Fun Game: Pick your Ivy

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Isn't it a little skewed posting this on a Cornell forum? Normally you read "Anyone but Cornell" to such questions.</p>

<p>Rollercoaster - obviously it depends on the program you're in, but I've explored the adage "Harvard's the hardest Ivy to get in and the easiest to stay in. Cornell's the easiest to get in but the hardest to stay in."</p>

<p>I always thought it was just to bolster the insecurity of Cornellians, but I've talked to a lot of Harvard graduates who say it can be a real cakewalk and underwhelming academically. the greatest thing they got out of it was the name. Harvard also rarely fails students and grade inflation at Harvard is a well established fact. I knew a number of people who failed out of Cornell and I've personally never heard of any pervasive grade inflation.</p>

<p>Certainly don't get caught up in prestige or what your peers say in assessing difficulty.</p>

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<p>yale.....i dnt want to be president or n e thing, but the us presidents for the last 19 or 20 years are all yale graduates (and obama and hillary both went to yale).....there are also countless senators and congressmen.......i think going to yale nearly gurantees a major government position and even if you dont get one, your bound to have some good freinds that do.....plus yale law school is gr8....</p>

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<p>Wait What? When did Obama graduate from Yale. He went to Occidental, transferred to Columbia for undergrad, and then went to Harvard Law. If he gets the oval office, which, by polls, is not unlikely, he'll break that trend.</p>

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<p>omg...Obama soo does not seem like a Yale person. Harvard and Columbia fit him well :D</p>

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<p>sorry it turns out the freind who i got this info from was wrong....he did not go to yale....my freind somehow confused obama with john kerry....</p>

<p>(not exactly one of my politicaly aware freinds)</p>

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<p>Penn Wharton sucks (as does undergrad business in principle and practice). I'd go to Penn SAS or Yale before Wharton</p>

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<p>Yale. No doubt.</p>

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<p>i probably couldn't decide between Penn and Dartmouth- i love Philly and the unique things about Penn, and after visiting Dartmouth, i fell in love w/ it as well.</p>

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<p>yeah Obama's associated with
Occidental (one year undergrad), Columbia (undergrad), Harvard (law), UChicago (taught classes)</p>

<p>Columbia/Harvard/UChicago really do fit him well. He's too much of a (relatively) unconnected-intellectual-activist to be a yale man.</p>

<p>OP: I would pick Harvard, Princeton and then Cornell.</p>

<p>I wanted a large scientifically oriented research university in a scenic area- but Harvard and Princeton's reputations otherwise put it above Cornell.</p>

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<p>I think it's gunna be Harvard or Cornell for me.</p>