Americans: What are the British Ivies?

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<p>Oxford, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics are the only British schools that I would be able to name umprompted.</p>

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<p>For example, for maths (it’s not better but just below) :</p>

<p>[University</a> Rankings League Table 2010 | Good University Guide - Times Online](<a href=“http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/tol_gug/gooduniversityguide.php?AC_sub=Mathematics&x=23&y=9&sub=42]University”>http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/tol_gug/gooduniversityguide.php?AC_sub=Mathematics&x=23&y=9&sub=42)</p>

<p>[University</a> guide 2010: Mathematics | Education | guardian.co.uk](<a href=“http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2009/may/12/university-guide-mathematics]University”>University guide 2010: Mathematics | Education | theguardian.com)</p>

<p>It’s also good for sociology :</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2009/may/12/university-guide-sociology[/url]”>http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2009/may/12/university-guide-sociology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Or overall :</p>

<p>[International</a> Office | Warwick Rankings](<a href=“http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/international/prospective/whywarwick/rankings]International”>http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/international/prospective/whywarwick/rankings)</p>

<p>Besides, a lot of conditional offers are AAA, just like Oxbridge.
I personally think it’s a good university to consider, though it’s true that some people do not trust the league tables.</p>

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<p>It certainly is a good university, but it just isn’t in the same league as Oxbridge/some of the London universities.</p>

<p>League tables are something you really need to take with a pinch of salt, especially the guardian. Lots of universities have AAA conditions. AAA isn’t a marker of how ‘good’ something is but how popular it is.</p>

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<p>Most Americans have only heard of Oxford and Cambridge.</p>

<p>And Williams is a kickass college. It’s a tiny, liberal arts college, but still one of the hardest colleges to get into in the US, and among what is referred to as “Little Ivies”.</p>

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<p>As an American, I automatically think of the obvious Universities such as Oxford and Cambridge as the most prestigious. But also included is the University of Durham, acknowledging the Durham Business School for its ranking among the world’s most highly regarded business schools. Along with their Business School, we speak highly of the Durham Music School.</p>

<p>Also included in this list is the London School of Economics. My home institution in America always encourages our students to look into the MSc Finance and Economics at LSE. And in addition to Durham and LSE would be UCL, Kings, Imperial etc.</p>

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<p>So I’m pretty sure every American will tell you Oxford and Cambridge are at the top of their list, evidenced by every response before mine. As an American student, I would have to say that St. Andrews comes in third on my list. Unlike alot of the other UK universities, it has a much more diverse curriculum, and relates more to an American style college education. Im also slightly byist because Im studying at St. Andrews for the year. And no, I didnt come here because of Prince William or Harry Potter (Prince William doesnt mean much to a 20 year old American guy and anyone who thinks St. Andrews is going to be anything like Hogwarts obviously hasnt done their research on the school in the first place). Take a read on my blog if you really want to find out why Americans ccome to St. Andrews [Study</a> Abroad Blog](<a href=“The Study Abroad Blog - Nate Nault”>http://thestudyabroadblog.com/)</p>