Getting Into An Ivy League School

This article presents a model of the admission process in terms of the applications that encapsulate the characteristics of the applicants, and the admissions officers who represent the educational philosophy of the university or college. A statistical correlation-based, scientific study evaluates the proposed model. The parameter design reflects the knowledge and experience acquired during the second author's tenure as an advisor to the undergraduate admissions office for the Sc.B. engineering program at Brown University between 1989 and 1992. During this period, the second author examined over 900 randomlyselected applicants from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and geographical regions in the US and international applicants. His assessments were treated as "first reads," or key evaluations. Key non-financial aid related criteiria-academic and non-academic-are based on those actually used in the selection of applicants into the Sc.B. (Bachelor of Science) program in engineering at Brown University.