<p>How would you rank the ivy league in order of difficulty?
My question deals with undergrad, and doesn’t have to do with admissions for students, but for current students (in terms of how hard it is to get a good GPA,course rigor, etc.)</p>
<p>Any true comparison would be difficult because any one person only has experience at one school (two in the case of the rare intra-Ivy transfer)</p>
<p>You can try to look at average GPAs to get an idea of grade inflation.</p>
<p>Then there is the question of curriculum requirements, and whether they make it more or less difficult.</p>
<p>I wouldn't let it determine your Ivy choices. Employers and grad schools know that Harvard has rampant grade inflation and Cornell doesn't, etc. T</p>
<p>Some classes are hard, some are easy. Some majors are hard, some are easy. This is true at every school. I think when you are talking about schools the caliber of the ivies, any ranking distinction is meaningless. Like, #1 out of 50,000 v #2 out of 50,000. The difference in difficulty is SO SMALL it's meaningless</p>
<p>All I know is that Brown is very hard. </p>
<p>One thing is that Yale requires 36 credits for graduation, so it could be considered more demanding in that light. If you consider an intense required thesis demanding, than Princeton gets props. </p>
<p>If you are choosing an Ivy based on difficulty you are barking up the wrong tree. They are all difficult and all provide exemplary educations. Pick on environment and school philosophy instead.</p>
<p>i was interviewing for this college and the alumnus who interviewed me said brown was easier than high school for him. he played football there.</p>
<p>It also depends on the type of high school you went to. Students who went to rigorous prep schools, science/math magnet schools, competitive suburban high schools may find Brown easier than high school, compared to students who went to small, rural high schools or underfunded inner-city schools.</p>
<p>I agree with ClaySoul that in terms of requirements, Yale and Princeton can be more demanding. Actually, I agree with everything ClaySoul said. </p>
<p>If your goal is to get an Ivy degree with a high GPA with the least amount of work necessary -- yuck.</p>
<p>I'm so proud of all of you for not falling into the trap of pretending someone could possibily rank such fundamentally different schools as those in the Ivy League across such vast disciplines, many of which do not even overlap between one school and another. </p>
<p>Kudos to you all.</p>
<p>One thing: it is "easier" to work hard in courses you love, as opposed to requirements. So Brown in this respect is easier. </p>
<p>Then again, it's hard to slack off or forego reading in a course you love...</p>
<p>Yeah but many people take classes they start out liking...then...</p>
<p>^^^^</p>
<p>the story of my life in the year long greek history for classics majors, I can't stand it anymore. Thank god classics is my 2nd major.</p>