<p>I don’t see how Penn/ Columbia are breaking out from anything. these two actually had the lowest application growth among the Ivies this year and among the lowest in endowment growth. This year Dartmouth/ Brown are going to be knocking on Columbia’s door in terms of acceptance rates (10% vs. 12-13%, Penn will be at 16%), and Dartmouth is FAR richer per student than both ($650K student vs. Columbia/ Penn at $200K-$300K) and the gap has been growing. </p>
<p>I never understand the Columbia vs. HYP thing. I’ve never seen anything showing me how Columbia is knocking on HYP in any way at all besides acceptance rate which is of arguable relevance. Choosing between non-HYP Ivies because of non-existant differences in prestige is ridiculous to me. Choose for fit, you’ll be much better off.</p>