r/ApplyingIvyLeague↗
Applying to Ivy League Colleges
Discussion and tips for applying to top schools in the Ivy League and beyond. Discussion covers applying to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Penn, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, Columbia (the 8 Ivy Leagues), as well as other top schools like Stanford, MIT, UChicago, Rice, etc.
27k subscribers539 posts / mo in Sep 2026426 authors / mosince 2016
r/ApplyingIvyLeague has 27k members (+63% over the last 12 months). It gets about 539 posts a month from 426 people. Top topics: Ivy League Schools, Essay Writing Challenges and Yale Admissions & Interviews.
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- Ivy League Schools13%
- Essay Writing Challenges4.4%
- Yale Admissions & Interviews4.2%
- Chance Admits4.0%
- Extracurriculars & College Apps3.9%
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