Why is Cornell considered (by some) to be the worst ivy?

<p>Hahaha, that’s like saying, Rank these composers from best to worst… Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Wagner, Mendelsohn, Mahler and Stravinsky. How do we compare geniuses?</p>

<p>I don’t know. I think Cornell is a very, very good school and has very good academics. You can’t really rank them because each school is good for different things and fills their own little niche in the Ivy League. That said though, it’s important not to develop an Ivy Centric mindset. I’d say there are plenty of amazing schools that aren’t in the Ivy League that offer equal if not superior educations (Duke, University of Chicago, MIT, Stanford, Northwestern University, UC Berkeley and UCLA).</p>

<p>Yeah. Cornell is horrid. I mean, it’s ranked in the top 15 on both a national and world scale, it ranks higher than some of the “more prestigious” Ivies in a few of its programs, it has a beautiful campus, the best food found on any campus, great academics and world recognition.
It completely sucks. :confused: Like, how is it even a real Ivy?</p>

<p>This thread a ridiculous two year old.</p>

<p>Cornell is a NOBEL PRIZE POWERHOUSE, both among its alums and the professors who teach there.</p>

<p>By this measure, Cornell stands 4th in the Ivy league behind Harvard, Yale and Columbia.</p>

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<p>Sigh…it’s probably some idiot who thinks it’s the worst because it’s the least selective Ivy. It isn’t, a friend of mine is on her second year there and she says it’s amazing, lots of qualified professors and a high selection of majors.</p>