Rival Schools (in terms of Academics, NOT Sport)

College Search & Selection
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<p>curious why you'd spend your time debating this...can someone explain why they're interested in this thread</p>

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<p>because we're bored...</p>

<p>in my case, I have an accounting project due in a couple days and I've been waiting for the past 15 minutes for the Exxon Annual Report to open. Crappy slow computers. :mad:</p>

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<p>I'd say there's also a Pomona/HMC rivalry. I've read stories about it and it gets pretty heated.</p>

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<p>Yes... the "Universities of Chicago" would have been something.</p>

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<p>but I'm actually kinda glad they didn't b/c Chicago would have been graduate only, and I really want Chicago for undergrad...</p>

<p>That would have been crazy though. I don't think US News would even have to bother with rankings after that. There's no way Hahvad could beat two top 20 schools combined - especially NU and Chicago.</p>

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<p>South Alabama Community College/South Harmon Insitute of Technology (from that movie)</p>

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<p>Stonehill/Merrimack</p>

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<p>Holy Cross/Colgate, Lafayette/Lehigh, Wesleyan/Trinity, Bates/Colby, W&M/Richmond.</p>

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<p>trinity/conn college</p>

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<p>There has always been a "friendly" rivalry between Cornell and Harvard, probably more of it due to the notorious hockey games over the years rather than academics. Cornell and Columbia have strong affiliations with each other--their medical schools share the same teaching hospitals, and I never got the impression that there was any rivalry between those two.</p>

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<p>What would Reed's rival be, if any?</p>

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<p>Reed's rival: West Point. A battle to the death for the hearts and minds of America's youth.</p>

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<p>Harvard/Yale
Berkeley/Stanford
UCLA/USC
Chicago/Northwestern
Duke/UNC-CH
MIT/CalTech
UVA/W&M
U Penn/Princeton
Columbia/Barnard
Arizona/ASU
Texas/Texas A&M
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<p>the list continues</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure Rice has no real rival, simply because it rocks hardcore.</p>

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<p>Stanford's tried to stomp down Berkeley, but it just wont stay down....anywho...</p>

<p>Amherst vs. Williams (Swat seems to be a one-sided rivalry, and both schools seem to joke about Wesleyan flattering itself by thinking their in rivalry w/ either AWS.</p>

<p>"Stonehill/Merrimack"</p>

<p>LOL, Merrimack, a Lawrence name I hear all too often.</p>

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<p>the penn v princeton thing is mainly basketball</p>

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<p>...And mainly Penn hating on Princeton.... :rolleyes:</p>

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There is a Harvard/MIT rivalry. And I have heard all the prank stories already.

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<p>Well, I haven't really heard anything about it. Maybe it's a small side-rivalry. Like UCLA/Berkeley or Harvard/Cornell. Really, Harvard is rivals with Yale and MIT rivals with CalTech.</p>

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Just to clear things up, there is no such thing as a Chicago/Northwestern rivalry. They are polar opposites when you think about it: Chicago is the anti-Northwestern and Northwestern the anti-Chicago. They generally don't even acknowledge the other's existence.

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<p>Hmm. I heard from a Northwestern and I think a University of Chicago student that there is a rivalry. ::shrug::</p>

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I think the Penn/Princeton rivalry is pretty one sided....

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<p>I don't think 3 spots apart on the rankings makes the rivalry "one-sided" (yes I know U Penn is ranked too high on the U.S. News Rankings). They are both two of the best Universities in the nation.</p>

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<p>UC Santa Cruz/ UC Davis</p>

<p>^ Or at least that's what the CC trolls have me believing. :eek:</p>

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<p>UCLA and UCB are rivals in academics as well as in athletics...
UCLA and USC are rivals in athletics only. :rolleyes:</p>