<p>Northwestern, UChicago, Rice, Emory, Stanford, Duke, MIT, UCLA, UCB, Michigan, NYU…the list goes on. Some of these schools might even be just as hard, or harder to get in compared to the Ivies, since the Ivies are actually quite a diverse set of schools. Smaller schools like Williams, Amherst and Colgate also come into mind. </p>
<p>By Ivy experience–do you just mean the type of fellow students you’ll be living with/going to class with? If so…any of the above would do. If you’re looking for a specific type of living experience–i.e. big city, urban, rural, easy public transport, car required etc.–then “Ivy experience” really doesn’t mean anything.</p>