Ranking the Ivies

College Search & Selection
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<p>Just for the hell of it, I'm posting this. It will probably cause some debate, and Cal will somehow be brought into it, and possibly Michigan, UNC and Georgetown. </p>

<p>Anyway,</p>

<p>How would you rank the Ivies? (prestige, rankings, whatever) I don't care about the HYP or whatever. Just your personal gut feeling is what I'm looking for.</p>

<p>For instance,</p>

<p>Personally,</p>

<p>I would probably say:</p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Princeton
(yeah, I know, there is no real argument up top)</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Dartmouth (I don't think anyone outside of academia knows Dartmouth is even an Ivy)</li>
</ol>

<p>It's really tough to rank any of the non-Harvards, Yales, and Princetons ahead of Cornell because of Cornell's top programs. </p>

<p>I just don't think a school with some of the country's best programs could be the "worst" in a category, even if it is the Ivy league. Most people will probably put Cornell at the bottom of the list. </p>

<p>Don't forget, the Big Red made it to the Sweet 16. That's a bigger feat than any of the other schools in the past few years (haha).</p>

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<p>What an original thread. I’ve never seen a query similar to yours on CC.</p>

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<p>why do we always have to debate this over and over again?..</p>

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<p>I just want to know. And, well, if you look at the previous posts, none of them actually debate this actual topic. It ventures off into saying “Oh, Cal is the best because A, B, and C”, or “Stanford is better because it’s higher ranked”. </p>

<p>That’s why Pierre. How’s Belmont? Beautiful town.</p>

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<p>Wow, thank you for finding those for me.</p>

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<p>Glad to know that my ability to use the search function has helped you.</p>

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<p>^ It’s a rare talent.</p>

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<p>To this day, I still have no idea where this search function is.</p>

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<p>I lol’d. Says something about its alums.</p>

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<p>Okay, I’ll actually contribute a meaningful observation.</p>

<p>You rank Dartmouth too low, because it has always been, and continues to be, a bastion of WASP privilege, a breeding and rearing ground for prep school brats and kids from wealthy families. It’s a feeder school to Wall Street, and has respectable Business and Medical schools.</p>

<ol>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Cornell (reputable grad programs–though aren’t as well-respected as those of C+P–superior international rep, but state school-like UG, still stands above Dartmouth and Brown because it fulfills its purpose as a national research university)</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Brown</li>
</ol>

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<p>Remix!</p>

<ol>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Harvard</li>
</ol>

<p>The above list is purely based on prestige.</p>