United States Coast Guard Academy
Daniel C. Burbank, an astronaut who has flown two successful missions into space and has spent more than 6 months out of the Earth’s atmosphere actually spent more time behind a desk at the United States Coast Guard Academy. He was one of the very few who made it into the academy, despite admission limitations of 16%.
United States Coast Guard Academy
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Carnegie Mellon University
Even though it is not actually considered an Ivy League school per se, its level of education, and definitely its percentage of acceptance (13.7%) match it to the standards of one. The private research institute based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie – hence the name – and later merged with the Mellon Institute in 1967.
Carnegie Mellon University
