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<p>TellETubE,
Your attitude is really disheartening,, The pompous, I am better than all, attitulde is why the Ivy League turns so many off.. and its exactly why I applied to Cornell and not Yale.. some people are real and not caught up in the Yale name game..you are not doing your school a favor with such an attitude.. I am sure Yale alum would not want to read this...</p>
<p>cornell > yale</p>
<p>kids at yale are so snobby (in my experiences)</p>
<p>Dartmouth does incredibly well because it spends the most per student than any other Ivy by almost 1.5x the next Ivy, Yale (COHE). It is also on average 3 times richer per student than the non-HYP Ivies. There are ZERO T/As. Since there are no grad schools (USNEWS counts all professors, regardless of whether how many undergrad classes they teach) its true student faculty ratio is almost half that of the other Ivies. This translates into large amounts of money pored into undergraduate grants, lots of true contact with professors, and lots of special programs (its really easy to get money for things like community service in Nicaragua for a summer). </p>
<p>All this helps you get into grad school.</p>
<p>From the job angle Dartmouth similarly has a huge advantage. The D-plan means that a majority of students take off a fall, winter, or spring. In turn, the major banks and top consulting firms have special Dartmouth internships during the academic year that Dartmouth students literally have to themselves. Also, Dartmouth alumni are fiercely loyal (80% attend their 5 yr reunion) and the college has a very strong legacy in business. 5/7 top banks and 4/5 elite consulting firms recruit on campus, the same as at Princeton and more than the non-HYP Ivies. (Vault*)</p>
<p>Amen brotha!</p>
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<p>To be honest, people like you are the reason I don't want to go to Yale/Princeton/Harvard. A lot of them are snotty, pompous, and arrogant. I'd probably go crazy if I had to talk to people like you every single day.</p>
<p>agree. But from a parent of a student not going to any IVY but who knows many many from the IVY schools and beleive there are many pluses but negatives too....what is the point here? It sounds a little like, " I am good, no I am better"</p>
<p>Bottom line, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Columbia, U Penn, and yes Cornell are all great schools. It honestly does not matter at least in my eyes which is better, all that matters is where one would be happy. In my personal view Cornell is the best. As a Hispanic with almost perfect SAT scores and good grades , I probably(although one never knows) had the opportunity to attend those others schools, but yet I choose to apply ED to Cornell. Why? Its student body and the fact that my major excels at Cornell .</p>
<p>But Brown isn't? And Columbia is twice? :-P</p>
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To be honest, people like you are the reason I don't want to go to Yale/Princeton/Harvard. A lot of them are snotty, pompous, and arrogant. I'd probably go crazy if I had to talk to people like you every single day.
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<p>my cousin and his gf are Yale alums, who both graduated 3 yrs ago. They both are very humble, down to earth, and very intellectual. They described Yale's social atmosphere as very down to earth as well, and one clear thing is that this person, Telletube, is a rather exceptional case at Yale's student body for being an a$$ that he is. Really, this person is disgracing Yale's image and let's hope that this prick won't come back here ever again.</p>
<p>omfg, check out this thread.</p>
<p>Oh, I think I feel sorry for him now. :) He turned into the kind of person that he despised. Is that what happens when humble students go to Harvard or Yale? (terrifying, shudder, shiver)</p>
<p>Lol, I know most people at H and Y aren't like that, I'm just joking.</p>
<p>LOL butterbattle
CC is awesome... how easy (and effective!) it is to do a quick background check of exactly what someone said a year ago
haha nice nice</p>
<p>I love Cornell! and even though I'm going to Columbia next year for grad school, I will always be a Cornellian at heart</p>
<p>(o and just for clarification...ILR, CALS, and HE are private schools)</p>
<p>"(o and just for clarification...ILR, CALS, and HE are private schools)"</p>
<p>We know that , but many confuse it to be public (thus not any ivy) due to its affiliation with SUNY. So I used sarcasm..lol</p>
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They both are very humble, down to earth, and very intellectual. They described Yale's social atmosphere as very down to earth as well, and one clear thing is that this person, Telletube, is a rather exceptional case at Yale's student body for being an a$$ that he is.
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<p>Totally agree. ^</p>
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<p>Which Ivy ranks highest in that?
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<p>Brown... lol. No offense to Brown students. It's an exceptional school. But, some who go there aren't independently motivated/mature enough to handle the no required courses plan. These students can find themselves after 4 years having not really learned any subjects in great depth.</p>
<p>On the other hand, for those students who are independently motivated and mature (the majority at Brown), creating a custom course of study is an INCREDIBLY valuable tool to reach a great depth of understanding in a very unique educational experience. These students are often very successful.</p>
<p>TellETubE, not sure why you're here trying to act superior. Your stats were very easy to find:</p>
<p>640 M 740 W 780 CR
3.66 UW, 4.4 W</p>
<p>cornell was actually ranked above brown. i just wanted to add that.</p>
<p>I am not saying that you, svg1990, are doing this personally, but I love when students at a school criticize rankings as being determined based on superficial qualities, and then say, but still, were above THAT school. Anyways, cornell may or may not be better than Brown, but Brown does deserve to be higher than they are. The problem overall with rankings is that they are more indicative of strong graduate programs than undergraduate programs because of the rankings's strong reliance on peer assessment (public perception of a school is created primarily through strong graduate programs). Brown's focus is almost exclusively on undergraduate programs, and they suffer because of it. This affects other schools, such as Dartmouth even more, but gives a huge bump to schools such as Columbia, Penn, and WashU to name a few. (not that these schools don't ALSO have strong undergraduate programs)</p>
<p>Hey, you forgot to add that in the winter, Cornell has more bitter cold, more snow, more ice, more howling wind and more opportunities to experience frostbite and hypothermia than any other Ivy (kudos to Dartmouth for being a close second). Just more proof that Cornell excels at everything . . .</p>