<p>And the circus continues.</p>
<p>Just ignore Kalorama, who if I am judging correctly based off who he says he is and what he’s been posting on CC, is a Brown alum who likes to defend the merits of his alma mater and Stanford all over CC, citing Fulbright statistics, Brown having the “oldest engineering school,” and posting charged comments without any real merit or insight to them to tear down the reputation of a school whose mascot isn’t a bear or a tree.</p>
<p>I’m sorry your two anecdotal references didn’t like Princeton. It’s a shame. Most of our alums do. I mean, why else would we have had the largest alumni giving rate for years, the highest endowment per capita, the most alums to return (EACH YEAR, not every 5) for Reunions, and centuries of traditions passed down the ranks?</p>
<p>It’s one thing to be proud of your school. It’s another thing to defend its strengths and merits. But it’s another to veil your insecurities by attacking other institutions.</p>
<p>Well, I’m a high school student right now, trying to think of what college to go to, and reading this list has confused me to a maximum extent.
But, from what I have gathered, this is my list. (I know this isn’t official and most likely biased, please don’t judge.)</p>
<ol>
<li>Princeton/Harvard</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
</ol>
<p>I’m not hating on Cornell; I’ve never even been to any of these schools - I live on the West Coast - and somehow it just turned up last.</p>
<p>Personally, I would be ecstatic if I got an acceptance letter from any of these schools.</p>
<p>My personal rankings (including non-Ivies):</p>
<ol>
<li>Princeton (great neighborhood, top corporate recruiting, perfect size, great emphasis on undergrad teaching) </li>
<li>Harvard (everything P has except size and undergrad focus)</li>
<li>Wharton (basically ensures you get a top ibanking or consulting job after college) </li>
<li>Stanford (beach house fun, D1 Sports, hot girls, fantastic business opportunities)</li>
<li>Yale (elite school, very prestigious, but seems more humanities based)</li>
<li>MIT (THE BEST engineering programs) </li>
<li>Columbia (probably the next best school after HYPSM</li>
<li>Chicago (great econ department-- Milton Friedman REPRESENT!, solid recruiting, CHI-TOWN, deep dish pizza) </li>
<li>Duke (D1 Basketball, Coach K, hot girls, solid academics too)</li>
<li>Rest of Penn (solid school, great school spirit, but nothing that stands out)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (great undergrad focus, top recruiting, but don’t like the middle-of-nowhere location) </li>
<li>NW (solid school, nothing that really stands out academically) </li>
<li>Brown (I’d simply be happier here than Cornell)</li>
<li>Cornell (eh, gotta include it since it’s an Ivy)</li>
</ol>
<p>Cornell in my opinion. Just cause It’s the only school with Hotel Admissions and Hospitality. </p>
<p>And…</p>
<p>You get to drink a lot of wine</p>
<p>Subjectively maybe it depends on where you are coming from. Columbia might be coveted and competitive from a place like Stuyvesant, but at my large, admittedly white and middle class public high school I would say that HYP, Dartmouth and to a lesser extent Brown are the most popular and definitely seem to admit the highest quality, most well rounded applicant. Columbia and Penn aren’t very popular and seem to be less selective. Cornell to me is honestly a real step below the rest it seems in terms of who they admit. Georgetown is significantly harder to get into from here it seems.</p>