MEN HAVE A 50% HIGHER CHANCE OF BEING ACCEPTED TO BROWN!!! One of the most bizarre stats about Ivy League admissions is the fact that for most Ivy League schools, men do have a higher average acceptance rate than women. At first glance, it looks like a mistake– but it makes sense when you consider that Ivy League colleges are trying to compose a diverse class, balancing the characteristics of their applicants. They go out of their way to try to get students from all 50 states, from lots of count

IT’S Y COMBINATOR BUT FOR PEOPLE!!! if you look at the way that venture capitalists fund startup companies, you will see a lot of parallels to the way that Ivy League schools select students. Their business model is not based on picking the “top 10%” — instead they’re looking for unicorns. The top 1% of the 1%. The kind of people who will change the world. This matters because a lot of people frame their college applications with goals that are simply too small. That might get you into a good co

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