<p>This is so funny! "Which is the worst Ivy League?"</p>
<p>Oxymoron much?
But anyways, I would have to agree with everyone else. Cornell is the most "looked down upon," and that's why it has the most posts on this site. Anybody with Ivy League ambitions hopes who knows they aren't the "top of the line" tries to feed off of its disability.</p>
<p>Cornell because Andy Bernard went there...lol just kidding :)</p>
<p>I would say Dartmouth.</p>
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I couldn't care less about the prestige (okay, I like prestige, but it's not a defining factor).
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I agree. I like Cornell because of what it has to offer. The fact that it's an ivy is just an added bonus.</p>
<p>I think Harvard is. Lawlz, remind me again why our (and other people's) opinions matter?</p>
<p>In other news, forum-goers discuss which Miss America is the "ugliest".</p>
<p>Cornell. I personally think less of Brown than of other Ivies.</p>
<p>Which Miss America IS the ugliest??? I got on their site and the Miss America program gives scholarships to their winners... 50,000 dollars to the Miss America Winner... and substantial amounts to the runner ups... :) Not a bad deal... for the fame, recognition, envy... and on top of that... college money!</p>
<p>But then again.... you don't drool over colleges... </p>
<p>Penn, definitely; it has traditionally been by far the easiest to get into, and while this isn't true anymore, people more than ten years removed from college still look down on it the most. Not that this is justified, but it's true from what I've seen.</p>
<p>Chad, I just looked at your other posts and you seem to always bash Penn. You say it's not fun/ uptight. Yes, some people are very pre-professional which doesn't make it not fun. It is known as the "social ivy." I don't think I need to explain that to you. And when you say that people ten years removed look down on it the most, who are you referring to? The general public who still thinks its a state school?<br>
I would say the Brown is looked down on the most though for the same reasons as previous posters.</p>
<p>Millhouse: What are these reasons? </p>
<p>I've never heard someone complain about Brown for anything other than its USNews ranking, which you're happy enough to throw away for Reed College, or it's liberalism, which has more to do with your personal issues than an objective complaint.</p>
<p>I just think they lack guidance that should be given to their students (just my opinion which I'm sure other people don't agree with).</p>
<p>Excuse me? Brown. Looked down upon? That is probably the most stupid thing I have ever heard. Let me say this:
Brown = open study. That is what higher education should be. That is why it is called higher education, hello!</p>
<p>Cornell. I dunno much about that school, but it should not be the target for all of your bad comments.</p>
<p>Penn. I will say little. How can you say that Penn is the most looked down upon? I think whoever thinks that should apply to schools again. </p>
<p>Columbia = lively school. What else do you want from a school? Books? You need a social life, and Columbia, like almost every school, gives that to you. </p>
<p>This is actually a stupid thread. I made one thread about Ivy Characteristics and stereotypes and people threw trash into my face. How about one forum that has less value? There are more responses to it.
The Ivy League is not just an athletic league. It is a group of schools that made a big effort to develop a student into an athlete, scholar and contributor to the world. It is a group of schools with a curriculum that builds students into strong members of society. That is why the past four presidents have been Ivy grads. The world needs more than bookworms. </p>
<p>That answers the question. Now let us look at better things</p>
<p>The least-respected Ivy League school is Cornell. On CC, anyway.</p>
<p>Ya Cornell gets hated on a lot. This is pointless though. It's the Ivy League.</p>
<p>within the Ivy League, Cornell will always be frowned upon...</p>
<p>we all know Cornell has some of the best traditional (hard sciences) and non-traditional (hotel, ilr) i think only the fact that it receives state funds (partly) and is the largest of the ivy make it so...</p>
<p>I don't look down on brown, but the looking down that I hear of regards the open curriculum policy, which I find ideal. The only problem with the open curriculum is that it is perceived that a lot of students take classes that are pass/no credit, instead of graded a/b/c/d/f. There is a good deal of grade inflation there (that is a fact, but then again, its true everywhere). Also, the students are for the most part left free by the administration which some people think creates a Sodom and Gomorrah type atmosphere (IE sexpowergod, google it) and increased drug use on campus.</p>
<p>I don't really understand why, if such a large and vocal group of people despise this thread so much there are 3 full pages to it....</p>
<p>a bit baffling really</p>
<p>Lol. How many people here are Business-type related majors?</p>
<p>Just would like to throw-out something kind of indirectly related...</p>
<p>Fortune 500 company starters majority are hardworkers who probably didnt have the numbers of paper to prove they were good enough for Ivies that ended up in what most call "second rate" schools (by most i mean the people who are narrow-minded and only believe there is a single-type of "best" university). I know it's different this generation, where you basically need a prestige university name on your BA or BSc if you want to survive with just that but, i think we should be above that. </p>
<p>Now, on topic of the question,</p>
<p>if you want media hype, go with cornell... you guys are apart of the system whoever downplays cornell....</p>
<p>I for one think they are all great schools and no ivy school looks down upon another ivy. Cornell has great things to offer that cant be found at the other 7 ivies. </p>
<p>And again, with so many options available for students for undergraduate programs, no one is at lost and no one really cares where you graduated from for the beginning 4 years. Only the hard-workers survive, any (excuse my use of gaming lingo) noob can get into undergraduate programs anywhere in this world. But, to survive and be on top, and to achieve the best in what really matters, meaning getting into the top graduate programs and professional programs or even job opportunities, it is the individual within the university that will achieve that because that individual is motivated (yah yah, some would argue "what about nash equilibrium" so what... group effort for success will be measured upon how many people in the group are motivated to achieve success without distraction)</p>
<p>So, in conclusion, you do not have to go to the best to be the best.. some of the greatest thinkers on earth just went to a university within the locale of their area... and then as they dreamt of great things and came up on top wherever they were, opportunities popped up, and they got into the best places to study, research, educate. </p>
<p>P.S. Main reason why most are still obsessed with Ivies= Networking and generosity of alumni and the age of establishment of these institutions and the people who built up the prestige of each university... and from that, they get the greatest faculty... in the end money=education... for money brings the great faculty to teach the minds of tomorrow, and money brings the fame to attract more minds... money brings research... so i guess we are all sucked into the system as you can see</p>
<p>I went to Cornell and I'll agree that it's the most looked down upon. It used to be UPenn. It's probably becoming Brown. But for now, Cornell seems to hold the title. They tend to rotate around.</p>
<p>It's kind of odd figuring out why. Its admit rate is way below University of Chicago, yet that is held in high regard. Its undergrad programs in architecture, engineering, hotel, natural resources, and a bunch of others are the best or amongst the best, so there's a good chance the individual is going to the best school for his or her field.</p>
<p>I guess it's just Cornell's egalitarian mission and a rather unspoken disdain in the upper classes for mixing practicality (like feeding people or managing bird populations) with higher education. We tend to like our Ivy grads in pressed suits and skyscrapers ready to walk out of a Candace Bushnell novel.</p>
<p>Oh well. Plenty of those at Cornell too.</p>