This list shows you how much you need to get into an Ivy League

Study International Staff

30 Nov 2017

This list shows you how much you need to get into an Ivy League — An expensive door to enter. Source: Shutterstock

Expensive pre-schools, music and art classes, college counselling sessions – all of these preparation to get into the hallowed halls of prestigious universities add up and boy, do they add up to a lot.

According to Town & Country’s calculations, it costs an astronomical US$1.7 million to send one child to an Ivy League institution, a figure said to be higher than anywhere else in the world.

How Much It Really Costs to Send Your Kid to an Elite College https://t.co/ZoVa8DGzQo #college #collegetalk #parenting #IvyLeague #wealth #highschool via @TandCmag

— College Counselors (@College_Experts) November 29, 2017

Competition to enter these institutions start from birth, that means education costs start running from then itself and not just from the first college tuition payment.

T&C’s first edition on this list of expenses in 1973 totalled US$300,000. Today, it’s ballooned to nearly 6 times more.

Here’s 2017’s breakdown in all its (expensive) glory:

Age (years)	Item	Costs (US$)	Total (US$)
6 months – 4	Music and Art Classes: Six courses at Diller-Quaile School of Music in New York City	1,995 to 10,945	29,870
2 – 5	Preschool Admission Coach: Interview and test prep, including practice “observational playgroup” at Aristotle Circle in New York City	250 to 450 an hour	4,500 (10 hours)
3 – 4	Nursery School and Pre-Kindergarten: Nursery Threes and Pre-Kindergarten at Horace Mann School in New York City	33,600 and 46,800 per year	80,400
5 – 9	Lower School: Kindergarten through fourth grade at Francis Parker School in Chicago	29,700 to 31,720 per year.	156,400
5 – 17	Private Language Tutor: One lesson per week, 40 weeks a year	200 per lesson.	104,000
6 – 16	Summer Camp: Seven-week sessions at Raquette Lake Camp in the Adirondacks	13,750 per year	137,500
4 – 18	Music Lessons: Weekly private lessons until age 10. Then pre-college music program at San Francisco Conservatory of Music	200 weekly and 9,480 per year	138,240
8 – 18	Sports: NYC Juniors Volleyball Club (local & with travel)	2,600 per year and 7,700 per year	56,600
8 – 17	Math Tutor: One lesson per week, 40 weeks a year	200 per hour.	80,000
10 – 14	Middle School: Fifth through eighth grade as a day student at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts	34,670 to 43,440 per year.	164,990
10 – 13	STEM Classes: Two-week summer STEM 1 for Middle Schoolers at Brown University	4,196 per year.	12,588
14 – 15	Volunteer Experiences: Global Volunteers two-week program in Tanzania and St. Vincent	$3,000 per person for a family of 4 for each program.	24,000
14 – 18	Summer School: Two Seven-week programs at the American School in Switzerland Two five-week programs at John Hopkins	8,160each and 10,475 each	37,270
12 – 17	Homework Coach: After-school homework help and academic coaching from Central Park Tutors, one hour per day, two days a week, 40 weeks a year,	135 an hour	64,000
14 – 18	High School: Four years at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles	39,400 per year	157,600
14 – 17	College Admission Prep: IvyWise freshman through senior college prep courses and counseling	100,000	100,000
18 – 19	Gap Year: Winterline’s travel and cultural immersion gap year program	55,000	55,000
19 – 20	Study Abroad: Yale summer sessions in Rabat, Morocco (intensive Arabic), and Paris (international law)	12,152 each	24,304
21 – 22	Two Summer Internships: Fee to receive three credits for a summer internship through Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey	6,200	6,200
19 – 22	College: Four years at Yale	70,570 per year	282,280
		GRAND TOTAL:	1,715,742

These are scary figures and I sure hope for future applicants that they qualify for financial aid as around half of the student cohort at these 8 Ivy League member schools reportedly do.