<p>In what order of prestige and influence would you rank the eight Ivy Schools?</p>
<p>Here's the way common admits seem to rank them - ie, where kid choose to go who actually HAVE a choice:</p>
<p>Does it matter?</p>
<p>When you are about to spend $200,000 on something, I'd check it out in Consumer Reports, etc to see what other buyers, and the experts, think of it.</p>
<p>Doesn't that make sense?</p>
<p>Hmm, interesting report. Very (pleasantly) surprising to see Caltech so high up, and placing right behind Harvard on almost all of the regions' lists (and mine :p).</p>
<p>Students don't necessarily choose the most "prestigious" school--there are other factors in play, such as proximity to home, financial aid, legacy influences, and so on.</p>
<p>Chicago is certainly more "prestigious" than Georgia Tech, wouldn't you say?</p>
<p>Flawed or not, the revealed preference ranking is probably one of the best indicators simply due to the fact that it gives a realistic picture of where the top applicants are going; a major component of a good school is its ability to draw the best students.</p>
<p>Everybody has their own idea of what constitutes "prestige" - but as often as not the school perceived as better, and the place where most applicants with a choice would prefer to go, is seen as having more "prestige".</p>
<p>Yeah, this report probably gives one of the most accurate measures of prestige, something esoteric and incredibly subjective, as you can want.</p>
<p>And yet, reading the report literally would make GT more pretigious than Chicago. And Johns Hopkins only slightly more than USC. And Furman more than UCLA and UM.</p>
<p>Hm.</p>
<p>There's also a section in the report that addresses regional biases, or, more clearly, it shows the preferences of students region by region. For example, in region 8, Brigham Young University suddenly jumps up to 6th choice for students there, which makes sense because lots of students in Utah want to go there. </p>
<p>I don't see why we're getting our panties in a twist. This ranking shows where students want to go. There's no arguing with the numbers. I guess you can just ignore it if you don't like it, but I don't get the sense in that.</p>
<p>Well since the OP asked me to put down what I think...
1.Harvard
2.Yale
3.Princeton
4.Columbia
5.Brown
6.UPenn
7.Dartmouth
8.Cornell</p>
<p>To be honest, I dont think it works like that. I think there are 2 tiers. The top being HYP and the next tier being the rest or "lower ivies"</p>
<p>My opinion, just for kicks:
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Columbia
5. Dartmouth
6. UPenn
7. Brown
8. Cornell</p>
<p>My Opinion, JUST FOR KICKS:
1. UPenn
2. UPenn
3. UPenn
4. UPenn
5. UPenn
6. UPenn
7. UPenn
8. Harvard</p>
<p>Well SOMEONE's a bit biased...</p>
<p>Anyway, I would say it's pointless to focus on prestige. Go for the school that's the best fit for you personally. For me that happened to be H. </p>
<p>But since we're listing them for kicks I might as well...</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Princeton/Yale</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
</ol>
<p>I see some noticeable trends. That report, while very comprehensive, was a measure of preference not prestige, right? Anyways, in terms of hear-say based on what makes it to Maine, I'd say HYP are top tier as someone said. And Cornell is always accused of "not being a true Ivy School". Since my list would resemble everyone else's, I'll list in order of name-recognition (a.k.a. 'what I used to think when I based prestige on perceived levels of snobbery'):</p>
<ol>
<li>Princeton </li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Colombia </li>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>UPenn</li>
</ol>
<p>now based on estimated level of response in my area had I gotten accepted by Ivies other than Harvard (aka "The Omigosh Factor" ):</p>
<p>1,2,3. Harvard
4. Yale
5. Dartmouth
6. Cornell
7. Princeton
8. Brown
9. Colombia
10. UPenn</p>
<p>Harvard is 7th out of 8th for name recognition? If there's one list Harvard tops, that would be it! :P</p>
<p>My personal perception:</p>
<p>1 Harvard
2 Princeton
3 Yale
4 Columbia
5 Dartmouth
6 Brown
7 Pennsylvania
8 Cornell</p>
<p>My Guess of Prestige Rank:
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Columbia
5. Dartmouth
6. Brown
7. Penn
8. Cornell</p>
<p>Influence Rank:
1. Harvard
2. Penn
3. Yale
4. Columbia
5. Princeton
6. Brown
7. Dartmouth
8. Cornell</p>