What Is Each Ivy League U Known For?

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<p>For instance, which majors does each school specialize in:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
UPenn
Brown
Cornell
Dartmouth
Columbia</p>

<p>And also which Ivies have the best student life, undergraduate program, teachers, dorms, etc.</p>

<p>PS: I've always thought about being a doctor one day. Would it be pointless to go to a college like Harvard (or any Ivy) if I'm just going to pursue a career in health anyways.
Thanks in Advance</p>

<p>*Sorry I didn't know where else to post this question.</p>

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<p>Those are some gigantic questions. I’ll just say that the Ivy League schools tend to be academically strong in most things.</p>

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<p>Each is known for different things; its a pretty broad question you’re asking. Harvard has the name factor, Cornell has the best straight up engineering, Penn has Wharton, Columbia is known for its core, Brown its flexibility to give a few examples.</p>

<p>What do you mean “health”? Does that mean medical research, surgeon, or like health care worker or hospital technician?</p>

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<p>To add on, Princeton: undergrad focus and intense liberal arts
Yale: name factor as well, and possibly politics (or so I’ve heard)</p>

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<p>:confused: It isn’t pointless to go to a school you like, even if you will be pursuing a career in healthcare. If you’re going to a school only because it’s an Ivy and not because you’re interested, then there’s a problem.</p>

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<p>Harvard- great graduate/professional schools, name, deficient undergraduate education
Yale- ditto, stronger undergraduate program, still falls short of SLAC’s
Princeton- H&Y wannabe, yet greater undergraduate emphasis, preppier
Cornell-eclectic mix (state and private), very large student body, rigorous and a bit grindy
Dartmouth- more like Williams, Middlebury, Amherst
Penn- for those who don’t get in to HYP and yet need to attend an ivy for their self-esteem
Brown- not in the same league as the others, academically, open curriculum, can breeze through
Columbia- fairly intellectual and rigorous, still not a Swarthmore or Chicago</p>

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<p>The OP probably wanted true perceptions about the schools.</p>

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<p>ivydoc has a fake PhD. pwned</p>

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<p>I know that Cornell has an exceptionally strong engineering program and Dartmouth is strong in the liberal arts and economics.</p>

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<p>Oh and Upenn has business (Wharton) and I’ve heard from several sources that Columbia is great for premed.</p>

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<p>LOL are you kidding me? There are people that choose Wharton over other top schools, and SEAS has an amazing biomed program.</p>

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<p>I might be biased because I go to Penn, but I still can try to add a bit to this discussion, I think. </p>

<p>I agree that many Penn students may not have gotten into HYP (wharton is a bit of a different story…) but this is probably true for students at Cornell, Dartmouth, etc. Try not to insult people if you can.</p>

<p>I can’t really answer for any school but Penn here because I don’t know much about the others. However, I can say that Penn is considered to be the “social ivy”–not that that means much haha. It’s supposed to be more pre-professional than the others (which can be a good or a bad thing depending on your view point), and it has a variety of interdisciplinary programs. It also has 4 different schools that you apply to- the School of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Wharton, and Nursing. </p>

<p>If you’re interested in Health-related studies, I would look into the Vagelos program in life sciences and management. I’m not an expert, but my understanding is you can get a BS in economics from wharton (possibly concentrating in an applicable field such as healthcare management) and a BA in a “life sciences major.”</p>

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<p>@FerraRose: If you’re interested in the Ivies, you need to do more thinking and research to understand why the answers are not as simple as your questions imply. There’s a ton of information available on-line about each of the Ivies that helps to get a picture of the culture, strengths and weaknesses of each. But the way your questions are framed raises questions about whether you’re likely to be able to produce an essay that would work in an Ivy admissions process.</p>

<p>But to answer your question about your career goals: You don’t need an Ivy education to practice family medicine in Pocatello (or anywhere else). The elite schools create an environment that is more intellectually-challenging than many other universities (because of the combination of very strong faculty, very bright fellow students, strong libraries, etc.) You will find that a disproportionate percentage of leaders in the medical profession were educated at the Ivies and other elite colleges. So if, for example, you might someday want to teach and do research at a major med school, aim high. If your goal is simply to be a successful, affluent pillar of your community, and intellectual challenge isn’t a priority for you, a good state university should do the job.</p>

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<p>The Houses/Colleges are a very big deal and important distinction of Harvard and Yale.</p>

<p>Case in point: I just returned from a cocktail event at the university where I work, which is neither Harvard nor Yale. I was chatting with the most famous member of the faculty, who is 25 years my senior and easily 1000 times more important than I am (that might be an understatement). When the topic of college came up, he immediately wanted to know my House and told me his. It’s such a leveler – at that point it didn’t matter that he’s a big shot and I’m not, he was just a Quincy grad and I was a Leverite and we could kid around.</p>

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<p>I haven’t looked too much into Darthmouth, but my cousin says it’s her top choice because “it has a great language department.” You may want to get a second opinion on that, though.</p>

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<p>ivydoc: ■■■■■■■■ or just ignorant?</p>

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<p>I’ve heard that too. Very intensive.<br>
It’s probably the best undergrad education in the country for languages.</p>

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<p>Re: Post #13: “But the way your questions are framed raises questions about whether you’re likely to be able to produce an essay that would work in an Ivy admissions process.”</p>

<p>That is totally unhelpful and uncalled for…you don’t know the OP, so I very much doubt whether you are in any position to judge her ability to write an appropriate essay.</p>

<p>"…If your goal is simply to be a successful, affluent pillar of your community, and intellectual challenge isn’t a priority for you, a good state university should do the job.'</p>

<p>The tone of your remarks is pretentious and patronizing.</p>

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<p>Decent undergraduate business program at Cornell, and only one of 2 in the Ivy League.</p>

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<p>Harvard- #1 at everything, arrogance (those two might be related), most popular major is govt.</p>

<p>Yale -Harvard-envy; humanities, dangerous campus</p>

<p>Princeton --undergrad education (supposedly best of ivy league); snobby rich people; have decent engineering for an ivy</p>

<p>UPenn – Wharton</p>

<p>Brown – loopy people, environmentally/politically radicals, naked parties, flexible curriculum (can design your own major); motto should be “anything goes” </p>

<p>Cornell – “easiest to get in, hardest to graduate of ivies”
best engineering in ivy league; good grad schools in technical areas (science too)</p>

<p>Dartmouth – Animal House drinking; beautiful campus in the middle of nowhere; more like a
liberal arts college than the rest; D-plan (every student spends a semester abroad); good foreign languages, good chemistry program</p>

<h2>Columbia --it’s in New York City; good grad schools in the sciences</h2>