<p>Rank the Ivies considering their A. social life (parties, fun, etc.) B. Hotness of their females</p>
<ol>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>UPenn</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
</ol>
<p>thats a somewhat bizaare ranking.</p>
<p>meet "posterX," aka "brownalum" (and a couple dozen other aliases over the years). most take his bizarreness for granted by now.</p>
<p>It depends on what you desire by way of "social life." If by "social life" you mean on-campus happenings, then places like Harvard and Columbia are hurt because frankly, with so much awesome stuff going on in Boston and NYC, I'm thinking its hard to keep everybody on campus for a weekend. At Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale, on the other hand, college students don't foray as far from their central campus, and so there is more of an on-campus social scene / community vibe. But if you want tons and tons and tons of fun stuff to do, even at the expense of perhaps a community feel, then a larger city might really be the place for you.</p>
<p>Anyhow, since I can't have much by way of an objective opinion, having yet to attend one of these universities let alone all eight, I thought I'd give you the Sports Illustrated rankings of the most fun Ivies to road trip to (remember: this is road trip, not live).</p>
<p>Its rankings are: Yale, Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, Harvard, UPenn, Columbia</p>
<p>I found the article less useful as a ranking tool (though of course I took the requisite pride in Yale's being #1) then for it's descriptions of some of the happenings on each of the campuses (the article offers both a brief description, and later a 500 word blurb on each of the schools).</p>
<p>Also, here's a Daily Princetonian editorial on the article:
<a href="http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/10/18/sports/13493.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/10/18/sports/13493.shtml</a></p>
<p>That author has a lot of difficulty accepting Brown as higher ranked than Princeton (and brings up the interesting point that the author of the SI article was a 2004 Brown grad).</p>
<p>All the best,
DMW</p>
<p>"DON'T PACK: Anything crimson. To say that Yale students have a slight inferiority complex when it comes to Harvard is an understatement."</p>
<p>I am well aware of that quote, scottie. I'm not sure what prompted you to post it, however (other than a desire to bash Yale) - this thread is on social life, not on the the "Yale inferiority complex."</p>
<p>DMW</p>
<p>just a line in the linked piece i found amusing, in light of recent posts here on the topic. certainly, the piece is largely positive.</p>
<p>So, the writer from Princeton and the writer from Brown both agreed that Yale was by far the best Ivy for social life. And both said Harvard shuts down early. No surprise there because it's true.</p>
<p>not exactly.</p>
<p>"I'm even willing to [<em>]grant[</em>] that Yale [<em>]may[</em>] be a better sports road trip destination than Princeton. The historic Yale Bowl is an amazing place to watch college football, students pack beautiful Payne-Whitney Gym for basketball games and I've been to a few good parties (without getting mugged) during my forays to New Haven."</p>
<p>I agree with Scottie. The words "by far" were never used by either, and the Prince writer was willing to accept that it could be credibly asserted that Yale was a better road trip destination than Princeton. Not that it was true. Again, I think the article is more interesting for its specific depiction of each college, not its rankings.</p>
<p>It seems I've added an article that is getting cited across the boards. Sorry to add fuel to the fire.</p>
<p>Best,
DMW</p>