I don’t know if you’ve been to Dartmouth, but it “feels” nothing like Columbia, despite footpaths and campus. I’d sy the same for Cornell, though you obviously disagree. I thought UMich/Ann Arbor “felt” much more like Cornell than Penn or Columbia ever did.
But we’ve beat this horse to death. There are tons of serious academic schools out there and it is really helpful for prospective students to add more detail to their search, which I’m sure the OP has figured out by now.