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Public Ivy League Schools

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Do you see yourself bundled up to survive those East coast winters, studying in hundred-year-old libraries, and being a proud member of one of the eight schools that make up the Ivy League? You can still have an Ivy League experience without the Ivy League costs … we give you the Public Ivy League Schools!

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Top Summer Programmes: Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS)

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Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) “Ivy Scholars” was a small pre-collegiate summer program that was started by professors in 2001. Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS)” is an excellent educational program for exceptional high school students worldwide. In 2012, the program changed its name to Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS).

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The Hidden Truth Behind Merit Scholarships

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New America's 2020 report , "Crisis Point: How Enrollment Management and the Merit-Aid Arms Race Are Derailing Public Higher Education," details the rise in financial aid allocations among public universities between 2001 and 2017. Public institutions also discount tuition. But to students, it still looks like merit-based scholarships.

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Early Decision is a Racket

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The Ivy League, Stanford, Cal Tech, MIT, U Chicago, and their equivalents compete for the same students. James Fallows of the Atlantic wrote a damning 2001 article, “ The Early-Decision Racket.” Yale announced in late 2001 that if Harvard and Princeton discontinued their early deadlines, they would follow suit.

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Top 8 Colleges with Rowing Teams and What Makes Them Stand Out

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The mens team has claimed back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023, while the womens team has multiple championship wins in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2016. Plus, their head coach, Billy Boyce, was named unanimous Ivy League Coach of the Year. Department of Education to round out the picture. Additional data.

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UT-Austin and Texas A&M Join the Common Application - Fall 2023 Essay Topics

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The Common Application has always been the most user-friendly (if still flawed) application portal, so this should come as a relief to many families and high school educators. For example, Harvard received 19,000 applications in 2001 compared with 61,000+ for the Class of 2026.

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Where Did Ron DeSantis Go to College?

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Despite his public disdain for "elite" universities, the Florida governor earned two degrees from Ivy League institutions himself. DeSantis earned his undergraduate degree in history from Yale University and tacked on a second Ivy League degree when he graduated from Harvard Law School.