<p>Well, there are definitely schools I would pick over ivies, but I probably wouldn’t go to Brown because of the super liberal, “granola” vibe.</p>
<p>Brown, for the same reason ^</p>
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<p>This question is absurd because why would anyone be applying to a school that they would definitely not attend?</p>
<p>I would definitely not attend Cornell or Princeton, probably not Dartmouth and Columbia</p>
<p>I wouldn’t attend Harvard, Yale, Princeton, or UPenn.</p>
<p>I would attend the following in this order: Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, Brown.</p>
<p>None, I dislike them all, none of them fit my idea of a good college.</p>
<p>On the other hand I would Gladly choose Cornell College over any of them if given the choice. You can make fun of it (Cornell College) but It is a much better institution then any of the real ivies.</p>
<p>Would not go to brown…mainly since my parents said they would refuse to pay for Brown if I went. (their reasoning being a family friend went there and came out completely unprepared for the real world)</p>
<p>I wouldn’t attend any Ivy except Yale and Brown for a multitude of reasons (each specific to the specific Ivy); I plan to apply to Yale SCEA, but I might not even throw an application at Brown because I have other reaches that are a better fit.</p>
<p>Columbia: Being a starving student in NYC would not be fun.</p>
<p>princeton: my brother goes there, and the student body just didn’t click with me
harvard: not enough undergrad focus
cornell: too rural
upenn: too preprofessional, and i hate philly
columbia: core is too suffocating.</p>
<p>which leaves pretty much Brown & Dartmouth.
which explains why brown is the onyl ivy i applied to.</p>
<p>^what about yale?? haha wow that’s kinda sad. lol yale didn’t even deserve a reason.</p>
<p>Cornell is in a very cold, dreary place. Ugh.
I would turn down the Ivy League without hesitation for Stanford…</p>
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<p>Suppose I should have specified, but yeah, I meant the elitism and the idea that it makes your degree somehow more special than everyone else’s. I mean, I also wouldn’t have applied to the others because they don’t really fit me personally. I’m not even saying that everyone or even most people who go their act that way, it’s more the way the world has come to perceive the ivy league (or, the bigger names).</p>
<p>For engineering, I would not go to Brown, Harvard, Yale, or Dartmouth although they would be great for almost everything else.</p>
<p>Considering Brown has the 3rd oldest program in the country in engineering and over 50% of Brown engineers go on to graduate studies within 5 years I think they’re doing something worthwhile.</p>
<p>It depends on what you’re looking for in an engineering degree.</p>
<p>I would not go to Princeton, with Yale a close second, and Harvard a close third. Not that I had the opportunity to gain admissions to any of these schools, but I have visited all of them. Princeton, is way to close to home for me, but also way to elitist. I know about seven people who go to Princeton. One was my best friend in high school from Ghana, who is simply a genuine, down to earth, brilliant person. The other six think that you should eat their doo doo. I hate the attitude many Princeton students have. I beleive if you look at a school like Swarthmore… they have students which are just as smart but way more “genuine.” and I hate to sound cliche. So I guess if I had to choose I would pick a top LAC over an ivy unless it was Brown.</p>
<p>I would never go to Columbia because I am afraid of the location… isn’t it in like Harlem or Queens?</p>
<p>^^ Uh, no, Columbia is in Manhattan. XD</p>
<p>I don’t think I’d go to any Ivy except Brown, because I feel like it’s the least uptight and ~elitist~ out of all of them.</p>
<p>In response to the OP, Yale has made strides to shake off the stereotypes many have about their residential colleges. They’ve completely remodeled almost all of them (they’ve been closing one per year to remodel it, I’ve heard) and updated them.</p>
<p>Columbia’s campus abuts Morningside Park; Harlem begins on the the other side of the park.</p>