Google Day #3

Goals for the Day :
1. Look up the scores and grades needed to get into Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and Babson.
2. Look at things that would help get you into a good university.
3. Look at school campuses and living halls, find out what the average dorm room looks like.

Harvard:

How You Compare	GPA	PSAT to SAT 1600	PSAT to SAT 2400	Single SAT 1600	Combined SAT 1600	Single SAT 2400	Combined SAT 2400	PLAN to ACT	ACT	IB	Accept
Mathias Kling Cowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Harvard College*	3.65	-	2110	-	1420	2110	2120	-	-	-	1/28

Stanford: 

How You Compare	GPA	PSAT to SAT 1600	PSAT to SAT 2400	Single SAT 1600	Combined SAT 1600	Single SAT 2400	Combined SAT 2400	PLAN to ACT	ACT	IB	Accept
Mathias Kling Cowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stanford University*	3.72	-	2130	-	1430	2130	2135	-	-	-	2/35

Columbia: 

How You Compare	GPA	PSAT to SAT 1600	PSAT to SAT 2400	Single SAT 1600	Combined SAT 1600	Single SAT 2400	Combined SAT 2400	PLAN to ACT	ACT	IB	Accept
Mathias Kling Cowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia University *	3.59	-	2105	-	1385	2105	2125	-	-	-	2/38

Babson: 

How You Compare	GPA	PSAT to SAT 1600	PSAT to SAT 2400	Single SAT 1600	Combined SAT 1600	Single SAT 2400	Combined SAT 2400	PLAN to ACT	ACT	IB	Accept
Mathias Kling Cowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Babson College*	3.32	-	1707	-	1156	1707	1721	22	22	-	12/35

Things that help to get in to a good university.

One of the most important things out of everything I read was writing a good essay. Writing a good essay is one of the things that determine if you get into college or not. Colleges can tell loads by the essay and it is one of the determining factors of admission. A good essay can help you get separated from the group, basically what this means is that a good essay can get you some sort of special recognition out of everybody that applied. 

Though most of the sites that I visited used sarcasm saying not to bother that you would never get into ivy league schools or any good schools for that matter, the points of view from those at ivy league schools is different. They say that the biggest mistake you can make is not to apply. 

How campuses are like: 

Link to video about Harvard's Campus

Link to video about Stanford's Campus

Life in Babson