rank the ivies?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>Selectivity, pretige, quality of education, and preparation for graduate school are all very different, yet inter-related subjects.</p>

<p>If you base rankings off of far reaching prestige and word of mouth you will always come up with Harvard and MIT.</p>

<p>If quality of education and graduate school preparation are thrown into the mix, schools like Caltech will rise to the top right alongside (if not above) the big guns.</p>

<p>Deciding between colleges is a very personal thing. It can really put your ideals to the test and help you figure things out about yourself. Each school has its lists of pros and cons in relation to your personal best interests. This is prob. more true for prospective graduate students then undergrads, but undergrads who know what they want to do may find themselves in a similar situation. I've found that a tough decision between schools (if we are lucky enough to be in that situation) can help to clarify one's focus and interests. </p>

<p>Ok, no more soap boxes for me. I apologize to anyone who has had to read all of my posts in this thread in one sitting.</p>

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<p>My personal opinion:</p>

<p>Princeton
Yale
Columbia
Dartmouth
Brown
Harvard
Cornell
UPenn</p>

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<p>Opinion:</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Cornell
UPenn
Dartmouth
Brown</p>

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<p>for happiness and great undergrad experience:</p>

<p>Princeton
Princeton
Princeton
Princeton
Princeton
Princeton
Princeton
Princeton
(alumni giving 61%, by far the highest of all the ivies, according to US News & World Report. Happy students with great undergrad experiences are the most likely to give back to their school)</p>

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<p>And, of course, Princeton is nowhere near the top in Princeton Review's "Happiest Students" ranking.</p>

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<p>DARTMOUTH
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
Brown
Cornell</p>

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<p>"And, of course, Princeton is nowhere near the top in Princeton Review's 'Happiest Students' ranking."</p>

<p>actually, princeton checks in at #16, despite the methodological flaws. it also appears in the top 20 for best quality of life (#9).</p>

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<p>My opinion:</p>

<p>Princeton = Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Dartmouth
UPenn
Brown
Cornell</p>

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<p>Harvard=yale
Penn=Princeton
Brown
Columbia
Cornell</p>

<p>Darmouth is more like williams or amherst, not an ivy material.</p>

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<p>my proposed ranking:</p>

<p>Hi Ivies: HYP, Middle Ivies:PennColumbiaDarty, Lower Ivies:Brown Cornell. Two Non-Ivy Schools as good as HYP: Stanford, MIT.......
SO Long lives "HPYSM"</p>

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<p>s2mercury: You forgot about Brown. lol.</p>

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<p>True. Thing is, I never considered Brown an option. You have an idea therefore where it is on my list.</p>

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<p>s2mercury, may I ask why that is?</p>

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<p>My two cents:</p>

<p>Princeton
Yale
Harvard
Columbia
Dartmouth
UPenn
Brown
Cornell</p>

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<p>no way </p>

<p>its princeton
harvard
yale
columbia
uni. of pennsylvania
brown
dartmouth
cornell</p>

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<p>Though I also participated in this, now that the ranking has grown too much, may I ask what is the point of making this ranking? If you ask ppl's opinions about schools then you'll get different answers from different ppl. Not to mention the fact that it'll be biased towards Princeton.</p>

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<p>how i like them:</p>

<p>Yale
Brown
UPenn
Harvard
Cornell
Princeton
Columbia
Dartmouth</p>

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<p>How could you be on a Princeton forum and not put Princeton first?</p>

<p>Everyone knows that it's the best anyway.</p>

<p>My List:</p>

<p>Princeton
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The Rest</p>

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<p>Princeton = MIT
UPenn = Stanford
Harvard
Yale
Brown
Columbia
Dartmouth
Cornell</p>

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<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia=UPenn
Dartmouth
Cornell
Brown</p>

<p>im sorry i jus dnt get y brown is considered so good. can someone make me see it???</p>