<p>agreed, that brown has been the hot ivy for the last couple decades
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<p>i think, among the "old guard", all of the new england ivies (harvard, yale, brown, dartmouth) are equally accepted in comparison to columbia, cornell and penn</p>
<p>brown also tends to appear often in pop culture</p>
<p>it's true, though that its all relative. both schools would probably impress most smart people equally</p>