<p>Ok, this is going to go in all the ivy league colleges' discussion boards. In your opinion, which do you think (as objectively as possible) is the best Ivy? Which is the worst? And why?</p>
<p>This will be interesting.</p>
<p>I'm going to use my psychic powers to make a prediction, here goes: I predict that most people on the Columbia board say Columbia's the best, most people on the Cornell board say Cornell's the best etc. etc. </p>
<p>With that said each school has it's own pros and cons and has better and worse departments so how good a school is depends mostly on perspective, except obviously Columbia is the best Ivy school.</p>
<p>Ok. So which is the worst overall, in your opinion?</p>
<p>Sparticus800 from the Cornell board says:</p>
<p>"Columbia is the worst because its named after a drug trafficking nation."</p>
<p>Very intelligent-sounding indeed. Those crazy Cornellians.</p>
<p>Holy sh&t stop repeating what everyone else says. </p>
<p>Plus, if you had bothered to read sparticus's statement, you would've realized he was KIDDING.</p>
<p>you know, i think most of the mean inter-ivy spirit comes from people who aren't even affiliated with any of the ivies, people like monkeyman. honestly, all of the ivies offer different environments and experiences, and if you can't see that, then you're in it for the wrong reasons. And is it really necessary to try to start a gigantic ivy food fight, monkeyman, by posting on EVERY board? Anything better to do?</p>
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<p>LOL. DOubtful, i'd say</p>
<p>Hey monkey, for your personal reference:
Columbia = Ivy League school, brand of cothing, and various other things
Colombia = country in South America</p>
<p>I am pretty sure Sparticus knows this and was joking, but I am not so sure you knew this.</p>
<p>As for your question, I personally like Columbia best obviously because of the location and resources. For some reason I really dislike Brown. Maybe the lack of core or something. I don't really know.</p>
<p>On a side note, I think this could very well turn into a school bashing. If you don't think so there was a similar thing on college admissions about which Ivy would you get rid of and the whole thing just went down hill. Another example would the the Cornell vs Dartmouth thing. It's getting pretty heated over there too.</p>
<p>Ok, so here's the plan. . . . . throw the inevitable results offf. . . . by going to the other ivy boards and announcing that Columbia is the best in this thread. . . .</p>
<p>On second thought, it's not worth it.</p>
<p>I remember when Columbia was my first choice school. I was seeing the word Columbia everywhere. Clothes, Movies, etc. I suppose you see the term a lot everyday, but when youre thinking about it a lot it pops up all the time.</p>
<p>Then I realized how expensive NYC is, and how hard it is to get into Columbia, and here I am going to UPenn.</p>
<p>Wait a minute, Columbia's named after a drug trafficking nation!?!?! How Totally Unprestigious...</p>
<p>Objectively? How could we judge objectively? The question is subjective in nature - "Which is your favorite." = "Which is the best in your opinion"</p>
<p>Wait, so which one are my cleaning ladies from?</p>
<p>my cleaning lady is from COLUMBIA since its my mom</p>
<p>HAHAHAHAHA! I love it!</p>
<p>And.. "I remember when Columbia was my first choice school. I was seeing the word Columbia everywhere. Clothes, Movies, etc. I suppose you see the term a lot everyday, but when youre thinking about it a lot it pops up all the time."</p>
<p>I used to see Columbia signs everywhere. Every damn movie was to do with Columbia or NYC hahahaha I saw it EVERYWHERE!</p>
<p>You know where I think is the best IVY :) HAHAAHA!</p>
<p>But I like Brown too.</p>
<p>I only really dislike Dartmouth cus of the sucky location .. isn't it on some weird a$$ island and u have to get a boat there? </p>
<p>I don't like Cornell or Priceton's location but I hear Cornell has great looking guys so it's ok.. lol.. as for Princeton - ICK!.. food clubs? gosh they really do not have a social life.</p>
<p>oh my friend just showed me this.. its up on the p-ton board</p>
<p>dug up from the past <<a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?57277/62406">http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?57277/62406</a>></p>
<p>Here are the eight Ivy League colleges ranked phonetically.</p>
<ol>
<li>BROWN</li>
</ol>
<p>Im sorry. The short, blunt sound. The soft br consonant and the round ow diphthong vowel. This is the clear loser in the Ivy League. Brown is also hurt by the fact that its a color -- the fact that the color is an unattractive one -- the fact that the unattractive color is associated with a personal human function. I mean, if the school in Providence were called Aqua or Chartreuse, that would be awesome. But Brown just doesnt cut it.</p>
<ol>
<li>PENN</li>
</ol>
<p>From a phonetic standpoint, all the one-syllable schools are at a disadvantage. Just too curt. Brusque. If you werent paying attention, youd miss it entirely. Penn ranks above Brown because its not a color, but its still hurt by the fact that its a word. And a pedestrian word at that. Any word for an object that people dont really mind losing does not connote value. The folks in West Philadelphia have long complained about the confusion with Penn State. I say its time for an upgrade. Lets go for two syllables. Why not aim for the top? Rename it Porsche.</p>
<ol>
<li>YALE</li>
</ol>
<p>By far the best of the one-syllable names by virtue of the fact that its not also a word. But starting off with a y is not as sharp as, you know, a real consonant. Yale almost sounds like half of a name. Now Vail or Shale would sound cool. Even Bail has a certain positive tough guy sound. Sadly, Yale doesnt quite get there.</p>
<ol>
<li>COLUMBIA</li>
</ol>
<p>A huge step up from the one-syllable names but Columbia almost goes too far. Its so long that it almost sounds like a sentence. How about this exchange? What did you do last night, Bob? Columbia. I see. But it does have a certain flowing, almost mellifluous quality. Like I said, Columbia draws the dividing line between the bad Ivy names and the good Ivy names, and its on the good side of the line.</p>
<ol>
<li>CORNELL</li>
</ol>
<p>Now youre starting to get to the high rent district. The two-syllable names are long enough to have a personality but still short enough to be strong and powerful. But Corn is a weak way to start off the name. Again, a bit too pedestrian. Suggests Soybean or Wheat. Neither of these two would be a good name for a university.</p>
<ol>
<li>HARVARD</li>
</ol>
<p>Some people consider the Big Three to be HYP, and therefore Harvard is a two-time winner. Its also in the Phonetic Big Three. The v is a unique, clearly identifying consonant. However, like the round ow sound in Brown, Harvard is hurt a bit by the round ar vowel. Not just once, but twice. And dont even get me started about pronouncing it with a Boston accent. But still no apologies for Harvard. A distinctive, strong sounding name.</p>
<ol>
<li>DARTMOUTH</li>
</ol>
<p>Extremely difficult to differentiate among the Phonetic Big Three. The D is an excellent, sharp consonant to start off with. The T is also a superb ending consonant. Very resonant. Trails off after that, though, to the slightly weaker mouth at the end. Not a great sound, especially the way its pronounced meth in this context. But overall, ranks right up there.</p>
<ol>
<li>PRINCETON</li>
</ol>
<p>Ladies and gentlemen, your winner. A very, very close call over Dartmouth and Harvard. But gets the nod due to the strong starting Pr consonant package and because ton is the sharpest and best of all the two syllable names second halves. Bonus points because Prince, like its namesake, simply sounds regal. Theres a reason The Princeton Review is not called The Brown Review. Crisp, clean and refreshing, Princeton has it all.</p>
<p>haha. that was so great!</p>
<p>my list goes like this:</p>
<ol>
<li>Penn (Because it's like Penn State)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (Becuase it's small and stupid)</li>
<li>Cornell (Because it's color is red and it's in NY)</li>
<li>Brown (Becuase it seems hippie. Not good Berkeley hippie, but tree-loving loser hippie)</li>
<li>Columbia (It's in NYC)</li>
<li>Princeton (The name. The color orange. And it's proximity to NYC)</li>
<li>Yale (The name. The color blue. The superstar-ness)</li>
<li>Harvard (The name. The color red. Boston. The name.)</li>
</ol>
<p>"Because it's small ad stupid"</p>
<p>Hahahaha sweeet</p>
<p>HYP are in a league of their own as Ivies.</p>
<p>Columbia and Penn fight over who gets to be the best after HYP</p>
<p>Dartmouth, Cornell, and Brown are the worst (of the best schools...but still)</p>
<p>I'm not sure how Penn really fits in that catagory (unless you're talking about wharton specifically).</p>
<p>No, Penn's college is definitely up there. It's not at the Wharton level of spectacularness, but then again neither are Darmouth Cornell or Brown...</p>