<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>Isn't anyone else just a little bit sick of these incendiary posts? I would tell you that Princeton is the best. A Yale student would tell you yale's the best. A Harvard student would tell you that Harvard's the best. The answer, though, "objectively", is that there is no objective best, there's only a subjective best--that is to say, there's only a "what's best for you." If you want rural, go to Darthmouth. If you want the big city, go to Columbia. Especially among Princeton, Harvard, and Yale, which are all equally good in their own ways, the differences are too subjective to say which one is better; one can only really judge which of the three is better for him/her. If you really doesn't understand that, then you should question what you want out of your college education. (You seem to be looking at things in a very black-and-white, overly-simplistic way.)</p>
<p>So, hopefully this post isn't followed by claims that one is better than the other. No bloodbaths needed.</p>
<p>huurah for christopher, i dont think anyone could have said it better</p>
<p>princeton =P</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>personally, i like Western Career College (gotta be the East Bay Division.... the other WCCs just dont match up).... after all, their slogan is "You can do it!"</p>
<p>the phonetic rankings are actually pretty spot on (in terms of which names simply sound the best) except i would put Columbia as number 3</p>
<p>Christopher nailed it. That's all I'm saying.</p>
<p>naw i think kellyelly's post did :p</p>
<p>True. Both did good.</p>
<p>of course someone on the princeton forum would agree with the phonetic rankings...:P</p>
<p>SO I'm guessing we shouldn't change the name to arinceton?</p>