The Secret of Why You Will NEVER Get Into an Ivy League School Part 2

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The Harvard lawsuit (and other related lawsuits) pretty much revealed that it's 1) legacy, 2) race (nationality for international students), 3) athletics/sports being the three biggest factors. It's amusing even after these lawsuits American admission counselors still won't admit that these 3 are the biggest factors influencing a student's admissions success rate at top colleges.

Some examples to show schools that you are world-class:

- You created GPL software that has 1 million downloads (CS major)
- You write blog posts for major news companies (English Major)
- You have 100,000+ social media followers (various majors)

What is even the point of going to college if they've accomplished any of the above? Forget about a million, even 10,000 downloads at the app store will guarantee an interview at most tech corps. At a million you're practically guaranteed interviews at Tier 1 companies like Google.

You are chasing the status of these elite colleges, at least from the point of view of people who go even though they could do well without going to college. 

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both went to Harvard and dropped out because the opportunity of starting a business outweighed the status and security of having a college degree.