How To Prepare To Get Into IVY LEAGUE Colleges

How do we set our kids up to get into Ivy League schools? My child is in the seventh grade, but he is on the path to greatness. I just want to make sure we have him take the right classes and go to the right school. What do kids take to get into these schools? Do we need to do private high school? Our high school will be Mission Viejo High School.

Mission Viejo High School just sent students off to several Ivy League schools, including Harvard and Yale, not to mention Georgetown, UCLA, USC and many other quality schools across the nation. I do not think you are better off going to a private school when you have MVHS as your option.

Your question about what kids should take to get into an Ivy League school was an interesting one. I spoke with a high school counselor from Mission Viejo High School, Gerri Evans, to find out what students need to do these days to get into such schools. Here is what I learned about the children who got into Ivy League schools last year:

“Students who were accepted to the Ivy League schools last year had grade point averages that ranged from 4.92-5.12. They were involved in many extra curricular programs such as, athletics, Drama Model United Nations, Academic Decathlon and were full diploma International Baccalaureate students.

Many students took advantage of the summer programs at the Ivy League and other competitive colleges.

One student had completed 55 semesters of honors courses at MVHS.

Students had typically completed 5 years of a foreign language. One student had taken 2 foreign languages and had completed 4 years of German and 5 years of French by the end of this senor year.

One student had completed 29 “A+’s” during the 4 years at MVHS.”

Encourage your son to do his best and support his education. It sounds like Mission High School has more than enough to offer him. Set goals together. Capable children need to have desire and commitment to achieve something like this.