<p>anyone applying to all the ivy's and can post some advantages/disadvantages?</p>
<p>Cost, time, effort, to name a few disadvantages.</p>
<p>Somewhat better odds if you really just want to attend any Ivy, assuming of course that you are qualified at all.</p>
<p>It's obvious that anyone applying to all of the ivies are going for the sake of prestige only. Some of the ivies are very different from the other ones</p>
<p>I don't think you can possibly like all of them, they are so different. Their applications also tend to be expensive. Narrow it down to a few that you actually like.</p>
<p>I would say the applications would be too time consuming and expensive. However, assuming you have good enough stats/essay/recs, you might get into at least one of them...if that's your ultimate goal.</p>
<p>yea, i thought the same thing. im not the one applying, i just know someone that's thinking of applying to all of them, just for kicks. i'm trying to convince him that it's not a wise/noble choice.</p>
<p>Makes no sense, I would say you could argue 6 out of 8 though. I could have personally seen myself at HYP Dartmouth, Brown, or Penn.</p>
<p>I am applying to 7 out of the 8 Ivies.</p>
<p>which one aren't you applying to and why?</p>
<p>I don't know why anyone would, since they're all so different and don't usually attract the same people. I can't see how someone could see both Brown and Dartmouth to be their perfect school, for example. I suppose there's someone out there who does, but I tend to think people applying to all of them are severly limiting their college selection by only looking for prestige.</p>
<p>Ummm...Brown and Dartmouth were my perfect schools, in fact I pretty much let fate pick one for me after I was accepted to both. I have found many people choosing between these two in fact, right now on the Dartmouth board the first post asks Brown or Dartmouth!</p>
<p>I find them to be some of the most similar schools among the Ivies in many ways, both have laid back student bodies, are liberal, have an undergraduate focus, a college dominated environment as opposed to city dominated, etc. I would say Columbia and Dartmouth/ Princeton might be the most opposite.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is traditionally considered the most conservative Ivy, with Princeton right behind.</p>
<p>That is SO outdated!! Dartmouth also used to be the least diverse, now it is more diverse than Brown, Cornell, etc!!</p>
<p>Dartmouth was about 80% Nadar/ Gore in 2000 and in 2004 over 3000 votes for Kerry vs. a little over 500 for Bush. Its midpack in terms of liberalism among the Ivies. Brown is more liberal, but you are talking about a 10% difference tops. There is a HUGE liberal contingent at Dartmouth and alot of people who are moderate democrats, which is exactly what I found at Brown. Dartmouth also, by percentage, is more liberal than Penn, Cornell, Princeton. Ask a Dartmouth student, it seems like even the conservatives are libertarian.</p>
<p>Dartmouth was a hotbed of conservatism in the 80's but that is long past. Even the founder of the Dartmouth review, Dinesh D'Souza, commented that he couldnt discern a real political difference between Brown and Dartmouth today while 20 years ago it was clear as day. The Dartmouth Review is a select group of students and in no way represents the overall opinion. </p>
<p>If there is a large difference between politics at Brown/ Dartmouth it is that at Dartmouth conservative viewpoints are accepted. Its much more welcoming to conservatives in that regard.</p>
<p>All Ivies are liberal, just at different levels.</p>