**RESULTS: Rank the Ivy and Pseudo-Ivy League**

College Search & Selection
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<p>In my previous thread I asked everyone to rank the Ivy League and Pseudo-Ivy League based on prestige. I have compiled the results from more than 20 different responses in order to present a clear list. </p>

<p>To prevent any confusion, I should clarify that the number to the right of the hyphen simply represents the school's average ranking. A university can have an average rank of 6.8 and still be ranked number 3. If you are confused by this clarification, please post something and I will do my best to explain my methodology.</p>

<p>The list is:</p>

<h1>1: Harvard - 1.05 (with the exception of rtgrove (a kid obsessed with Princeton), the decision was unanimous)</h1>

<h1>2: Yale - 3.05</h1>

<h1>3: Stanford - 3.45</h1>

<h1>4: Princeton - 3.5</h1>

<h1>5: MIT - 4.4</h1>

<h1>6: Columbia - 7.0</h1>

<h1>7: UPenn - 8.25</h1>

<h1>8: Cal Tech - 8.35</h1>

<h1>9: Brown - 8.72</h1>

<h1>10: Dartmouth - 10.44</h1>

<h1>11: University of Chicago - 11.11</h1>

<h1>12: Cornell - 11.55</h1>

<h1>13: Duke - 12.0</h1>

<h1>14: Northwestern - 13.625</h1>

<h1>15: Johns Hopkins - 14.75</h1>

<h1>16: Washington University at Saint Louis - 16.0</h1>

<h1>17: NYU - 17.15 (this value is distorted because if I hadn't told people to rank it, it wouldn't have made the list).</h1>

<p>???: Berkley - Not enough values (my apologies for not including it in the list).</p>

<p>I suggest making an Excell column graph (with university name in descending order on the x-axis and average ranking on the y-axis), it really pronounces the differences. The trends are very interesting. If you graph it, then you can really see some distinct "tiers."</p>

<p>Post your thoughts.</p>

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<p>By the way, I posted this thread so that I could determine whether or not I chose the right school to attend. I was accepted into Cornell, Duke, JHU, Northwestern, WuSTL, NYU, CMC (and a couple others). I decided to go to Cornell (although I will go to Brown or Dartmouth if I get off their waiting lists). I think it has a more enduring reputation.</p>

<p>Thanks for all of the responses. I think I will do more statistical analysis like standard deviation (to see which school has the most consistency)</p>

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<p>Cool idea, that’s a really interesting graph! Be careful choosing colleges based on this, of course…</p>

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<p>Or, you could have just consulted the Chronicle of Higher Education’s “USNWR Rankings Through the Years.”</p>

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<p>But it’s interesting to see the average (or, well, average on CC) person’s perception of prestige.</p>

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<p>^ Interesting, but hopefully not relevant to actual decision-making.</p>

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<p>eeeexactly.</p>

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<p>The top 10 part looks %100 legitimate to me, I won’t be ranking it that way, but people’s perception are pretty much like that I guess.</p>

<p>The fact that Harvard is #1(prestige ONLY, I turned it down for Yale, and I’m a 2014er.) H and Y being the first 2, the very close difference between Stanford and Princeton, and the data that shows the somewhat large gap between HYSPM and the other great schools.</p>

<p>It looks legitimate so far :D</p>

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<p>lol at 800orBust. Could very well be the most meaningless post this year, especially considering how you spammed this in multiple forums.</p>

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<p>Your list has a .79 correlation with the U.S. News rankings, which is an extraordinarily high correlation coefficient. Knock NYU off the end (#17 in your list, #32 in U.S. News’), and the correlation rises to .82.</p>