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I can say with confidence it’s fake. The Ivies don’t give out merit-based scholarships (because most everyone who gets into an Ivy League school is at the top of their class. And of course they don’t give out athletic ones, either — hence why they’re the Ivy League.) They do give out need-based scholarships, but you’d have to be pretty poor just to have all your undergraduate loans covered, let alone by $40K+ in grants.

No kid smart enough to get into all those schools talks like that. Let’s be real.

actually they do give out athletic scholarships. i’ve been offered a full ride at harvard to play basketball u idiot

“actually they do give out athletic scholarships. i’ve been offered a full ride at harvard to play basketball u idiot”

Um, no, they really don’t. Maybe by a private fund, but that’s not how need based aid from the Ivies works.

One of the reasons the Ivy League was formed was because they were a group of schools who believed in academics over sports. Their founding tenet: No athletic scholarships.

not true..lol i currently attend one of these “ivies” and can say confidently that that is not true. merit-based scholarships do exist and often go to extremely high-caliber students, national merits, outstanding leaders etc. to get them to attend that school over other peer schools…and all ivies do give out athletic scholarships that come from the university. athletics is a huge part of some high-level school’s culture, i.e. mine. @Anonymous

Yes, I can also attest to Harvard giving out athletic scholarships. I know one guy personally who’s there on a full football scholarship. Can’t really deny that.

@Anonymous
As an Ivy alum, myself, who both participated in varsity athletics and worked closely with the both the athletic department and the alumni association, I have to say that you’re wrong on this one. I’ve spoken to coaches in depth about this, and there are very stringent rules they have to follow in terms of recruiting, that no matter how much they want to bend them, they can’t. And they often lose students to other good schools of the same academic caliber (i.e. the Stanfords and Dukes of the world), BECAUSE they can’t offer them scholarships. Why do you think it was such a big deal this year that Cornell made the Sweet 16? Because Ivy Leaguers aren’t taken seriously for the simple reason they’re playing sports because they love to play, not because of any monetary compensation.

In regard to merit-based scholarships, yes, there are plenty of privately-funded ones — or ones like “national merits” that are not tied to a particular school — but they’re not given out through the actual school’s money. Maybe they’re given out by rich alums, or via the state, say, but certainly not through the school’s endowment. The admissions department tells that to everyone who applies there or visits campus from the get-go, “we don’t give out merit-based scholarships.” And TBH, that’s not exactly a selling point that would make a top student want to come there more, if they knew they could get a full ride at another top small liberal arts college.

@So fake

No, I know two people who have gotten in to Harvard. Yes, one of them is the ideal “study everyday, six different extra curricular activities, never said a cuss word in her life” Harvard student. The other was one of the biggest partiers at my High School, and if you met him on the street, you’d think he was just going to a JC (not that that’s a bad thing) but he just gave off that vibe. And yes, he cusses like a sailor. How people conduct themselves doesn’t always mean they aren’t “geniuses” or just dedicated to school.

No one uses perfect grammar (especially apostrophes in contractions) on facebook. But idk, maybe it is real. That would SUCK for him.

Terrific work! This is the type of information that should be shared around the web. Shame on the search engines for not positioning this post higher!

Haha burrrrn !!

Who said that the scholarship was technically merit-based? A good friend of mine actually received full scholarships to both Yale and Stanford – because she was American Indian (actually born on the reservation and was a member of a specific tribe). Yes, she was a good student, but did receive a scholarship due to the fact that she is of an ethnicity that is in “high demand.”

I can’t believe Harvard actually TRIED to get him in their school.
“I don’t need no harvard or no scholarship.”
Really? Proper grammar, dude.

I’m really amazed by the amount of idiots on this board who believe this. Urban legends, all of it.

That guys an *** if this is true. Getting a scholarship in at least one of those schools is gold. I’m in a different country, but I know what those colleges are, and they’re WAY better than the ones here.

Hope this is true though. It would mean a massive BURN

Anonymous :
@Anonymous
As an Ivy alum, myself, who both participated in varsity athletics and worked closely with the both the athletic department and the alumni association, I have to say that you’re wrong on this one. I’ve spoken to coaches in depth about this, and there are very stringent rules they have to follow in terms of recruiting, that no matter how much they want to bend them, they can’t. And they often lose students to other good schools of the same academic caliber (i.e. the Stanfords and Dukes of the world), BECAUSE they can’t offer them scholarships. Why do you think it was such a big deal this year that Cornell made the Sweet 16? Because Ivy Leaguers aren’t taken seriously for the simple reason they’re playing sports because they love to play, not because of any monetary compensation.
In regard to merit-based scholarships, yes, there are plenty of privately-funded ones — or ones like “national merits” that are not tied to a particular school — but they’re not given out through the actual school’s money. Maybe they’re given out by rich alums, or via the state, say, but certainly not through the school’s endowment. The admissions department tells that to everyone who applies there or visits campus from the get-go, “we don’t give out merit-based scholarships.” And TBH, that’s not exactly a selling point that would make a top student want to come there more, if they knew they could get a full ride at another top small liberal arts college.

shut ur fukn mouth

i have to say, the weiner is full of sperm.