<p>Yah Calm down people ~ He's at U of T - Austin right now. :D (No offense U of T Austin is a great school.)</p>
<p>All Ivies are overrated.</p>
<p>I strongly disagree that they are overrated.</p>
<p>ok all of the ivies are amazing. anyone should be VERY proud to be accepted at one of them.</p>
<p>There should be a certain standard at all the Ivy League schools. Cornell has never been the "worst Ivy League schoo," and I don't think there has ever been one.</p>
<p>If you wish to look at the so-called "objective" ranking, Cornell is ranked 11~12 on Shanghai Jiao Tong University's annual ranking (I trust that one the most). The ones released by Newsweek and Peking University are just complete bs.</p>
<p>P.S. I never look at U.S. News and World Report.</p>
<p>I do, but you have to also take into account the specific discipline you plan to study. I chose Cornell because it ranks among the top of the Ivies in engineering.</p>
<p>r u crazy?
TOP: Harvard Princeton Yale
Middle: UPenn, Columbia Cornell
Bottom:Brown Dartmouth</p>
<p>no christian...each school has its kink...</p>
<p>all Ivies are good period</p>
<p>lol who cares about the acceptance rates because an ivy is an ivy no matter how you look at it.</p>
<p>A lot of people consider Brown to be better than Cornell, and a lot consider Cornell to be better than Dartmouth and especially Penn. I would say the majority of people consider Brown to be better than Dartmouth and Penn. The rankings are extremely subjective, and it is possible to "game" the rankings, as Penn does by admitting half its class early decision. Twenty years ago, Cornell was widely regarded as better than Penn, but nothing has really changed (other than the introduction of these BS rankings). The fact is, it doesn't matter because all the schools in the top 25 are great (especially the Ivies), and "worst Ivy" is way more a compliment than an insult. My opinion? Cornell is the best! :)</p>
<p>^^A lot of people consider Cornell, Brown and Dartmouth to be better than Penn? On what planet?</p>
<p>"If you wish to look at the so-called "objective" ranking, Cornell is ranked 11~12 on Shanghai Jiao Tong University's annual ranking (I trust that one the most)."</p>
<p>Why doesn't it surprise me that you would trust the ranking that places Cornell highest?</p>
<p>Actually the only reason Cornell sucks is because Ithaca is small. Put cornell in a larger more urban city and its acceptance rate would drop tremendously. i should know location was the reason I dediced not to apply.</p>
<p>Cornell has top undergrad: engineering, hotel management, I think the science are good, agriculture
But grad school is what matters, Cornell has top: Law, medical, Engineering, and to a lesser extent business.</p>
<p>Really objectively based on quality of grad and undergrad the Ivies are this:</p>
<p>Top: Harvard, Yale</p>
<p>Middle: Columbia, Penn, Cornell</p>
<p>Bottom: Princeton, brown, dartmouth</p>
<p>Many would probably disagree, but looking wholistically for the best grad and undergrad this is the ranking.</p>
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<p>Shanghai Jiao Tong University's ranking has been widely recognized as the most objective ranking. Personally, I find your attitude quite sarcastic. Go and ask employers which ranking they trust.</p>
<p>That places Cornell highest? Really?</p>
<p>LOL princeton at the bottom... words cannot describe the ridiculousness of that post</p>
<p>Cornell isn't last in any of the major rankings. I don't know why we have a 6 page thread debating whether it's the worst ivy (whatever that means).</p>
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<p>Lol at nothing. Princeton does not have professional schools in the big three: law, medicine and business. If you look to the thread I was speaking of good as having both good undergrad and grad schools. Princeton is obviously lacking in the latter respect.</p>
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right....you keep on thinking that Princeton is in the bottom tier of the ivy. LMAO</p>
<p>People who think that Cornell is a bad school or bad Ivy are dellusional.</p>