<p>I mean, it's a school known for technology, natural sciences, and social sciences...in contrast to the other Ivy League schools which are known to have a liberal arts or humanities focus.</p>
<p>Yeah, it does seem out of place in the Ivy League.</p>
<p>They all suck at sports, and we are good at them, we’d be much more suited in the Big East.</p>
<p>(Look up what the Ivy League actually is, siglio)</p>
<p>yes, it feels very out of place in the ivy league if I do say so myself. I have yet to see one of our peer schools be able to field a basketball or hockey team that can hold a candle to ours. I think our athletic teams would be better fielded in a conference like the ACC. </p>
<p>but to more directly answer your question… *** are you talking about and who cares. </p>
<p>And most ivy league schools aren’t know for their “liberal arts or humanities focus”, they are known as being pan-academic research powerhouses.</p>
<p>Some of the best pure and applied math and physics research occurs at princeton university. Penn and Yale have some of the best social science programs in the country. (I could go on, but I am stopping here because I believe my point has been proven)</p>
<p>Additionally, one of the unifying features of the ivy league schools is that almost all of them have top professional schools in the country. IMHO, the real “prestige” (as in long lasting societal view of a school, not what HS seniors think of it) of a school isnt gained through USNWR rankings, but rather the view of its professional schools (business, law, med, and maybe government/public policy). Almost all of the ivy league schools have top professional schools (princeton has no business law or med school). </p>
<p>On the other hand if you were asking for my personal opinion on this matter, then I would say that yes, I do feel out of place in the ivy league. My friends at other Ivy’s call me on a regular basis and I always feel like I am just missing out on something, like I just don’t quite fit in, like all of the ivy league schools have something that mine just… doesn’t :(.</p>
<p>very good athletic answers. I mean, sweet sixteen? yeah, that’s pretty much not Ivy League. :)</p>
<p>academically, I think Cornell is stands out because it has more students and also more different types of studies possible, but from my perspective that is only a strong point.</p>
<p>I’m curious about your last paragraph, Tboone. I have friends at a couple of other Ivy League schools and I do not get this feeling at all. I think they are geographically different (so perhaps they’re getting a more New England flavor to their education) but that’s it really…</p>
<p>What, you dont feel that too? the lack of… ivyness in our education. I just feel as if my classroooms could be more… ivy. I just dont think we have quite the same magic that Dartmouth, Brown, Harvard, Yale, Penn, Princeton, and Columbia have. </p>
<p>(end sarcasm).</p>
<p>hybrid state school LOL
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<p>oh OK…I thought I might have read that wrong! I agree then, since we don’t have ivy literally growing on the classroom walls we are clearly posers. :)</p>
<p>and to the last poster: hybrid vigor.</p>
<p>What happened to the Ivy?? There used to be Ivy growing up the walls at Sage, and the libraries & clock tower at the arts quad.</p>
<p>Isn’t it there any more?? Did you guys do something with it??</p>
<p>“…or hockey team that can hold a candle to ours.”</p>
<p>That used to be the case, in my day, but I saw a disturbing game against Yale last year…</p>
<p>the ivy is still there, they were just referring to the ubiquitous ivy that one pictures when one thinks of pton or something.</p>
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Just no…</p>
<p>I was actually talking about Ivy literally growing on the walls of lecture rooms, which would be ridiculous (just like the OP’s suggestino). last year I had ivy practically growing in my window in Balch and I can see some nice Gothics ivy out my window right now, so I assure you the plant is safe and sound.</p>
<p>oh, I got worried, I thought OP was saying the campus had been defoliated , napalm attack from Penn or something…</p>
<p>There’s nothing like that liberal arts and humanities focus at Wharton, Penn’s Nursing school or columbia’s nursing school.</p>
<p>But seriously cornell’s multiple specialized-mission colleges are a feature it has that is different from just about everyplace, not just different than the guys it plays sports with (with the exceptions noted). And it’s been that way forever. Its liberal arts and engineering programs are seen at the other schools, it just has more above and beyond that.</p>
<p>The others are not all the same as each other either. Some have big grad programs, some dont. Some have professional schools, others don’t. Some play hockey, others don’t. etc.</p>