<p>No its about prestige. I work in New York at what would be considered an ‘elite’ job. Much more is placed on overall reputation and selectivity. There is a fundamental understanding that brilliant students will be great business leaders, and that’s why the most important hiring measure for consulting jobs is 1) scores and 2) case interviews (which are essentially problem solving exercises) and 3) overall school reputation. The demands of each “gig” will be very different, consulting firms need problem solvers who can apply strong thinking to any industry. This is why they recruit at schools they feel can feed them these types of students, program rank is irrelevant. Adding to that is the fact that firms want to impress clients, and in the business world saying half your associates went to Princeton holds more weight than half went to Chicago. Its just the way it is.</p>
<p>Yes there are many undergrads and grads at cornell, however they are dispersed throughout the many schools and programs.
Nevertheless, i find it funny to read all these posts–especially muerteapablo lol-- and to see this thread still beating with the obstinancy of straight-ticket voters, all arguing for their own school on a matter that is rather subjective and insignificant. Shouldn’t personal achievement exceed school glory? I guess for some, getting in is the apex of their career and now they can only argue these points in order to try to salvage what pride is left.</p>
<p>Of course, ChaoticOrder is correct to a certain degree.</p>
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<p>And it does! If you have a kid with a 3.0 from Harvard going up against a 4.0 from Cornell, Cornell will likely win out. But if only the schools differ, firms will, ceteris paribus, choose the Harvardian. Is this so surprising?</p>
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<p>I’m not cocky. This is totally objective. Among all of my acquaintances, including people who go to schools other than Penn (i.e. Columbia, Maryland, Harvard, whatever), I am literally one of the best writers. I know this because they come to me for help; because I have received numerous commendations/awards; and because they have not. I am well-known for carefully crafted and brilliant literary analysis, delightful sentence construction, and a varied and workable vocabulary.</p>
<p>Basically, I = awesome.</p>
<p>^^this dude is funny. =)</p>
<p>Once you pop, the fun don’t stop.</p>
<p>muerteapablo; it is too bad that writing is becoming a lost art in our twitterized and vidiot dominated culture.</p>
<p>You are quite good muerteapablo; perhaps even the best on this forum if i may be so bold.</p>
<p>You make me blush.</p>
<p>I like this thread
See: tags.</p>
<p>Also: ALL OF YOU GO TO BED NOW</p>
<p>Yes, mother</p>
<p>I’m bookmarking this.</p>
<p>All ivy league schools are prestigious. There is no use discussing which is least prestigious.</p>
<p>Must…eat…hamburgers</p>
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<p>Says the loser ;)</p>
<p>I can’t believe people debate this.
WHO CARES?
There is no exact ranking. There is no way to compare. All these schools are different.</p>
<p>Me? I applied to Brown ED because I loved the school. I was also going to apply to Yale… but it wasn’t my first choice. Harvard? I’m a legacy but I was not interested in the school at all.</p>
<p>Ranking by prestige all depends on who to talk to. </p>
<p>Also, it doesn’t matter (to a certain extent) where you go to school. It all depends on what you do during those four years.</p>
<p>Maybe that HYP drop-out would have been better off going to his state school.</p>
<p>End rant.
(RI1391 goes to bed)</p>
<p>^I know seriously! Every so often you see a thread about Brown being the worst of Ivy League schools every so often that it’s ridiculous. It’s like people have nothing else to discuss about … this topic should have died a long time ago. </p>
<p>Face it … Brown is amazing … you apply to it because you like what the school does (for basics, the Open Curriculum) </p>
<p>Then there’s the ranking … I bet half the people in the world who read the rankings have completely NO idea what they’re based on. (Aka my dad who thinks that rankings = how great a school is) From US News: </p>
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<p>^This in NO way can say anything about how the actual quality of the education is at a school … and the fact that it takes into account alumni donations and financial resources puts state schools and smaller privates (like Brown) at a disadvantage. </p>
<p>Academic progs (grad school progs) are ranked based on “peer review” … what other schools think about each other.</p>
<p>I didn’t get into Brown, but I still think it’s an amazing school. For those of you who can’t accept that fact, think this way: It’s still an Ivy. Thousands of people would die to get into this school and go there … including me.</p>
<p>End rant … ab2013 is now going to lunch</p>
<p>well that Harvard kid is just a bit snotty that said that to you…Brown? Least prestigious Ivy? Oxymoron as AmbitiousMind07 said. Acceptance rate is not everything when looking at the Ivies; each is better than the others in one aspect.</p>
<p>^My point was to say … since so many people apply to Brown (~ 25,000 vs. Harvard’s ~30,000) … why would people bother applying if Brown was no good? Obviously people think that Brown is very good.</p>
<p>And yea … Bad Ivy … ridiculous oxymoron</p>
<p>guys, the op is clearly a ■■■■■, prob a Brown reject. he’s trying to sound legit by claiming he heard this ridiculous claim from a harvard student. even if it were true, who in their right mind would take one Harvard freshman’s word as gospel? don’t take him/her seriously.</p>