<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>Oh, come on...is this even a question among the general public? Everyone knows Yale is the best. [/sarcasm]</p>
<p>I'm too tired to debate at the moment, so I'll let someone else take over...</p>
<p>Ok, so which do you think is the worst</p>
<p>I don't really know much about the other Ivys besides HYP, but Cornell is the easiest to get into. Then again, it's also the biggest.</p>
<p>I don't know if you can say "best" or "worst".</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>I don't know for sure, but something tells me that monkeyman is a junior or younger, since it seems like he's caught up in the college craze while not remembering that it's not the college, but what one gets out of his experience at the college, that really counts, and all of these colleges offer different (not better or worse) experiences.</p>
<p>I'm inclined to agree, although I'll point out that HYP are of very similar quality and are perceived by the public as the "best." It shouldn't be about image, though - research colleges (NOT just Ivy League colleges, mind you) and then decide which is the "best" for you.</p>
<p>uhhh.... remember that "ivy league" is just an athletic conference of the oldest schools in the country, not an objective list of the 8 best schools in the country. It would be nothing short of stupid to equate them with "best."
Obviously, HYP are the most prestigious, but the others offer unique experiences that might be better taylored to you, and they are great schools. </p>
<p>amongst HYP, Harvard is the oldest, its in Cambridge, the students are incredilble, but it tends not to focus at all on its undergraduates, even though they are high acheivers.</p>
<p>Princeton has a great location, some really impressive deparments, and a reputation for being more preppy and exclusive. they've got those eating clubs remember.</p>
<p>that said Yale is actually the best, in terms of its undergraduate philosophy, its housing system, its extracurricular range, its faculty and the happiness quotient of its students. </p>
<p>but my answer isn't of much use to you, now is it, because obviously, I go to Yale and wouldn't say or believe anything else.</p>
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that said Yale is actually the best, in terms of its undergraduate philosophy, its housing system, its extracurricular range, its faculty and the happiness quotient of its students.
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Well said. :)</p>
<p>Oh, I second That :)</p>
<p>I'm sure everyone here agrees that Yale is the best...:)</p>
<p>But with that said, let's let this thread die. We all know from experience it won't get anything done!</p>