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24 alternatives to Behind The Ivy Curtain

A data driven guide to elite college admissions

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Behind The Ivy Curtain launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Open University Data▲83
Data driven approach to university selection
2017 · its alternatives →
2
Ivy▲129
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2016 · ivyapp.com · its alternatives →
3
Data Analysis with Open Source Tools▲69
How to think about data
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Decoding AP Computer Science A▲60
For high schoolers, by a high schooler
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Naked Statistics▲69
Build intuition around data
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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I self-published a book▲13
Hey folks, I wanted to share my latest project, which is a book that I wrote and self-published. The book is called Behind the Ivy Curtain: A Data Driven Guide to Elite College Admissions, and the link is http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013YFIQ30. Let me give you some backstory. I went to a fun high school but it was really easy and fun and I was a pretty big slacker. Around sophomore spring I decided I wanted to leave Florida, and the best way to do that was to get a scholarship to a good school. I had no idea how to do that so I spent a bunch of time reading…
2015 · its alternatives →
7
Data Smart▲76
Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Data Science for Business▲68
Data mining and data-analytic thinking
2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →
9
The Art of Data Science▲85
A guide for anyone who works with data
2017 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
10
Naked Statistics▲66
Stripping the dread from the data
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Winning with Data▲64
Transform Culture, Empower People, and Shape the Future
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
College Scorecard▲127
White House powered open database for exploring US colleges
2015 · collegescorecard.ed.gov · its alternatives →
13
Art of Learning▲91
An inner journey to optimal performance
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Getting There: A Book of Mentors▲92
Thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Machine Learning▲77
A visual guide for beginners
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance▲65
Incredible framework on learning any skill
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Storytelling with Data▲64
A data visualization guide for business professionals
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Mindset▲84
How You Can Fulfil Your Potential
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Algorithms to Live By▲70
The computer science of human decisions
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Generating Buy-In▲67
Mastering the Language of Leadership
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Cognative Biases For Entreprenurers▲77
Learn about identifying and overcoming cognative biases
2016 · its alternatives →
22
Who Gets What - And Why▲62
The hidden world of matchmaking and market design
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Introduction to Algorithms▲92
Broad span of algorithms, covered in clear depth
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
Lean Analytics▲100
Use data to build a better startup faster
2015 · leananalyticsbook.com · its alternatives →

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