1 in 8.48

The odds an applicant to an Ivy League school will be admitted are 1 in 8.48 (US, 9/2008 - 4/2009).

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Undergraduate Admission. Brown University. August 2009.

Admission Statistics. Columbia University. May 2009.

Admission Information Cornell University, Profile of the Class of 2013. Cornell University. August 2009.

Acceptance rate hits record low. TheDartmouth.com. April 2009.

Fall 2009 Counselor Newsletter. Harvard College. August 2009.

Christensen L, Schelling A. Admission rate rises to 9.79 percent for Class of 2013. The Daily Princetonian. April 2009.

Gutmann A. Status Report to the University Council. University of Pennsylvania. April 22, 2009.

Yale Welcomes the Class of 2013. Yale University. August 26, 2009.

Definitions

Applicant

Applicants include only those who apply to an undergraduate program for the first year study.

Ivy League School

Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale

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Rounding Rules

Odds more likely than 1 in 10, such as 1 in 3.42, are rounded to three significant digits. Odds less likely than 1 in 10, such as 1 in 420.4, are rounded to four significant digits. Trailing zeros after the decimal point are dropped for readability, even though they may still be significant.

Odds you'll see: 1 in 4.26; 14.5; 143; 5,230; 433,200

Odds you won't see: 1 in 2.412; 63.042; 425,242c

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