What are the differences between the Ivy Leagues?

tk21769
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:46:36 +0000

If it weren’t for the Ivy athletic conference brand, there would be no more reason to lump Dartmouth and Columbia together than to lump, say, Colgate and Johns Hopkins together. All 8 are in the Northeast, 7 of the 8 started as colonial colleges (Cornell being the exception), and all 8 are very selective. Aside from these similarities, they differ in size, setting (urban v. rural), relative focus on undergraduates, architectural style, specific academic strengths, pre-professional v. liberal arts options, etc.