<p>I know it is meaningless to compare one Ivy to another.
However, I am just wondering which school has the strongest alumni connection among them.</p>
<p>Probably Princeton and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>im pretty sure princeton is number one in the country for alumni donations (i think in US News there is a ranking?)</p>
<p>Rank of Ivies by alumni giving from US News (rank among all schools in parentheses)
1. Princeton (1st overall)
2. Dartmouth (2nd overall)
3. Yale (4th overall)
4. Harvard (6th overall)
5. Penn (7th overall)
6. Brown (10th overall)
7 (tie). Columbia (16th overall)
7 (tie). Cornell (16th overall)</p>
<p>From personal observation, I would say Princeton at #1 makes a lot of sense, as does Columbia and Cornell at the bottom. With the remainder, its hard to tell, but overall, I would say that US News' ranking by giving rate fits with most anecdotal evidence I have.</p>
<p>Both in objective data (percent donating), general information (percent attending reunions), and anecdotal experience (strength of social networks as I've seen), etc...</p>
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<li>Princeton and Dartmouth</li>
<li>Yale</li>
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<p>Just a note, the overall rankings that svalbardlutefisk gives include "national universities" only. There are a couple LAC's that would rank above Princeton if included. Amherst, for instance, is 2nd among LAC's at 62%, which beats Princeton's 61%. I'm not sure who number one is because I don't have access to the full rankings.</p>
<p>Alumni Connections and strength are super important... like I know people who were given jobs (by other alumni) for just being a graduate of ABC Univ.)</p>
<p>Do you really believe that the "Ivies alumni connection" rankings have any real meaning?</p>
<p>I would not be so quick to discount alumni connections, Reyngold. Certain schools with strong, active alumni networks are extremely helpful in landing internships and employment opportunities. Outside of the crawling vine league, Notre Dame, USC, and Michigan come to mind as school with very prominent networks.</p>
<p>Lol at my firm we have 100% of the recent hires from two Ivies, all based on alumni connections.</p>
<p>Does anyone have the (complete/quasi-complete) rankings of Alumni Giving Rate?</p>
<p>I came across one, does anyone have a bigger one though?</p>
<p>Catfish,</p>
<p>Carleton holds the #1 position for giving at 65%. With a very loyal alumni base, it's a position it's held for several years now.</p>
<p>"Lol at my firm we have 100% of the recent hires from two Ivies, all based on alumni connections."</p>
<p>the top firms in most fields all have very diverse incomming classes. I would guess your firm isn't one of them based on this data, no?</p>
<p>I would like to know what the Princeton Alumni Office does to funnel in money from such a high percentage of alums. I've talked to countless alums from the Ivies, and the Princeton ones don't seem substantially more satisfied with their alma mater than the others, so why the substantially larger giving rate?</p>
<p>Private Equity...already have been through the big firm jobs...</p>
<p>"I've talked to countless alums from the Ivies, and the Princeton ones don't seem substantially more satisfied with their alma mater than the others, so why the substantially larger giving rate?"</p>
<p>marketing ploys. 100 people giving $5 gives you some great stats for US News and "% of satisfied alumni" ratings. Also, the more people you have making calls to fewer people (a la smaller school), the higher % you can draw in. </p>
<p>A place like Cornell, on the other hand, suffers in this regard. A fewer % of alumni are solicited, at least according to university statement. Cornell is pursuiting the big ticket donors, and accordingly they're bringing in an average of $1,200,000 a DAY.</p>
<p>So far, I've had really good luck with alumni connections at Cornell. It's what got me my current internship and what I'll use when I graduate this december.</p>
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I would like to know what the Princeton Alumni Office does to funnel in money from such a high percentage of alums. I've talked to countless alums from the Ivies, and the Princeton ones don't seem substantially more satisfied with their alma mater than the others, so why the substantially larger giving rate?
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<p>A little cynical aren't we? Of course, given your post history regarding Princeton, it's no surprise. </p>
<p>As for alumni offices, you really think that, say, Stanford's alumni relation people sit in an office and whistle, waiting for a check to come in? They're all playing the same game, my friend.</p>
<p>By the way, if you're dying to meet exceptionally happy Princetonians, stop by reunions some time. You'll meet tens of thousands of them.</p>
<p>P.S. I'll willingly admit my own skew: I'm a exiting-freshman/incoming sophomore at Princeton who got a great internship at a Private Equity shop from an alum, and I'm spending my summer abroad in Hong Kong/Singapore. And you know what? I'm not the only one who got help from an alum.</p>
<p>Apologies if the last post seemed hostile; I get annoyed when someone with a history of bad-mouthing a university goes at it again.</p>