel’s annual scholarships, and in my dorm there are guys who started their own businesses that already have over $500,000 in revenue. All my classmates walk tall, are confident, extremely well spoken, very mature, extremely knowledgable, and smart as hell. Our calc II professor shouts out extremely tough proofs in class and some of the geniuses in my class can shoot out the answers in 5 seconds flat. It’s ridiculous. We’re all intimidated by one another.

Childish question? Yes probably but a friend asked me I didn’t have an answer. Would love to hear opinions.Which Ivy League schools look the most like Hogwarts? And which schools have the same or similar House system?

Princeton has the most gothic look to it. I don’t know of any school that has few enough students to do a ‘house rivalry’ like Hogwarts. But all schools will try to instill a sense of community.

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