<p>just curious how yall think hehe</p>
<p>in terms of how much i like them? :)</p>
<p>harvard
dartmouth
princeton
columbia
yale
upenn
brown
cornell</p>
<p>Per how I like them, </p>
<p>princeton
yale
columbia
upenn
brown
harvard
dartmouth
cornell</p>
<p>How like them:</p>
<p>Princeton
Yale
Cornell
Brown
UPenn
Harvard
Columbia
Dartmouth</p>
<p>how i like them...
yale
penn
dartmouth/brown
princeton
harvard
columbia
cornell</p>
<p>objectively...
harvard
princeton = yale
penn
dartmouth
brown = columbia
cornell</p>
<p>hmm i would rank it as </p>
<p>princeton
harvard
yale
columbia
cornell
dartmouth
u penn
brown</p>
<p>Princeton=Yale
Upenn
Harvard
The rest</p>
<p>how come upenn is ranked so high? bcuz of us new ranking?? haha</p>
<p>No, because it is a really good school and because Harvard sucks.</p>
<p>Princeton
Yale
Harvard
Dartmouth
UPenn
Brown
Columbia
Cornell</p>
<p>Princeton
Upenn
Harvard
Yale
Brown
Dartmouth
Columbia
Cornell</p>
<p>These are always so subjective, but here it goes...</p>
<p>Personally:
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Columbia
Brown
Penn
Dartmouth</p>
<p>Trying to be objective:
Princeton
Yale
Harvard
Columbia
Cornell
Penn
Dartmouth
Brown</p>
<p>The Ivy rankings vary greatly with area of interest. You must take into account your field and career objectives. Going to grad school is very different than wanting to get a job afterward. Astrophysics, for example, has a very different ranking system than History.</p>
<p>It is my opinion is that there is a large difference between selectivity and ranking. The best school for you is not the most selective one you can get into. I personally choose to go to a "lower" ranked Ivy after getting accepted to the majority of the "top" Ivies (according to your lists below). I could not be happier and have found success that I know I could not have achieved at a different institution.</p>
<p>If you know your research interests, make sure to take them into account before making your decision.</p>
<p>With that said, I am suprised to see where people place Cornell. I wonder if this is based on selectivity or more solid foundations. In terms of research potential (perhaps the most important prerequisite for graduate school acceptance in engineering and science), I would put Cornell above every other Ivy. </p>
<p>From the prospective of a academically inclined career (this is very subjective and can change based on personal interests and research):</p>
<p>Undergraduate Education:</p>
<p>For Engineers:
Princeton
Cornell
UPenn
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Columbia
Brown</p>
<p>For Physical and Applied Science (Astronomy, Bio, etc.):
Harvard
Princeton
Cornell
Dartmouth
Brown
Yale
Columbia
Upenn</p>
<p>For the Humanities
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Dartmoth
Brown
Cornell
Columbia
UPenn</p>
<p>For Graduate Education (Things change significantly here):</p>
<p>This is really hard to do because in graduate school you have to rank departments instead of divisions (example: Aerospace Engineering or BioEngineering vs. Engineering in general)</p>
<p>For Engineers:
Princeton (Aerospace)
Cornell (Engineering Physics)
UPenn
Columbia
Harvard
Brown
Yale</p>
<p>For Physical and Applied Science:
Cornell (Astronomy, Experimental Physics, Bio, etc.)
Harvard (Theoretical Physics, Biophysics, Etc.)
Brown
Princeton (Physics and Math are #1)
Columbia
Upenn
Dartmouth
Yale</p>
<p>For Humanities:
Harvard
Yale
Brown
Cornell
Dartmouth
Princeton
Columbia
UPenn</p>
<p>The reason for the vast difference (at least in my opinion) is that research is so much more important in graduate school. School's like Cornell and UPenn are huge research institutions and have more labs to offer than some of the other Ivies. </p>
<p>Well, these are my viewpoints anyway. I know that they are unconvential, but I do feel that selectivity and pretige are not the most important factors to consider. What is important is the number of opportunities a school can give you to go above and beyond.</p>
<p>yepp i agree with forgradadvice. cornell is very underrated just bcuz of their selectivity. it's really big on research and such. and i heard people there work really really hard cuz of their grade deflation.</p>
<p>Personally:</p>
<p>Cornell
Yale / Harvard
U Penn
Columbia
Brown
Princeton
Dartmouth</p>
<p>My ranking (in the perspective of someone who is looking to study Biology or Ecology & Evolutionary Biology). However, I will include non-Ivies as well, but only private universities.</p>
<p>Princeton (has best Undergrad research ops. and research abroad)
Stanford = MIT
Cornell (has Animal Science, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Yale
Harvard
Columbia = Brown
Dartmouth
UPenn (although has a lot of options for other types of biology, like Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biological Basis of Behavior (BBB).</p>
<p>Ranking Ivy+2 for undergrad, IMO:</p>
<p>Princeton
MIT
Brown
Stanford
Harvard = Yale
the rest</p>
<p>Personally:</p>
<p>Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Penn
Dartmouth
Columbia
Brown
Cornell</p>
<p>This thread will get very messy if people start including other universities/institutes, but I have to ask....</p>
<p>If people start including Stanford and MIT, how can you leave out Caltech?</p>
<p>yeaaa i guess caltech is really prestigious even though it's not as internationally as famous as stanford and mit. but caltech is stilll awesome~~</p>