Ivy Insider wrote:
pqowsk wrote:I doubt the academics at whichever Ivy you are going to are going to be any more difficult than an average school. The difference between a high-ranked school and an unranked school is the student body, not the academics.
Stunningly ignorant post. Academics at the top ivy league schools (H/Y/P) are exceedingly demanding and require a huge commitment of time and diligence. Competing in a three-season set of sports (XC. in and out track) detracts substantially from academics (time away from campus to attend meets results in class absences that are very difficult to make up). Unless you are a top academic (99th %ile is the norm in the ivy league; athletes in general can get in a standard deviation below that if their athletic qualifications are best in the U.S., but in XC / track, particularly the distance folks, there are enough 99%ile types to preclude the need to scrounge around below that level).
God bless.
There's nothing "stunningly ignorant" about my post. My post is based on factual observations between many schools on many different levels. Calculus is calculus no matter where you go. The major difference between these schools is the student body, not the academics. Do they only teach half of the laws at physics at unranked schools? No.