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One-Ice8430 t1_jdxgvgh wrote

Wow Arvin, congratulations on the #1 New Release in Kindle College Guides! As someone who didn't get into an Ivy, I'm definitely curious about what it takes. Is it a secret handshake? Do you need to sacrifice a goat to the admissions gods? In all seriousness, though, what kind of advice do you have for those of us who aspire to attend an Ivy League university?

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DrawingSevere7494 OP t1_jdyi1b8 wrote

Thanks for the question. Without trying to summarize a 250 page book in a Reddit post, let me do my best with this one.

Ultimately, Ivy admissions are about personality testing far more than achievement testing. The personality test questions are found in the big essay questions and the small, seemingly unimportant short questions. By learning how personality tests work, you can essentially outsmart the personality test parts.

The number one bit of advice I can give is this: start in 9th grade or earlier. Read the application questions then so that you can design your applicant profile around them. Don't wait until 12th grade and then try to make your activities pretend to fit questions that they don't align with.

Thanks for asking!

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