<p>How would you rank the ivies based on diversity, entertainment, character, and also but (only slightly) academics.</p>
<p>Well, I doubt that anyone here has attended every single one of the Ivies. I’ve visited four of them for a long enough time to get a decent idea of what they’re like. They’re all pretty intentionally diverse. Each school has its own character, but even that is simplifying and generalizing. Brown is known as the odd one in the Ivy League and generally isn’t well-respected by others, but, on the same level, Brown students are among the happiest college students in the nation. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are obviously known for being the most elite, with Yale also respected for its arts. In terms of entertainment, I’d say Columbia or Yale are the best solely because of New York and both schools’ emphasis on the arts. But. They’re really all just good colleges. Vague qualities like “entertainment” and “character” are very hard to describe objectively.</p>
<p>“Columbia or Yale . . . both schools’ emphasis on the arts.”</p>
<p>Yale, yes; Columbia, no. From what I know about Columbia, I don’t think I could have seen the 15 (theatrical) shows a semester that I saw at Brown if I had been at Columbia.</p>
<p>Right, that was poorly worded. I mostly was referring to the fact that you’re in New York, so there are plentiful opportunities for enjoyment of the arts.</p>
<p>Ah. Truth.</p>
<p>Columbia: off-campus is where things are at.
Yale: dislike. Their debate team isn’t fun enough.
Harvard: Fun debate team. Too much work ethic.
Princeton: dislike (but for a different reason than Yale).
Dartmouth: frats frats frats.
Penn: frats and Philly! Plus most pre-professional!
Cornell: Far.
Brown: The best.</p>
<p>These are all my subjective views. </p>
<p>Cornell: Easiest to get in, hardest to get out.
Brown: Hippies. Awesome, fun-loving hippies. Most liberal, and also the “happiest,” but definitely looked down upon by some of the others.
Princeton: Undergrad focus. Campus like Hogwarts.
Yale: Academics over ECs
Harvard: ECs over academics.
UPenn: Pre-professional, as was mentioned. Also cutthroat competitive (for Wharton).
Columbia: NYC.</p>
<p>I think brown is respected more by the oher ivies than people might think. HYP may offer a lot but likely attract students who cannot bring themselves away from work long enough to enjoy. Penn and Columbia are cold places to be in that there is less campus cultivation and community – a stranger college experience (especially Columbia). Brown is known for having a good mix of fun and focus. I’m a junior in High school currently and well I think all the ivies are great it seems brown focuses on developing personality and character as much as it focuses in excellent education what do you guys think?</p>
<p>Soooo … you’re looking for people to give you a list of stereotypes and opinions? And from these, you’ll look to confirm your own notions?</p>
<p>Sounds like a winner to me…</p>
<p>T26E4 looks like we got a brown reject on are hands…hope I’m more forunate than you next year…thanks every1 else for the opinions</p>
<p>I agree with those who said Columbia has lot to offer being in NYC also I’ve heard great things about Brown and Yale</p>
<p>I go to Brown. Brown is the only university I have attended. I have visited some of these other ones, but obviously my opinion on Brown is fairly meaningful and the others are at best worthy of being taken with various-sized grains of salt.</p>
<p>Brown: Overrun with hipsters and hippies. Can make of it what you will. Not for Type A’s; more for the kid who gets his homework done in the hour before school starts. And does well, of course.</p>
<p>Columbia: Good location, although it can seem a little cold, most likely because it seems like a secluded area of the city. Top programs, but fairly grad oriented, in my opinion.</p>
<p>Cornell: Not a real Ivy League school.</p>
<p>Dartmouth: Probably the most fun and “college” of the universities. Wacky scheduling, though.</p>
<p>Harvard: Probably the best, at least in my opinion. Mostly because it has many students who actively want to be the best.</p>
<p>Princeton: Kind of the country club of the Ivy League, but a phenomenal place.</p>
<p>Quakerville: Meh.</p>
<p>Yale: Not really sure what to make of it, honestly. I get the impression that I would probably enjoy it, based on its paper description, but it’s probably not for every with its somewhat forced community atmosphere. </p>
<p>Again, all of these are tremendous colleges and you really can’t make a bad pick, but it’s also very unlikely that you get the opportunity to pick from the eight.</p>
<p>Penn! There’s lots of international students, so much to do in Philly, and lots of frat parties and clubs.</p>
<p>“Cornell: Not a real Ivy League school.”</p>
<p>Having attended both Cornell and Columbia as an undergrad, I can tell you that Cornell’s academics are tougher, and the curve is designed to weed out about 10% of the class. I guess you could say that this is what sets Cornell apart from the rest of the Ivy League.</p>
<p>The need to weed out 10% of the class = bad.</p>
<p>It’s been nearly 30 years since I started college at Columbia, and my first-hand field reports from Columbia today are that most of the weeding out that existed during my time there no longer exists (about 5% of the class back in the day). However, at Cornell, this weeding out still exists to this day, primarily in Engineering, the sciences and within certain statutory colleges (Agriculture). I had two roommates at Cornell flunk out, one after the other (and they both deserved it). Personally, I believe it has to do with Cornell’s larger size compared to other Ivies.</p>