<p>UVA
William and Mary
Duke
UNC
Georgetown
Villanova
NYU
Davidson
Cornell
WashU
Wake Forest</p>
<p>are these where you are considering?? it's a little strange to see William and Mary on the same list as cornell and nyu.</p>
<p>i am considering some of these schools yes, but mostly its jus an accletic grouping of schools that generally fall somewhere between 10-30 nationally</p>
<p>Based on what, overall academics?</p>
<p>Duke
Cornell
Wash U
Georgetown
UVA
Davidson
William and Mary
Wake Forest
UNC
NYU</p>
<p>This is in order of academics, all tough schools, maybe consider more safeties if this is your entire list and you aren't instate.</p>
<p>villanova is the safety as a double legacy....</p>
<p>Duke
Cornell/WashU
Georgetown/Virginia
William and Mary/Davidsion
NYU/UNC
Wake Forest
Villanova</p>
<p>Well, just academically speaking, it would be:</p>
<p>Cornell/Duke (Cornell is better than Duke in most fields though)
Georgetown
Wash U. (if as good as claimed, who knows?)
Virginia/W&M/Davidson/UNC/Wake/NYU (a matter of preference/major)
Villanova</p>
<p>I kept Duke above Cornell on any overall list as it seems better based on most types of data</p>
<p>What field are you interested in btw?
Engineering=Cornell
Social Sciences or PreMed = Duke, then Georgetown or WashU</p>
<p>Cornell engineering is its strongest area</p>
<p>political science or history</p>
<p>Cornell doesnt have political science, its one of the pretentious schools that calls it government .. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I'd go to Duke, Georgetown, WashU, or Cornell for those majors....</p>
<p>It's still a strong department, though, regardless of the name.</p>
<p>I do not doubt the strength of the department; I just think it pretentious.</p>
<p>wm is also a "gov" major but u know wat i mean</p>
<p>Cornell and Duke both have top five English departments, so you can't go wrong with either there. Georgetown reigns supreme in foreign service. Cornell is top five in many fields, mostly in the bio sciences and the humanities/languages...refer to the threads from "collegehelp" concerning the Gourman Report. I believe it has more top five rankings than any Ivy. Duke doesn't have many top programs, surprisingly. It's very good all around though, and it has a world class med school.</p>
<p>Do you plan to go to grad school?</p>
<p>Don't worry about specific departments at the undergrad level, just the overall strength of the student body is a good indicator of strength of academic departments - at the grad level, specific departments are more important. Out of the schools you listed, Duke's is the strongest using most common indicators (how many students go onto top professional schools, average SATs, number of National Merit scholars, number of Rhodes, Marshall, or Truman Scholars which are geared towards students pursuing public service).</p>
<p>Is pre-law one of your options?</p>
<p>wow.. people should not be putting down villanova. they probably don't know much about them to begin with, but villanova is a great school.</p>
<p>anyways.. here's how i would rank them.</p>
<p>Duke
Cornell
WashU
Georgetown
UVA
Villanova
NYU
UNC
William and Mary
Wake Forest</p>
<p>i am not too familar with davidson, so i didn't include it.</p>
<p>i am planning on grad school and pre law is not rele an option...</p>
<p>One of my best friends goes to Nova, she graduated 3rd and got a 1400 on her SATs, and she doesn't hesitate to say how there are many great kids at Nova.</p>
<p>i dont knock Nova, i would put it above NYU UNC and maybe Wake Forest, but i know that its poly sci program does not garner the presitge of the other schools.</p>