<p>It's 5:05 PM, April 1st, 2011... and you've just gotten into all eight Ivies! Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, or Penn! Which one would you choose and why (this is a question I've always wanted to ask people, and what better place to ask than CC)?</p>
<p>There’s actually a person in my school who got into 7/8 ivys, she didnt apply to dartmouth.</p>
<p>Same w/ mine and more. She got into all 8, as well as MIT, CIT, Stanford, and Duke (full ride for being in top 50 applicants).</p>
<p>…how did she pull that off?</p>
<p>How does that happen?? Did these people personally save an African nation or cure cancer?? I’m just curious because that seems so crazy!!! Congrats to those people!!! That’s awesome</p>
<p>Heh, she has the highest GPA in our high school’s history, near perfect SAT’s, and exceptional EC’s. What made her stand out most though was the fact that she wrote an article that was published in a renowned and internationally viewed journal (part of a competition she heard about from her (and now my) APUSH teacher). </p>
<p>To get back on topic though, the main point of this thread was to get an idea of which Ivy you would choose IF you got into all 8–since this barely ever happens, this is mainly a hypothetical question.</p>
<p>Penn, if I got into Wharton.
Cornell, if I wanted to go the hotel school.
Harvard because I want to be a prick and brag about going to Harvard (kidding).</p>
<p>Most likely Penn or Harvard.</p>
<p>for me, there are four main factors when choosing a school</p>
<ol>
<li>Selectivity (sort of a given with an ivy though…)</li>
<li>Laid-back atmosphere (I wanted a school where i would be academically challenged, but be allowed to relax a little too)</li>
<li>Happiness (Nice location, medium class size, diverse student body, etc.)</li>
<li>Classes (I want to go into business)</li>
</ol>
<p>out of the ones i applied to:
- Harvard (family decision b/c of legacy, legacy plays a role too when deciding colleges)
- Brown (Laid back atmosphere, good location, amazing business major…the perfect fit for me)
- Columbia (I really loved the open curriculum and the thought of being in New York)
- Cornell (Applied to the business program, where I will be going in the fall!)
- Penn (Amazing business school)</p>
<p>I don’t know enough about Princeton, Yale, or Dartmouth, I didn’t apply because i didn’t have anything to apply for or a reason to</p>
<p>Cornell…that was the whole point of me applying early decision back in the day…it was the school I wanted to go to more than any in the country. I pay in-state tuition, I like the location, and I like the size. and it’s a good school for my major. those factors alone decide it.</p>
<p>if money were not an issue, I think the only school in the world I’d leave Cornell for would be Cambridge. that’s not rational or well thought-out, I’m just an anglophile. :D</p>
<p>i had no chance at any out of HS, but i applied to cornell and cornell only 2 application cycles in a row as a transfer. i’d pick it all over again :)</p>
<p>My friend was in love with Cornell, but she just got into Harvard. Guess where she’s going.</p>
<p>Penn or Harvard.</p>
<p>For me, it would be Brown–but that’s only because when I was 17 I did apply to Brown and was accepted, but couldn’t go for financial reasons. (It was the only Ivy school I applied to.) I liked Brown’s Rhode Island location, the major in applied mathematics, the ability to choose your own classes to fill in the general ed requirements and the very diverse student body.</p>
<p>From among the others, probably Princeton or Harvard.<br>
Reasons:
(1) Located in nice parts of nice towns (unlike Yale and Penn)
(2) Not mainly an agricultural school (like Cornell)
(3) Not overly remote with very challenging weather (Dartmouth)
(4) Not going to cost a fortune just to hang around town (Columbia)</p>
<p>Also, Harvard and Princeton have probably best overall professors from among the eight schools and, are the most likely to be helpful in either applying to graduate school or “getting a leg up” into a great career.</p>
<p><a href=“2”>quote</a> Not mainly an agricultural school (like Cornell)
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<p>I’m impressed.</p>
<p>Cornell is mainly an agricultural school? That’s hilarious.</p>
<p>I’d say we’re about 1/7 agricultural…</p>
<p>Actually I think that the proportion would be much less the 1/7 figure since CALS is only about 30 percent directly-agricultural related. It is predominantly biology based at a wide spectrum of levels, but also includes other disciplines like you can find in the highly ranked AEM business program.</p>