An interesting concept: Ivy tiers???

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>This was mentioned in an earlier thread, but I thought it was interesting.
Some might think it is a bit ludicrous to be doing this, considering that practically all Ivies are crapshoots, but there are some differences that are obvious in their respective admission processes and results, and I just wanted to know what everyone's two cents on it was.</p>

<p>The way I look at it, assuming there are three tiers:</p>

<p>Upper tier: Harvard, Yale, Princeton
Middle tier: Columbia, Penn
Lower tier: Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth</p>

<p>I feel a little ridiculous for calling Cornell, Brown, and Dartmouth lower schools, but I don't know, from the admission results I've seen from these schools with the students coming from my school and other schools, it seems as if things are a bit easier with them. Any thoughts?</p>

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<p>It's sort of the same with UC's.
Upper tier: Berkeley, LA, SD
Middle tier: SB, Davis, Irvine
Lower tier: Riverside, SC, Merced</p>

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<p>Oh come on this has been so done. Wow, some of the ivies are harder to get into than others! What a fascinating and original concept. You should win a nobel prize.</p>

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<p>This kind of thread is like the proverbial mangy dog that you shoo away, but no matter how cruel you are to it, it comes back for more attention.</p>

<p>I just can't shoot this particular mutt.</p>

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<p>Cornell is easier to get into because it's part Public University (weird, no!?). Darthmouth is the highly neglected Ivy.</p>

<p>Harvard and Penn are the two in the top tier. Princeton is esteemed for their solid emphasis on undergraduate education.
Columbia and Brown are the two big "LAC"s in the Ivy League.
Cornell is just the giant of the Ivies. They're not so much easier to get into, as that they accept more people because their class size is easily greater than double the others.</p>

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<p>Stupid dog won't leave because people keep giving it food.</p>

<p>Flea-ridden mangy beast...</p>

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<p>No the tiers are as follows</p>

<ol>
<li>HYP</li>
<li>Dart, Columbia</li>
<li>Cornell, Penn(not wharton), and Cornell</li>
</ol>

<p>Who cares though?</p>

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<p>"No the tiers are as follows</p>

<ol>
<li>HYP</li>
<li>Dart, Columbia</li>
<li>Cornell, Penn(not wharton), and Cornell</li>
</ol>

<p>Who cares though?"</p>

<p>What about Brown?</p>

<p>Here's my two cents:
1. HYP
2. Penn, Dartmouth, Columbia
3. Brown, Cornell</p>

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<p>Here it goes....</p>

<ol>
<li>Bob Jones University</li>
<li>HYP</li>
<li>the rest</li>
</ol>

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<p>sr6622,</p>

<p>You have it all wrong.</p>

<ol>
<li> Liberty University</li>
<li> Bob Jones U</li>
<li> Brown</li>
<li> The rest</li>
</ol>

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<p>oh crap!</p>

<p>You got me......</p>

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<p>No, no, you all have it wrong. It's...</p>

<ol>
<li>Rutgers - New Brunswick</li>
<li>Rutgers - Camden</li>
<li>Rutgers - Newark</li>
</ol>

<p>I think its because you have a 50% chance of getting knifed in Newark, while only a 25% chance of getting knifed in New Brunswick. Though maybe I'm wrong.</p>

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<p>1) Wharton HYP Columbia
2) Penn Brown Dart
3) Cornell</p>

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<p>Even better:</p>

<ol>
<li> University of Hawaii (C'mon, 4 years in Hawaii? You'd take Cambridge, MA over that?)</li>
<li> UCLA (Santa Monica, Malibu, any kind of food you'd want, my name as an alum...)</li>
<li> Pepperdine (Like UCLA, but in FREAKIN' MALIBU)</li>
<li> Columbia (New York, dude)</li>
</ol>

<p>Okay, those are the official rankings. Now let this poor mutt die.</p>

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<p>How is Liberty? I ride past it traveling back to UVA from North Carolina.</p>

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<p>Beats me. I just know it's heavily associated with Jerry Falwell. That screams quality to me.</p>

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<ol>
<li>HYP</li>
<li>Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
</ol>

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<p>Come on, guys. They're all good- in fact, they're all so good, there's really no reason to try to put them in tiers.</p>

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<p>I disagree elizabeth. Harvard does not belong in the same tier as Brown period(.)</p>

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<p>oh yes because brown offers an inferior education compared to that of harvard</p>