If your children want to enter into Ivy League schools or other similar super-elite schools, I would say good luck, because the Ivy League is the threshold higher and higher acceptance rate decreased year by year, applicants every year highs. To sum up, the reasons about the following five points:
1. Ivy League schools also do marketing.
I encountered a lot of very good students, have received mention Harvard, Yale, Princeton and other universities unsolicited letter, inviting them to apply their own schools, but many parents are great inspiration, therefore, that the Ivy schools actually write to come, will explain some problems because the child's condition meets the requirements. I am going to say may make parents very sad or disapproval, but these letters really means nothing (no meaning). In order to maintain the status of super-elite schools Di, these schools think they should be through market means to encourage as many of the students to submit their applications, the result is almost certainly most people are playing with toys.
2. Maintain the position of need.
If a school enrollment of students with average SAT scores dropped, or after high school rankings by, then the schools ranked in the index "Selectivity competitive level" will decline, thereby affecting the school's score. Therefore refused to admit these students, raising the admission standards, precisely to ensure an effective measure school rankings, which is a lot of elite admissions committee to compromise quite upset top.
3. A single entry system (Common Application) to bring convenience to the applicant
The small number of top elite, you can use the Common Application to uniform application. Simply put, an application for these prestigious schools can share materials, and the remaining material and then added for each school can do, saving time and labor worry. Before taking over my case, each student using the Common Application, or at least apply for 4 on the system so prestigious, so naturally there is increased competition.
4. US News &World Report.
August 16 each year updated USNEWS to students and parents instilled the notion that only the highest ranked schools have some value to read. Although many U.S. students and teachers at school think that this position is absurd, but many Chinese parents and students can not stop this ranking will be regarded as a "biblical choice of schools," enthusiasm.
5. Studying the institutions themselves is also a major reason
As a study abroad consulting work for many years engaged in study abroad adviser, I have to admit that the industry itself is driving up the threshold of a major U.S. institution grounds. First of all, if all students by their ability to prepare application materials, because of their limited English and writing skills, there may be a majority of people will give up, or even if applications are ultimately missed the top elite. But relying on the help of professional bodies, no doubt greatly enhance competitiveness. Second, do not rule out the many organizations rely on promises for more top colleges, to win customers, further strengthen the position is held the only psychological.
Of course, if you are good enough, if you exposure to the elite team can still confident, then filling it, I wish you stand out from the numerous outstanding. I also hope the school of your choice from a deep understanding of, really yearning, not blind conformity to borrow only for the elite aura. Also hope that those who unfortunately missed the students and the ivy, can be found more suitable for his position. A loss, no bad thing, as long as the taking of the school, enrich the learning real life, real improvement of their own making capacity, do not worry, never a lack of social Huiyanshizhu the horses, if you are really pearls rather than the fish head.
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