<p>Or does that distinction belong to Penn CAS, Dartmouth, or Brown? Why is Cornell stigmatized as being the worst Ivy?</p>
<p>Ithaca’s elevation is 1100 feet. Cambridge’s is only 80 feet. The elevation of Philadelphia is below 100 feet. So no, I don’t even have to go look at the data for Hanover or Providence (Brown’s on a hill, anyway), it’s easy to see that Cornell isn’t the lowest Ivy League.</p>
<p>:rolleyes: ;)</p>
<p>That is the best response ever.</p>
<p>I love these threads, so silly.</p>
<p>lol @ SlitheyTove. So very true.</p>
<p>Saugus, stop with your obsession. It’s really weird and you seem like the biggest tool. How many of these threads are you going to make?</p>
<p>Q: “In your opinion, is Cornell the lowest Ivy League?”
A: Yes</p>
<p>This is funny because actual alumni and students of Ivy league schools don’t put any import into outsiders’ views of which is better than which. </p>
<p>This is rather pathetic. I’m an HYP alum who rec’d several Ivy accepts. You have in your hand a Cornell accept after being rejected by other Ivies. I never did nor would I ever in the future, look down upon someone with a Cornell degree. Are you freaking kidding me? Sheesh. You’ve bought into the USNWR crap way too much. I wonder if, instead, you had gotten into an HYP – how you would look at other Cornell students. Rather scary.</p>
<p>If you think that Cornell’s rep is so fragile, why don’t you attend another school so the spot can go to someone who will really love Cornell. They don’t need people with attitudes like yours.</p>
<p>Where is NorCalGuy?</p>
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<p>+1000</p>
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<p>Your posts are bordering on absolutely ridiculous now. I understand you were rejected, but get over it. Cornell is a great school. Judging by your attitude and previous posts, I completely understand why you were rejected by the other Ivies. In my opinion, you don’t even deserve to be at Cornell at this point. Someone who really wants to go would love the chance to take your spot. </p>
<p>Oh and Penn CAS is amazing by the way. </p>
<p>/rant</p>
<p>Saugus–sorry for my sarcasm. Cornell is a wonderful school (really), and you should be thrilled to be going there.</p>
<p>They are all great schools and have differing attributes and strengths. the best one is the one that is the best fit for you. Cornell has one of the best engineering programs in the country, the top hotel school, one of the best architecture programs, veterinary schools, etc. And it’s in a beautiful setting with 20,000 really smart, diverse interesting people. What’s not to love? Harvard only has a fraction of the people.</p>
<p>84% of the students who applied were not accepted. 100% of them would love to have the acceptance letter of which you think so little. It is no walk in the park to get good grades once you are in which is why Cornell grads are sought after. </p>
<p>If Cornell was not good enough for you, why did you apply?</p>
<p>Cornell is the BEST engineering school out of the Ivies</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you’re trying to accomplish here. You’re insinuating that Cornell isn’t as good as the top Ivies, but in all honesty, any differences between these schools are negligible. If you’re implying that people who go to Cornell aren’t as “smart” as those who go to, say, Harvard or Yale, that definitely isn’t the case. A guy from my first high school is currently attending Cornell. He qualified for USAMO twice and made USAPhO semifinals. There are likely plenty of other examples out there. I think part of the reason why Harvard/Yale/Princeton are perceived to be better is simply because of their long history and reputation - not necessarily because they really are better than schools like Cornell.</p>
<p>Alternate viewpoint. Top students from my school always go to HYPSM schools.</p>
<p>Desafinado: correlation is not causation. Like I said before, I’m a HYP alum and I find the OP’s attitude and insecurity about Cornell vis a vis the other seven schools to be disturbing and misinformed to the point of causing nausea.</p>
<p>I literally would like to grab him and shake him.</p>
<p>Cornell is as big as some state schools. Several of their 7 colleges are state-endowed. They have an agriculture component…ALL reasons that some people look down on them. In reality, it’s amazing! the people there are happy and achieving great things. I LOVE how they look at PEOPLE and MATCH in their admissions process, rather than just filling with 2400, 4.0 kids. Someone with a passion for fashion design or sheep farming can go to Cornell!!! They couldn’t do that at Harvard. If you want a “real world” experience AND an Ivy League experience, Cornell is the place.</p>
<p>Saugus is on every board looking for validation. I think Cornell made an admissions mistake here - he must have misrepresented himself on the Cornell application, because his other schools figured him out.</p>
<p>Cornell is the largest Ivy. Saugus, you got rejected from all the others, which only take 2000-3000 students. Cornell is a MUCH bigger school and admits about 6000 applicants because it is so large. My guess is that you were not in the top 3000 at Cornell either, and would have been rejected there too if it wasn’t such a large school.</p>
<p>Post #16, you sound like a violent person.</p>
<p>Post #17, what mistake? Cornell accepts a lot of kids from California but if these kids were accepted to UCB or ULCA then they go there. The logistics to get to and from Cornell is deterring a lot of kids.</p>