<p>In terms of quality of undergraduate education:
Princeton
Yale/Dartmouth
Brown
Harvard
Columbia
Penn
Cornell</p>
<p>again in terms of undergrad studies</p>
<p>yale-brown-princeton</p>
<p>dartmouth</p>
<p>harvard-columbia-penn</p>
<p>cornell</p>
<p>Honestly, if you're going by public knowledge, you can't rank Dartmouth, UPenn, Cornell or Brown since noone knows about them. Harvard and Yale are FAR ahead, then Princeton, and then Columbia, which is really just know as that school from NYC.</p>
<p>in my opinion:</p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Dartmouth
UPenn
Brown
Cornell</p>
<p>Honestly, I'd say....</p>
<p>Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Penn - Columbia
Brown - Dartmouth</p>
<p>Cornell</p>
<p>Dartmouth does have one of the better undergrad experiences, though.</p>
<p>I'd say </p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Brown
Dartmouth
Upenn
Cornell</p>
<p>I don't see how people can rank UPENN ahead of Dartmouth. I live about 70 minutes from UPENN, and yet until the end of last year, I'd never heard of it. I live like 6 hours from Dartmouth yet I've known about it for years. So even in terms of how well known a school is, Dartmouth wins out. And in terms of education, no offense to anyone, but Dartmouth surpasses UPENN by a significant amount (and this is not just me talking...this is the general consensus). Here's how I'd rank the Ivies with a combination of popularity (how well known it is) and undergrad education.</p>
<ol>
<li> Princeton</li>
<li> Harvard</li>
<li> Yale</li>
<li> Dartmouth</li>
<li> Columbia</li>
<li> Brown</li>
<li> Upenn</li>
<li> Cornell</li>
</ol>
<p>i live 20 miles from swarthmore and I didn't hear about it until last year.</p>
<p>so that means swat sucks?</p>
<p>i think it should be as follows:</p>
<p>best to worst (1 = best, 8 = worst):</p>
<ol>
<li>brown</li>
<li>dartmouth</li>
<li>cornell</li>
<li>upenn</li>
<li>columbia</li>
<li>princeton</li>
<li>yale</li>
<li>harvard</li>
</ol>
<p>^haha, definitely not</p>
<p>people in general rank brown a lot higher than it deserves, i think. and they rate dartmouth lower than it deserves.</p>
<p>We're never going to come up with a list that most people agree with because it's just too vague. The best for what? Best undergrad? Best reputation? Best grad school placement?</p>
<p>Harvard - Yale - Princeton
Penn - Columbia - Dartmouth
Brown - Cornell</p>
<p>Yah who the hell cares. Being top of your class in a state university is going to get you a lot further than being at the bottom of the class in Harvard. </p>
<p>All I'm saying is that people who rank universities in order of what they think as opposed to using actual criteria for it, really don't know what they're talking about.</p>
<p>"No I feel UPenn is maybe a bit better than Dartmouth."</p>
<p>"Oh no, I disagree, Brown is a little above Cornell I think."</p>
<p>"Yale has fewer letters than Columbia so I'm going to rank Columbia better." </p>
<p>WHO CARES?!</p>
<p>This is my opinion:</p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Upenn-wharton only
columbia
brown
dartmouth
cornell</p>
<p>w/o upenns wharton</p>
<p>harvard
yale
princeton
columbia
brown
upenn
darmouth
cornell</p>
<p>There is only one way of dividing the IV League:</p>
<p>Upper:
Harvard
Princeton
Yale</p>
<p>Lower:
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Penn</p>
<p>The differences within those groups are impossible to measure.</p>
<p>Well perhaps would be higher then Dartmouth, but there's no chance Upenn or Cornell are. Here are the THREE tiers of the Ivy league.</p>
<p>Princeton
Harvard
Yale</p>
<p>Brown
Columbia
Dartmouth</p>
<p>Upenn
Cornell</p>
<p>Just looking at acceptance rates it's obvious that both Upenn and Cornell are far easier to get into then Darmouth, Brown, or Columbia. I believe Upenn's acceptance rate is in the mid 20's while Cornell's hovers around 30. Dartmouth, Brown, and Columbia all hover around 17-18. Granted, acceptance rate isn't the best indicator, but it is a legitimate one.</p>
<p>Not really. Percent accepted means nothing. Chicago and Michigan are two of the top 10-15 universities in the US and they have acceptance rates that hover in the 40-50% range. Georgetown and Rice have lower acceptance rates than Cornell and Duke. Acceptance rates are completely meaningless. Quality of education is all that matters.</p>
<p>It's obviously</p>
<p>MIT
Stanford
Cal Tech
Duke
Northwestern
U Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Amherst</p>