<p>brown and dartmouth place way behind on international university rankings than other ivies (consistently) and their reputation is not nearly as great as of the other ivies. (again, internationally)</p>
<p>i couldnt care less about international reputation. is some guy in latvia going to determine where i’m going to work or grad school? good, because i’d be a fool not to go to the school i like best.</p>
<p>huskem55, you may not care about a school’s internaitonal reputation now.
But imagine, in 10-15 years time, you may be seeking a job in Shanghai or Hong Kong, either for adventure or for lack of suitable domestic opportunities.</p>
<p>Yes, Shanghai or Hong Kong…or Saturn. That’s funny. </p>
<p>International reputaion is, to my mind, equivalent to what your crazy aunt Martha thinks of plaids.</p>
<p>The worst ivy is poison ivy. haha</p>
<p>classic…very funny</p>
<p>I think Cornell is good and that where I was excepted to…its a great place and I think that a lot of people are saying it hass lower standards because of the EOP/HEOP (which is why I was accepted) that takes kids that dont necessarily have the highest GPA and SAT scores and makes them able to get in to the university. I don’t think that this weakens the school at all. If anything, it makes the school more diverse and strengthens the community. I feel very fortunate to get in and I believe students that get in with EOP/HEOP feel blessed and take the opportunity and run with it. At least that is what I plan to do.</p>
<p>I don’t think any ivy-league school is the worth. I would have been happy to get in to anyone of them (and I did). They are all excellent and they all open more doors than other non-ivy league schools (most of the time anyways).</p>
<p>I got into Cornell and it IS the worst ivy in * general * terms (unless you’re looking for something specific).</p>
<p>**Now that I don’t have to fear an admissions counselor reading this and rejecting me, I can finally voice my opinion. Yay!!!</p>
<p>Well, as far as I was told, Cornell has the 4th best Computer Science program, and since Computer Science is my intended major…im good.</p>
<p>I don’t think that any of the ivy leagues are bad. They are all, in actuality, exceptional places to attend for the pursuit of higher education. But, I think that Brown,UPENN and Dartmouth are simply less known (internationally). I didn’t even know Dartmouth was an ivy-league, I thought Stanford was until I realized it was Dartmouth. Also, for a very long time my friends and I thought that UPENN was the same as Penn State- University Park. </p>
<p>Please don’t bash me, I am simply stating my opinion, and I don’t have any evidence on the matter. </p>
<p>They are all greats school though, once again!</p>
<p>Cornell is a great school as are all of the ivies (and some non-ivies). It is a large research university with many diverse academic and social opportunties for undergraduates. </p>
<p>This is a silly discussion. Students who are accepted to any ivy have the talent to achieve his or her career goals at any of these schools. The difference is really about what undergraduate experience will suit you the best. Brown’s open curriculum, for example, is completely unlike the required core curriculum at Columbia. Some kids love one approach and others prefer the other approach. And some kids would be happy at either school. Dartmouth has a strong campus life and sense of community, but Columbia is reputed to have very little campus-based life as kids disperse into the city for many social activities. </p>
<p>And please don’t listen to stereotypes about these schools. Many people on CC perpetuate stereotypes about schools they really know nothing about. And some people who speak with authority may know one student who didn’t like a school. That is not to say that everyone on CC doesn’t know what they are saying, but don’t credit postings of people who only know a school by reputation or hearsay.</p>
<p>Worst Ivy School = the one you didn’t get into :)</p>
<p>Stanford ;)</p>
<p>/■■■■■</p>
<p>Worst Ivy School = the one you didn’t get into </p>
<p>Good one!!</p>
<p>Are you indicative of IVY caliber students??</p>
<p>For undergraduate, Cornell without a doubt.</p>
<p>Judging by the types of students that each school accepts, Cornell is miles below its Ivy League counterparts.</p>
<p>Brown</p>
<p>If you say Cornell because it’s the biggest school, that’s the dumbest thing i’ve ever heard. They have 7 colleges</p>
<p>" Judging by the types of students that each school accepts, Cornell is miles below its Ivy League counterparts."</p>
<p>You’ve got to be kidding me. Apples to apples, Cornell CAS is the same as is peery ivy’s CAS scores, and the same goes for engineering. These numbers are pretty easy to look up, learn how to do some reasearch before you find yourself “miles below” other at your school.</p>
<p>Cornell’s admit rate is an average of all it’s schools. The CAS admitted around 15% of its applicants this year. As for Engineering, it is self-selective. Cornell has a few uncommon colleges that the average student does not apply to. The large student body reflects its multitude of departments. Even if CCers did not skew the facts and Cornell had an insanely high admit rate, the fact that a school has a high admit rate and is a large school is not reflective of the school at all. The University of Chicago accepted about 38% of applicants this year, and in the past few years much more, yet no one in their right minds would question that it is an excellent school. To say a school is subpar because of its admit rate or size is ludicrous. Some people need to get off Cornell and it’s suicide rate, high acceptance; quit being automatons and think for yourselves</p>
<p>RCMan13
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<p>Join Date: Mar 2005
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Posts: 283 For undergraduate, Cornell without a doubt.</p>
<h2>Judging by the types of students that each school accepts, Cornell is miles below its Ivy League counterparts. </h2>
<p>I am SOOOO offended!!</p>
<p>show me one person who wouldve gone to cornell if he’d been accepted to dartmouth/brown/columbia/penn/harvard/princeton/yale and aid and location wasnt involved.</p>
<p>Just one person…out of 14,000 undergrads at Cornell? I am sure at least one would have chosen Cornell over another Ivy. I personally was admitted into 4 Ivies and Cornell was my second choice (Brown was my first choice).</p>
<p>yeah, but it isnt about which unis better. I’m just curious now. I’ve never seen anyone pick cornell over brown/dartmouth/columbia etc. though it might be because i live in pakistan. But for the sake of evidence, lets make it someone from collegeconfidential who chose cornell over the others.</p>