<p><em>FIRST POST</em> :p<br>
<p>well I know that this is the Yale section, but Upenn=Wharton and incredible business programs</p>
<p>Definitely try searching about this. There are many, many threads about this on this site</p>
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I’ve always been interested in going to an ivy league school and I know they all can’t be the same so I was just wondering what the ivy league schools ( Yale, Harvard, Princeton,etc.) are known for, what some of the pros and cons are, what some of their best programs are, basically what they’re all about.
CC can be a valuable tool, but it’s really only useful if you’ve already done your research. In this case, I would recommend getting off CC and heading to the library instead.</p>
<p>Your local library should have at least one of these:</p>
<p>[Fiske</a> Guide to Colleges 2011: Edward Fiske](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Fiske-Guide-Colleges-2011-27E/dp/1402209614/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291248349&sr=1-1]Fiske ”>http://www.amazon.com/Fiske-Guide-Colleges-2011-27E/dp/1402209614/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291248349&sr=1-1 )</p>
<p>[The</a> Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, 2011: Students on Campus Tell You What You Really Want to Know, 37th Edition: Yale Daily News Staff](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Insiders-Guide-Colleges-2011-Students/dp/0312595581/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291248370&sr=1-1]The ”>http://www.amazon.com/Insiders-Guide-Colleges-2011-Students/dp/0312595581/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291248370&sr=1-1 )</p>
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The Ivies have a few things in common.
<p>Otherwise, they’re quite different from each other in many ways. Often an Ivy has much more in common with a non-Ivy school than with its fellow institutions (e.g. Dartmouth and Middlebury).</p>
<p>Welcome, sharker. I asked this same question about 2 years ago in this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/601539-side-side-comparison-ivies.html[/url] ”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/601539-side-side-comparison-ivies.html</a></p> ;
<p>I liked the answer I got in post #18:</p>
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shermanbus83:
Dartmouth: The smallest of the Ivies. Greatest orientation towards outdoor activities. Traditionaly the most conservative but this may no longer apply. Has the most powerful greek system. Unique summer term system to enable most students to study abroad. Typical famous Alumni: Hank Paulson.</p>
<p>Harvard: Richest of the Ivies ( unless their endowment shrinks any more). Has the greatest name recognition. Top rated programs in many areas. One of two ivies to use residential house system. Has suprisingly powerful sports program with suprisingly apathetic fans. Despite it’s allure, Harvard students have the reputation of being among the least happy in the Ivy League. Typical famous alumni: JFK</p>
<p>Yale: A gothic citadel of tradition with the post pervasive residential house system. Very liberal with active gay student population. Location in dingy but charming post industrial city. Least preprofessional of the ivies with great tolerance for finding academic center. Also one of the arsiest of the Ivies. Typical famous alumni: Meryl Streep</p>
<p>Columbia: The most intelectual ivy. The city location gives Columbia one of the loosest social cultures. The weak sister of the Ivy league in sports. Most significant core curricuum in the Ivies and very proud of it’s literay and activist traditions. The home of the “dressed in black” beat poet hanging out at the coffee shop. Typical famous Alumni: Obama</p>
<p>Brown: The Happy Ivy. Open curriculum and generous grading options make Brown students the least stressed of the Ivies. Reported to be the ivy league refuge of Hippies and drug use. Quaint New England campus with quaint tidy city around it and conveniant town areas. Many think Brown has the best looking girls in the Ivy league. Typical famous Alum: Ira Glass (npr’s this American Life)</p>
<p>Princeton: The aristocrat of the Ivy league. Clung to it’s mantle of class exclusitivity longer than any other ivy. Suburban campus is very architecturaly unified and safe. Strong undergrad focus with emphasis on senior paper. The focus on the senior paper gives Princeton the weakest study abroad operation in the Ivies. Old World traditions still live on in Princetons eating clubs. Typical famous Alumni: F. Scott Fitzgerald</p>
<p>U Penn: Most preprofessional of the Ivies. When the rest of the Ivy league was shunning the idea of undergrad business degrees the Wharton school made a name for itself and forever after defined U Penn. This has given Penn a get a degree to get a job vibe that still defines it. It’s urban location is a good blend of traditional campus and city life. Typical famous alum: Donald and Ivanka Trump.</p>
<p>Cornell; The working mans ivy. Cornell admitted minorities and women from the day it opened setting it’s tone as the most egalitarian of the Ivies. Long known as a bastion of practical skills such as engineering and agriculture. Cornell has the greatest breadth of studies in the Ivy league if not the land. A sprawling campus high on a hill above a small upstate new york city gives Cornell much of its character. Typical famous alumni: Christopher Reeves, Keith Olbermann.
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<p>Thank you everyone for the help. :)</p>