<p>i was just wondering, what are the ivies in rank? and i thought all the ivies were in the northeast. what is stanford doing in cali?</p>
<p>Stanford isn't an Ivy, though many consider it to be at that level. All the Ivies indeed are in the Northeast.</p>
<p>common misconception: the best schools are part of the ivy league.</p>
<p>not true. MIT, Stanford and still hundreds more are not in the Ivy League. There are only 7 schools in the Ivy League: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, U Penn, Cornell, Brown and Dartmouth. This does not make them the best, however. For many majors, there are other colleges that would be better. The ivy league was formed a long time ago and all 7 schools were added to the league because of their old age and were thought to be the best of the best in old america. thats why they are all in the northeast, thats where the first settlers were.</p>
<p>The ivies are still very selective and prestigous, however, that doesnt mean that other schools arent comparable.</p>
<p>oh i see. interesting.</p>
<p>lollpop: You're a bit wrong; they're all in the northeast because the Ivy League is primarily an athletic conference. Doesn't really make sense to have schools in the midwest and even out in Cali in the Ivy League. There were originally seven, and yes, they were at the time thought to be some of the best institutions in the world. </p>
<p>Since its conception, one more school has been added (Cornell) and one was invited, but declined due to rioting among the student population (U of Chicago). MIT was invited to merge with Harvard at the beginning of the 20th century, but the student body also wouldn't have it.</p>
<p>For more info:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_league%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_league</a></p>
<p>you forgot brown</p>
<p>Yeah, Beautiful mistake is right. Brown was there at the beginning, Cornell was not.</p>
<p>yep, i changed it!</p>
<p>Wasn't Hopkins also invited to join?</p>
<p>Not to my knowledge.</p>
<p>Rutgers was when it first started</p>