{"id":64540,"date":"2016-02-29T11:14:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T16:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/?p=64540"},"modified":"2016-02-29T11:14:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T16:14:12","slug":"9-us-colleges-harder-get-into-ivy-league-schools-02-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/9-us-colleges-harder-get-into-ivy-league-schools-02-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"9 US colleges that are harder to get into than ivy league schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stanford<\/p>\n

If you apply at Harvard, Columbia, Yale, and various other ivy league schools, there is a very good chance that you will not be accepted.<\/p>\n

Ivy’s are known for accepting well below 10% of all applicants, and typically students must achieve some very impressive testing scores and offer plenty of community involvement before they are accepted.<\/p>\n

The eight ivy league institutions are Brown University,\u00a0Columbia University, Cornell University,\u00a0Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University.<\/p>\n

In 2014, both\u00a0The Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0US News & World Report<\/a>\u00a0collected data on acceptance rates at non-Ivy league schools.<\/p>\n

Here are 9 US colleges that are harder to get into than some ivy league schools.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Claremont McKenna College<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 10.8%
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Claremont<\/p>\n

This Southern California-based institution is ranked as the ninth-best national liberal-arts college, according to the 2016 ranking from US News & World Report.<\/p>\n

Ivy league schools that are easier to get into:<\/strong> UPenn, Brown, and Dartmouth, and Cornell.<\/p>\n

US Military Academy<\/a> \u2014 9.5%<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"US<\/p>\n

The Military Academy is not only one of the top universities in the country, it is also 100% free, with the bill being picked up by the US Army. Following graduation students must service an active-duty service obligation.<\/p>\n

Ivy league schools that are easier to get into:\u00a0<\/strong>Brown, UPenn, Dartmouth, and Cornell.<\/p>\n

California Institute of Technology <\/a>\u2014 8.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"California<\/p>\n

This university focuses on science and engineering and getting into the college is very difficult.<\/p>\n

Ivy league schools that are easier to get into:\u00a0<\/strong>You would have a better chance of being accepted to\u00a0Cornell, Dartmouth, UPenn, and Brown.<\/p>\n

University of Chicago<\/a> \u2014 8.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"University<\/p>\n

This 125-year-old university in Chicago’s iconic\u00a0Hyde Park community is considered one of the top colleges in America.<\/p>\n

Ivy league schools that are easier to get into:\u00a0<\/strong>Its admissions rate is lower Brown, UPenn, Dartmouth, and Cornell.<\/p>\n

College of the Ozarks<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 8.3%\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"College<\/p>\n

The College of the Ozarks also features a unique acceptance process which requires students to show financial need to get accepted. Students work 15 hours a week on campus\u00a0and return they receive free tuition.<\/p>\n

Ivy league schools that are easier to get into:\u00a0<\/strong>This Christian college in\u00a0Missouri\u00a0has a lower acceptance rate than Cornell, Dartmouth, UPenn, and Brown.<\/p>\n

Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/a> \u2014 7.9%<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Massachusetts<\/p>\n

This university is known for its amazing engineering, math, and science programs. If you want to build robots, pursue a career in science, or develop the best computer programming skills in the industry, MIT is a good bet for your future.<\/p>\n

Ivy league schools that are easier to get into:\u00a0<\/strong>MIT’s acceptance rate is lower than Brown, UPenn, Dartmouth, and Cornell.<\/p>\n

US Naval Academy <\/a>\u2014 7.9%<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"US<\/p>\n

Just like West Point, students at the US Naval Academy have their tuition paid for them by the US Navy, but only after they serve a period of active-duty.<\/p>\n

Ivy league schools that are easier to get into: <\/strong>This school is once again more selective than Brown, UPenn, Dartmouth, and Cornell.<\/p>\n

Alice Lloyd College<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 7.1%<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Alice<\/p>\n

Alice Lloyd is located in rural Kentucky. This school is tiny with only 619 students currently enrolled.<\/p>\n

Ivy league schools that are easier to get into: <\/strong>You have a better chance of being accepted to Princeton, Brown, UPenn, Dartmouth, and Cornell.<\/p>\n

Stanford <\/a>\u2014\u00a05.1%<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Stanford\"<\/p>\n

Stanford is the hardest school to gain acceptance to in the United States.<\/p>\n

Ivy league schools that are easier to get into: <\/strong>You have a better chance of being chosen by Harvard, Yale, and every other ivy league institution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you apply at Harvard, Columbia, Yale, and various other ivy league schools, there is a very good chance that you will not be accepted. Ivy’s are known for accepting well below 10% of all applicants, and typically students must achieve some very impressive testing scores and offer plenty of community involvement before they are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":64550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1446],"tags":[8550,8409,10229,10228,10230,8557],"class_list":{"0":"post-64540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-education","8":"tag-colleges","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-ivy-league","11":"tag-ivy-league-schools","12":"tag-public-schools","13":"tag-universities"},"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64551,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64540\/revisions\/64551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}