<p>My dd (rising Junior) has no interest in the ivys, even though she's a straight A student, speaks 4 languages fluently, plays 4 musical instruments with ease, and has been taking classes at the community college since she was 15.</p>
<p>Her goal is to attend an in-state college, so she isn't too far away from home, and to graduate debt-free, if possible, since law school is a distinct possibility and she'd rather save taking out any loans until then.</p>
<p>Me. <em>filler</em></p>
<p>Well, I would like to go to a school of that caliber but I would not want to go to Ivy, because of the geographical region it encompasses. Too cold.</p>
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<p>jackpot. but for a girl.</p>
<p>Hahaha I desperately needed to get out of the northeast, and every ivy I visited (they're all different, ya know) left me with a kind of icky taste in my mouth.</p>
<p>They're great schools, but not for me. Not for a the people on this thread.</p>
<p>It's a sports league lol. People just have this weird psychological thing about them because they have a "name" hahahah.</p>
<p>Thing is, if your stats are good enough to get into an ivy, it's good enough to get into all the top state places. When I look at my app, I try to see if it's ivy worthy, and bring it up to ivy level, so when I apply to state schools I know i'll be inthe 75th percentile area.</p>
<p>If you do not want to go to an "ivy", just because it is an "ivy", you should seek psychological help. That is not a healthy, mature reason and you should not go thru life making decisions that way. Just like not wanting to go to "a state university" because it is " a state university". Some of you are sounding waaayyyyy too judgemental. Even the "country" people.....</p>
<p>Well..I've looked and considered them...but they just don't interest me.</p>
<p>I have to admit... I don't want to go to a state university [other than Berkeley I guess] simply because it's a state university. I do have a good reason though! They're WAY too big.</p>
<p>I'm not interested in any of the Ivies for the following reasons.</p>
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<li><p>Lack of strength in my intended major (except for Princeton and maybe Cornell).</p></li>
<li><p>Don't have the scores to back up the interest.</p></li>
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<p>What's your intended major? Physics?</p>
<p>And, MovieBuff, none of the ivies interested me as individual schools, plus I didn't like the idea of going to an ivy league. Some of my best friends get a lot of garbage for going to Harvard, about how they're prestige-mongers and etc., or people either fear them or think that they're superhumans, and I just wasn't comfortable with that potential reaction to my school. I respect my friends' decisions to go to Harvard, for sure, and I think it's a great school for them, and they love it, but for me, I didn't want people to judge me based on my institution.</p>
<p>^ Chemical Engineering hopefully.</p>
<p>I know a number of amazing kids who chose not to apply to Ivies. Had the numbers, GPAs, ECs, etc., but simply weren't interested/said it wouldn't be a good fit. Also know a bunch who turned down the Ivies for the same reason. They are a breath of fresh air and sanity who will thrive wherever they go!</p>
<p>Just as an example:</p>
<p>Amherst SAT average = 1455
Dartmouth = 1,450
Brown 1,435
Penn 1,430
Cornell 1,385
Columbia 1,440</p>
<p>etc, etc</p>
<p>The Ivies, as others have said, are really great schools, with a range of characteristics (big, small; liberal artsy, researchy; etc.). But we have to remember that the Ivies are all individual colleges, each with its own history, and it wasn't until the 20th century that they formed a "league." My main reason for not wanting to apply to them: most either don't have my major or are weak in it. The two that are strong in it are Cornell (too rural, too far away) and Penn (too far away).</p>
<p>My major is linguistics, by the way.</p>
<p>perhaps another reason i never applied was that my intended major was Athletic Training. none of them offer it. And not to mention that the school i'm attending has one of the best track records for AT in the nation.</p>
<p>I never applied to any of the ivies. I did not have the test scores and only 1 of them (Penn) was ever considered because it was close to home (I live in PA). Haven't regretted it since!</p>
<p>screw the ivies - Amherst is the best school in the nation - hands down</p>
<p>big money + hard work = not worth it</p>
<p>I'm not really interested in any of the Ivies, but I am gonna apply to Harvard this fall (just for the heck of it, because there is noo way I'll get in there)</p>