Yale, Ivy League

Yale is Ivy League University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. When you think of Ivy League universities, you probably only think of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. This is okay. These three universities are the top Ivy League schools in the Ivy League program these three universities are also considered some of the very best colleges/universities in the US.

This blog post will be about Yale University!

When you first think of Yale University, you have the question of which school is better Harvard or Yale? Yale is generally regarded as having a better undergraduate program, both academically and experientially. While Harvard is usually considered as having a better graduate program across most of the schools where the two universities go head to head.

The most popular majors at Yale University include Social Sciences, Biological, and Biomedical Sciences; History; Mathematics and Statistics; and Engineering. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 99%.

Yale has a 6.3% acceptance rate, which is a higher acceptance rate than Princeton. To get into Princeton, you would need to be the top of your class GPA-wise. The average GPA of admitted applicants to Yale is 4.12. This means you will need straight As even to be competitive with other applicants.

Yale is also extremely hard to get into just like Harvard and Princeton, which I talked about in these blogs!
https://addylinsworld.blogspot.com/2019/11/harvard-1st-university-as-of-2019-2020.html
https://addylinsworld.blogspot.com/2019/12/princeton-ivy-league.html

Princeton, Ivy League

Princeton is an Ivy League university located in New Jersey. Princeton is one of the eight Ivy League universities. Princeton is unique because it negotiates nothing; around the world, it is thought of as one of the most elite research institutions in the world, but even through all that, they have complete and total dedication to their undergraduate students.

To have a higher chance of getting into any university, you would have to have an interview with that school's admission center. At Princeton, interviews are offered to most or some applicants. Usually, a school that provides interviews will do so through alumni volunteers. Any school will do it's best to give an interview for every applicant who wants one.

Princeton is one of the most challenging schools to get into in the country. As of 2018, they only accepted 5.5% of applicants to the class of 2022. This means to have a chance of being admitted. You need to be at the top of your class and have an SAT score of close to 1550 or an ACT score of around 35. This is for the undergraduate level. Princeton's graduates are some of the best in the world in virtually every academic field.

What any university is looking for in an applicant is, AP and honors classes this shows that you challenged yourself academically and succeeded. Another example would be challenging extracurricular activities, for example, a sport. Some other things universities look at is volunteer and work experience, test scores, quality recommendation letters, a well-written essay, talents, and passions.

Some notable alumni from Princeton would be Jeff Bezos, Michelle Obama.

To summarize, it is extremely hard to get into Princeton!