<p>standard measure, my foot. you are the only poster on this board, and possibly the only person interested in the topic of admissions, who even uses such stats as "applicants per spot." selectivity, properly measured, should account for both quantity and quality. see, e.g. u.s. news, which uses, in addition to acceptance rate (quantity), class standing and SAT/ACT scores (quality) also. as a result, harvard comes in first in the magazine's overall selectivity rank, formed from these three measures. finally, rhodes and other scholarship numbers, while not irrelevant, are also poor measures of selectivity. they measure "output" more than "input." you mention them only because of yale's freak success this year.</p>
<p>UPenn = JewPenn ... omg I am laughing so hard right now ... I've never heard that one</p>
<p>f.scottie: bitter... are we?</p>
<p>about what? i didn't even apply to yale (thanks, new haven). but i still think - as almost everyone with a brain does - that yale is a fine school. i do not, however, think posterX is a fine poster. whether he's an alum or not, he does the place a severe discredit. as a yalie yourself, with a vested interest in yale's and its students' and alumni's reputation, you should be happy that i occasionally challenge him on his often ridiculous propaganda here.</p>
<p>This "Poster X" is clearly the old "YALIE TROLL" who posted under a blizzard of pseudonyms, including "Brown Alum", "Princeton Mom", "Harvard '06", "Penn Parent" etc etc. Usually these aliases were assigned the task of trashing "their" own schools and acknowledging the superiority of Yale and (especially!) New Haven.</p>
<p>That "applications per spot" stat is a signature item. You notice he avoids "admits per spot" and "median SAT score" as measures of selectivity!</p>
<p>:0 the truth is revealed!! lol.</p>
<p>i thoguht cornell was the easiest ivy and i just wanna say YALE ROCKS MY COC* and stop absing yale on the damn yale forum</p>
<p>I think that the number of applications per spot is not a particularly good indication of selectivity. Keep in mind that a lot of students who don't really have a chance at admission will apply anyway, either "just for the heck of it" or because they really believe they have a shot. This means that a lot of the applicants with whom you're competing for a spot don't really belong in the pool in the first place. </p>
<p>Cornell may be the "easiest" Ivy to get into, but I've never heard that the workload there is a cakewalk. Quite the opposite, in fact.</p>
<p>Out of all my friends who attend Ivy Leagues, the ones that go to Princeton, Cornell, and Dartmouth say they have the toughest courses. I'm not sure if it's true, but they tell me the classes are very difficult.</p>
<p>Stereotypes hold some truth to them in superficial pattern; however, don't act like one can predict and or judge another's intelligence by the school he or she attends. It's stupid, and this is what many of you are doing.</p>
<p>I go to Cornell University for architecture. I was accepted at Princeton, and I turned them down. I was also accepted at other top schools "ranked" above Cornell in a magazine.</p>
<p>this is the stupidest internet argument I have had the honor to witness in a long time... and I use the internet quite often.</p>
<p>it's great period to get into any ivy, so stop arguing.</p>
<p>Oh jeez, lets just let this thread drop back into oblivion. I think its worth the bump this post is giving it to ask to just let it go during this tense 2 weeks...</p>
<p>which ivy league school do pretty boys from california go to</p>
<p>Why you wanna tell your friend where they should go? </p>
<p>ooo burn. lol jp jp</p>
<p>My experience:</p>
<p>Harvard = Elite Nerds who try to be even more elite amongst themselves when they get there. Social life is accordingly weak unless you can find a small niche (i.e. Lampoon, Finals clubs, sport, etc)</p>
<p>Yale = The "two sided" Ivy. Party/ frat scene mixed with writer/ liberal crowd.</p>
<p>Princeton = Social scene is elite, pretentious, white. Big counter scene though and tons of kids who don't go out at all.</p>
<p>Cornell = Difficult, sciency, HUGE, the "state" school Ivy because of its bureaucracy as much as anything else. Frat scene and Ithaca is fun on the weekends, but many many people who study 24-7. </p>
<p>Brown = Laid-back, fun, slightly urban Ivy. A mix of everything; its a little jocky, a little hippy, and liberal overall. Everyone gets along well enough. Its located in an urban environment but has a nice campus and the local area is very student friendly.</p>
<p>Dartmouth = Happy-go-lucky Ivy. Lots of study abroad, great undergrad focus (amazing study abroad/ sophomore summer, etc). Community Ivy, alumni loyalty is huge, lots of fun "big" weekends, big party scene, intimate academics. Beautiful outdoor location and people are very friendly, but might not be a good fit for those who want an urban scene.</p>
<p>Columbia = Weak on community, very fragmented social life. You'll have 5-10 friends and will spend alot of time with them, but don't expect to have a community feel or go to big campus parties. VERY bureaucratic, but a GREAT core curriculum. A BIG school (24K total) so easy to get lost. Big minority scene.</p>
<p>UPenn = Bigger than most of the others, but a diverse social scene.</p>
<p>OKAY I'm embarrassed that this thread is on our Yale board... You people DO NOT attend every single ivy league... why are we stereotyping them!!!?</p>
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<p>Well slipper1234, it is obvious which school you attended.....:rolleyes:. I don't think that some of things are "stereotypes." i.e. great undergrad focus, intimate academics, people are very friendly, lots of study abroad, alumni loyalty, etc. Every Ivy provides/can provide those things as well.</p>
<p>potus2: Well, no one has been/is every single ethnicity, yet we stereotype people based on their race. I haven't attended every single Ivy (and I don't think anyone has), but I think it is amusing to see what everyone thinks about the Ivy League.</p>
<p>Um, okay, if thats what gets you going... go for it I guess?</p>
<p>Potus- We can't go to all of them of course, but I think people who know them well can give a fair opinion. I've been to every Ivy for at least a weekend, attended two Ivies during undergrad, spent alot of time at a third (6-7 weekends). I think I got a decent grasp of most of them. </p>
<p>Bookfreak, I honestly fell Dartmouth particularly shines in those areas. Most Ivies study abroad programs are so-so, only Princeton is as undergrad focused, etc.</p>