Top Ten Toughest Colleges to get into in the U.S.

Getting a 1600 on your SATs still wouldn't get you into Harvard.

If you're a virtuoso, you could probably get in.

Having perfect SATs or high GPAs doesn't mean shit when applying to top colleges.

Once you hit a certain GPA and SAT threshold, it all boils down to what kind of person you are, how well you write, and what your interests are. I didn't have perfect SAT scores, but I wrote some decent essays, did some theater, played in a professional jazz band, and wound up being accepted to just about every school I applied to.

Except for Stanford. Fuck 'em.

I got into all of the schools I applied to, but I only applied to three...wasn't really shooting that high. My GPA/class rank was abnormally bad (given my SAT scores and expectations of me), but my essays were very good, had a few interesting experiences: started a business, won a lot of stuff at Model Congresses, that sort of thing. I'm still surprised that I was able to get past my class rank - I think I was barely in the 20th percentile.

In another year or so when my g/f graduates we're thinking about moving so she can go to Havard.

I dunno how she got so learned, I just like to play them videro-grames...

Well Kidnemo, looks like you may have found yourself a breadwinner! Good job :lol:

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Well Kidnemo, looks like you may have found yourself a breadwinner! Good job :lol:

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Yea, she'll probably be making about a gazillion dollars when she graduates.

To bad after college, and medical school, will only owe about a gazillion dollars x2 for loans.

Not to mention she won't be done with school, internships, etc for like seven more years...

Where's MIT and Rice?

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Rice is good, but it's not that hard to get into, is it?

Pretty hard from my experience. Surely not the hardest, BTW - this is American schools only right? I'm thinking Cambridge is pretty tough to get into if it covers just all schools.

EDIT : Don't take my word for it, I'm an idiot.

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If USNews didnt charge for it now, you would be able to see the rankings from this year, and this includes acceptance rate. I am almost certain that Rice is in the top 20 lowest percent accepted, which makes it a hard school to get into. Its probably around 20-25%, which is very low. However, Stanford and Harvard hover around 11%. However they dont factor in the type of student that applies to Stanford and Harvard - undoubtedly, those schools are only accepting 11% of the cream of the crop every year.

From what Ive seen, I think the very first indicator of a college's quality is its admissions. If they have a low acceptance rate than the quality of student will be higher, which makes the school better overall.