<p>which ones are more liberal? which schools have hot guys/girls? is one school more technology-oriented, whereas one is more artsy? ALSO which are the easiest/hardest to get into? be honest please.</p>
<p>I might be wrong, but this is what I've heard:</p>
<p>Liberal (in order from most left to most right):
Brown
Columbia
Yale
UPenn
Harvard
Cornell
Princeton
Dartmouth</p>
<p>There are rough estimations, and really no Ivy is really conservative.</p>
<p>As far as hardest to get into:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Brown
Dartmouth
UPenn
Cornell</p>
<p>Tech-oriented:
Princeton has an awesome engineering program.
Cornell has lots of engineering, and some other great science programs.</p>
<p>Social Sciences:
Yale, Harvard, and Columbia stand out in my mind.</p>
<p>Performing arts:
Yale is probably tops here.</p>
<p>Again, I am basing this on what I have heard from guidebooks and stuff, so don't freak out when all of the stereotypes are totally wrong anyways.</p>
<p>BMWdan gives Yale too much credit.</p>
<p>bmwdan13 is 100% correct, in my opinion. Well, maybe 95% correct as Princeton & Dartmouth are more conservative than liberal.</p>
<p>I might have given Yale too much credit on the performing arts- I'm not sure what some other the other Ivies have there. But I'd say Yale, Harvard, and Columbia (in no particular order, mind you) seem to have the best social sciences departments. </p>
<p>icy9ff8- You're right, I have heard that Dartmouth and Princeton are a little on the conservative side. I've also heard that they have tipped left quite a bit, though... I haven't visited very extensively, so I can't be sure.</p>
<p>Dartmouth actually has become very liberal in the last ten years. In 2000 it was 77% for Gore, 11% Nadar. In 2004 almost 85% voted for Kerry. Only 13% of the senior class identified themselves as republicans in a recent survey of the last graduating class. So it hardly leans conservative.</p>
<p>For colleges, the vast majority of students are going to be liberal in general, so a vocal conservative student body that is really only as little as 30-40% can sometimes seem like a majority.
I doubt that any single Ivy League school has a conservative majority.</p>
<p>Any stats for Ron Paul support at the Ivies available? :P</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are the best 3 - that's pretty obvious. Harvard obviously has reputation and strong graduate programs/professional schools, Princeton for undergrad education and Yale for humanities. Then I'd put Columbia and Dartmouth in the middle...thing about Columbia is that it doesn't really have anything it's notable other than its overall reputation. Dartmouth is great but small and isolated from urban areas. Cornell, U Penn, and Brown are the lower tier. Brown is "independent" and "liberal"; Cornell is a quasi-public school, and U Penn is just big.</p>
<p>The hardest to get into are the HYP schools - Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. It's ironic that the acronym is "hype", since the overall quality of education that HYP offers is, if anything, grossly underrated.</p>
<p>Underrated? Did you mean overrated?</p>
<p>I read this some time ago (don't ask me where, I forgot):</p>
<p>Harvard - Preternaturally intelligent or good-looking, never more than one of the two; invariably arrogant
Yale - Plain vanilla of the Ivies. Not as arrogant as Harvies (barely), also not as pretentious as Princeys (again, barely)
Princeton - Tweed jackets. Uses "sport" as every part of speech. Would hunt quail if they had the stamina to carry a gun. Four names.
Columbia - NYC, baby! (aka. Yale's waitlist)
Dartmouth - madman in the wilderness, mumbling to himself
UPenn - Big and dumb. Really good at finance, though! Just like an autistic savant.
Cornell - Tries hard to hide hick accent.</p>
<p>Lol Gaimanfan is right on. Or should I say "spot on."</p>
<p>If they were ppl, stereotype
Princeton: aristocrat
Havard: president
Yale: artist
Cornell: technik
Upenn: high salary employee
Dartsmouth: president of a historical uni</p>
<p>cornell isn't "quasi-public" though</p>
<p>I like GaimanFan's username :) Do you read Neil Gaiman's blog?</p>
<p>gmf08, you are hilarious.</p>
<p>hey gaimanfan u forgot brown! just saying =D</p>
<p>Sorry:</p>
<p>Brown - Ivy league for slackers. No requirements, no underwear.</p>
<p>I hear Yale is harder to get in than Harvard :O
But that's just hearsay.</p>
<p>Gaiman, those stereotypes are freaking awesome ;D
I apped for one Ivy, Cornell, but not expecting to get in or attend.</p>
<p>I LOVE that GaimanFan was able to wittily stereotype/mock ALL the Ivies without offending anyone! That is a skill.</p>