<p>why is colegate considered a new ivy? when i visited columbia they said it could have been in the ivy league along with westpoint, but they made another athletic division. what would have happened if colegate joined the ivy league? also, NU is the ivy of the west so it cant be new. now that i said that, i think that this list is just another way for schools that are not as well known to get some press (even though lots of people know notre dame and washu).</p>
<p>Northwestern is not the Ivy of anything. Northwestern is a good school in the Midwest, nothing more, nothing less. The Ivy League can keep its crappy sports conference, thank you.</p>
<p>USC has a top 10 undegraduate business school (27% students), top 1 or 2 cinema & film production school & very respectful engineering program. The SAT requirement is about 20th nationally, more competitive than those of UC-Berkeley & UCLA. It is one of strongest Alumni networks worldwide, like Harvard and Notre Dame. No wonder that the national ranking (from US News) has moved the most from 40+th to 27th in recent years. It may be soon that it could surpass UCLA (26th this year) & Berkely (21th).... Why is USC forgotten in those discussions?</p>
<p>USC has a top 10 undegraduate business school (27% students), top 1 or 2 cinema & film production school & very respectful engineering program. The SAT requirement is about 20th nationally, more competitive than those of UC-Berkeley & UCLA. It is one of strongest Alumni networks worldwide, like Harvard and Notre Dame. No wonder that the national ranking has moved the most from 40+th to 27th in recent years. It may be soon that it could surpass UCLA (26th this year) & Berkely (21th).... Why is USC forgotten in those discussions?</p>
<p>thanks for putting Trojans in the title of that second post.</p>
<p>i was scratching my head wondering whether you were talking about University of Southern Cal. or U. of South Carolina.</p>
<p>I don't think USC is quite there yet. It is making strides though.</p>
<p>how did they ignore tulane!?!?!</p>
<p>what happened to uchicago and northwestern?!!</p>
<p>What happened to William & Mary. Everybody says it's the "Harvard of the South"</p>
<p>Tulane, imo dosnt deserve to be there. the quality of students that have been getting in isnt necesarilly that good. dont get me wrong, Tulane is a great school but not so much an IVY. I am surprised with some of the schools they selected.
Reed College????</p>
<p>Tulane, imo dosnt deserve to be there. the quality of students that have been getting in isnt necesarilly that good. dont get me wrong, Tulane is a great school but not so much an IVY. I am surprised with some of the schools they selected.
Reed College????</p>
<p>Blasphemy no Wake Forest!!!!
But I assume we are a given...</p>
<p>Reed College is actually a pretty terrific place. Are you surprised by its inclusion because you don't think it belongs or because you've never heard of it?</p>
<p>Venkat, I'm not familiar with COLEGATE. Is there such a school? :) Sorry, just kidding, can't help it. You sure you're going to Penn? lol. Must be all that senoritis.</p>
<p>i am very surprised NYU is on this list - no offense to anyone for any reason</p>
<p>Now that admissions offers are out, it will be interesting to see if the schools named in the article, particularly those that are lower profile, saw increases in applications that outpaced peer institutions. In other words, does Newsweek crowning 25 "New Ivies" matter much in shaping students application decisions?</p>
<p>Yes it does, well in my opinion at least. Crowning these new ivies not only puts a LITTLE less stress on applicants who want a top notch education, but also makes the lesser known schools more recognized.</p>
<p>What about Franklin and Marshall? Connecticut College? Vasaar?</p>
<p>The first two aren’t up to par with the rest of their list. Vassar is really old and prestigious. -.-</p>
<p>This list was made 4 years ago. Just keep that in mind…</p>