Public Ivies

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<p>Now I'm a bit confused. I understand the term "public Ivy" implies a public school with an "Ivy League education (lol)" but I'm wondering if it's the education that's "Ivy League-esque" for some, because for some of those schools the elite factor certainly isn't there. I'm also a bit confused because some of these schools really don't strike me as having a reputation for being spectacular (none are bad institutions at all, though). I understand that they are all high-quality institutions, but which are considered to be the best? Are there different "tiers" of the schools, just how some consider PHY to be the "best" of the Ivy League? Is it just a buzzword? Do people forget that the Ivy League is an athletic conference? Thank you.</p>

<p>For reference: Public</a> Ivy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>

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<p>the best public ivies are generally considered to be:</p>

<p>Berkeley
<em>small gap</em>
UCLA/Michigan
<em>small gap</em>
UNC/Virginia</p>

<p>They’re more or less all peer institutions depending on what factor you’re looking at however.</p>

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<p>imo
elite public ivies: unc, uva, umich, uc berkeley, ucla, william and mary,
regular public ivies: uiuc, ut-austin, uw-madison, uw-seattle, ucsd
honorable mentions:
penn state, uminn, uci, uc davis, ucsb</p>

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<p>lol he is talking about some list of the pubic ivies some guy made up a while back:</p>

<p>College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
University of California (campuses as of 1985)
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Texas at Austin
University of Vermont (Burlington)
University of Virginia (Charlottesville)</p>

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<p>There is also a newer one with more schools.</p>