How would you rank the ivies?

Princeton

Harvard

Yale

Penn

Dartmouth

Columbia

Cornell

Brown

This is very dumb. Any and all are prestigious. They all have lots of opportunities and perks. Don’t be daft.

However some might be a better fit for you than others. Tell us about your desired area of study, running goals, style of learning, etc and we can help you find the best fit. (Do you expect to be in a position where you have to choose between multiple Ivies)?

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University of Colorado

Princeton

Yale

Harvard

Brown

Dartmouth

Penn

Columbia

Cornell

Honestly, if you are competitive enough to choose, I would go to Stanford.

All of those schools are elite, but I'd live on the best coast. You're not going to end up working in a strip mall regardless--enjoy your time.

Apples to oranges wrote:

This is very dumb. Any and all are prestigious. They all have lots of opportunities and perks. Don’t be daft.

However some might be a better fit for you than others. Tell us about your desired area of study, running goals, style of learning, etc and we can help you find the best fit. (Do you expect to be in a position where you have to choose between multiple Ivies)?

Clearly you didn't go to an Ivy. Maybe not even college.

The rankings are crystal clear:

Harvard is #1 without question. Princeton and Yale are the next tier.

Then a big drop to Columbia and Dartmouth. Brown is sort of a cut below those two.

Literally nobody cares about Cornell and Penn. They are Ivy League in name only, and real Ivy Leaguers will laugh at you for going there instead of an actual good school. There's a reason The Office had Andy Bernard be a Cornell grad - he's very representative.

These ratings are unassailable. Only defensive loser nerds will argue with them.

Ivies are a big deal for NE area people but not so much for the rest of the US

Ivy's*

Seriously, learn to spell.

I guess it depends on the field. If it is physics I would choose Princeton any day!

It is a big deal for some Europeans and Chinese too:)

You could also check the 447 previous threads on this topic.

raTTar wrote:

Ivy's*

Seriously, learn to spell.

Clearly, you didn’t attend an Ivy League University.

What are murder rates in the various towns and cities where they are located?

Isn't Harvard the only one that people have really heard of?

The low ratings for Cornell are kind of misinformation.

The usual complaint is that it's the "easiest" Ivy League to get into.

That's because there's a State School attached to it.

They're all very good- research what YOU want to do- ex Cornell Vet School is awesome.

I can also speak to Ithaca as a college town.

No matter where you go you won't have a problem finding a job- they all carry prestige.

....,..,, wrote:

Clearly you didn't go to an Ivy. Maybe not even college.

The rankings are crystal clear:

Harvard is #1 without question. Princeton and Yale are the next tier.

Then a big drop to Columbia and Dartmouth. Brown is sort of a cut below those two.

Literally nobody cares about Cornell and Penn. They are Ivy League in name only, and real Ivy Leaguers will laugh at you for going there instead of an actual good school. There's a reason The Office had Andy Bernard be a Cornell grad - he's very representative.

These ratings are unassailable. Only defensive loser nerds will argue with them.

It sounds like you are the defensive nerd. These are all "actual good schools" as are most any college in the US. The facts of the world do not change depending on where you go to school. Calculus is calculus. Math is math.

Prestige is a different issue. Your rankings look accurate for prestige. However, for "actual goodness" rankings, all those schooks are the same.

This is demonstrably false. You must either be trolling hard or have no idea about the ivies. Penn below Brown and Dartmouth?!? In what alternate reality? All rankings, yields , cross admit splits, endowments clearly show otherwise.

Harvard

Yale, Princeton

Columbia, Penn

Brown, Dartmouth

Cornell

....,..,, wrote:

The rankings are crystal clear:

Harvard is #1 without question. Princeton and Yale are the next tier.

Then a big drop to Columbia and Dartmouth. Brown is sort of a cut below those two.

Literally nobody cares about Cornell and Penn. They are Ivy League in name only, and real Ivy Leaguers will laugh at you for going there instead of an actual good school. There's a reason The Office had Andy Bernard be a Cornell grad - he's very representative.

These ratings are unassailable. Only defensive loser nerds will argue with them.

The only thing crystal clear is that Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell are widely seen as the bottom of the ivies. Especially Brown and Cornell are invariably at the very bottom.

Columbia and Penn might not have the prestige of HYP but they are much better than the other three by most metrics.

Mostly by weight.