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Public Ivy League Schools

College Essay Guy

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? Does your vision also include steep tuition costs and acceptance rates in the single digits? What are the public ivy league schools?

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The Hidden Truth Behind Merit Scholarships

BestColleges

So-called "merit" scholarships are simply tuition discounts used to entice students. Leveraging Aid to Attract Wealthy Students Determining the right mix of students includes enrolling the right number of students who can pay the full cost of tuition, or close to it. Public institutions also discount tuition.

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Top Summer Programmes: Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS)

Ivy Central

Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) “Ivy Scholars” was a small pre-collegiate summer program that was started by professors in 2001. The tuition covers housing, meals, and curriculum materials. In 2012, the program changed its name to Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS).

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Early Decision is a Racket

Admissions Madness

The Ivy League, Stanford, Cal Tech, MIT, U Chicago, and their equivalents compete for the same students. Universities likely don’t care whether a student opts for ED I or II as long as they arrive on campus, finish their degree, and pay their tuition. The latter are more likely to pay full tuition.

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

Tex Admissions

For example, Harvard received 19,000 applications in 2001 compared with 61,000+ for the Class of 2026. Other Ivy League and equivalent universities had admissions rates around 15-20%. Back then, UT received around 25,000 applicants and admitted two-thirds of them.