<p>and it’s pointless to talk about how Cornell doesn’t “deserve” to be in the ivy league, too bad it’s in a football league…</p>
<p>and why can’t the Cornellians defend their school when all the elitists are looking down at their school because it’s the “worst of the best” constantly? Isn’t it just like how U penn students wear that “not penn state” shirt because people constantly confuse upenn with penn state? It’s not even practical to compare Cornell to the other ivies because it’s simply a different school</p>
<p>meangirl, just curious… lets assume you went to either H, Y or P. Let us assume you did really well on the LSAT. Ok… so you are a smart person. What I don’t understand is why you have the need to put down other schools… especially a school like Cornell which is (regardless of being a relatively easy Ivy to get into) a great school. </p>
<p>I am even afraid to ask what your opiniong are of state schools. Stop the hate.</p>
<p>It is really amazing to me that a bunch of teenagers think they know how to judge colleges and universities. By everyone who matters in the professional world, Rutgers is an excellent school. Their graduates go on to do great things, and Rutgers has one of the most successful rates with their students getting accepted and completing graduate and professional schools at some the most prestigous universities in the USA and Canada (McGill University). Be very careful listening to unresearched information. Rutgers has a history of excellent. I am an alumnus Harvard and Princeton, and if my kids decide to attend Rutgers, I would be a very proud parent. Rutgers is tops in English, Math, Physics, Foreign Languages (French, Spanish and Italian), Women Studies, Philosophy, Fine Arts) and the list goes on and on. Rutgers alumni also receive one of the highest salary in the nation. The school’s return on salary based on cost to go to Rutgers is outstanding. Also their law school graduates are outstanding legal scholars, many teach law and sit on the some of the highest courts of the land. Do your homework. Yes, UNC, UC Berk Mich, WM, UCLA, ILL, are all great schools, however, Rutgers is just as well known as those schools, and has a living and very active alumni to prove it. If all of this was not true, Rutgers would not be able to attract some of the best minds on their faculty. In many departments, Rutgers faculty can not be matched. It has one of the largest body of world renowned scholars, so you tell me is Rutgers an excellent school. </p>
<p>Finally, if Rutgers were not an excellent school, please explain to me why so many Ivy alumni flock there to teach. In every department, more than half of their faculty members are alumni for Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Penn, and so on.</p>
<p>I think Rutgers is a good school but we already have Princeton in NJ so no need for a ‘public ivy’. If anything most people from my town in NJ view TCNJ as being the second best school in the state besides Princeton. TCNJ is much more selective aside from the Pharmd program at RU and possibly engineering. Everyone I know that was accepted to TCNJ also got into Rutgers but it was not always the case in reverse. Rutgers is oldest, larger, and has a more established national reputation than TCNJ though.</p>