<p>i am a bit biased, but here's my ranking:</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Yale/Penn</li>
<li>Dartmouth/Princeton</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Cornell/Brown</li>
</ol>
<p>Ranking methodology.. well, I ranked schools with the most $$ for research/medicine and stuff. Also, by reading the brochures, i feel that some schools expose undergrads a lot more to research stuff.</p>
<p>If this is not an Ivy forum, I would put in WUStL and Duke near Yale. :)</p>
<p>My ranking for sciences/medicine/research is:</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard/Cornell</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>UPenn/Columbia/Yale/Brown</li>
<li>Dartmouth </li>
</ol>
<p>Minus Harvard and Cornell though, the Ivy Leagues would be not be very good in sciences/medicine/research.</p>
<p>How so? I thought Yale and Penn were great in sciences/medicine/research.. hm</p>
<p>no, yale is terrible in the sciences
they are currently allotting a TON of money to the sciences, but they are still catching up with harvard and columbia</p>
<p>I have to put Princeton at #1...princeton has the best research opportunities in math and science. Then: </p>
<p>Harvard
Columbia
Yale
Penn
Cornell
Brown/Dartmouth</p>
<p>i dont see how you can put Dartmouth and Brown above Cornell in terms of research...Cornell has much more resources and opportunities for this</p>
<p>Cornell has the second best engineering dept of the ivies, and it is first or second in most science disciplines for the ivies. </p>
<p>I don't understand why Cornell is considered to be so "low" in the east coast. Us west coasters consider Cornell to be above Brown and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Speak for yourself! I'm from the West Coast, and I definitely stick Cornell @ the bottom of the Ivy heap (which is not to say it's bad).</p>
<p>^ Where did u go to school? I went to Berkeley. The perception is that Cornell is quite a good school because of their focus on academic research. Most of the people I know have not heard of Brown or Dartmouth.</p>
<p>BTW in case you haven't noticed, this ranking is based on science/medicine/research. Yes, you either did not notice, or do not know much about research reputations of the ivies.</p>
<p>Cornell should definitely be above Brown...regarding Dartmouth, it depends what career you want to go into...Dartmouth has a better alumni network and better recruiting for business, which might not mean anything to you if you're interested in research and science, in which case you should go to cornell...everything works out.</p>