Ivy with school atmosphere closest to big school, like Big Ten

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if you can ignore the religious stuff (which many do), ND fits the bill.

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Anonymous wrote:Just let her go to the school she wants! You sound awful and Ivy obsessed.

Oh lord, please don't tell me that if your child were qualified for an Ivy you wouldn't explore them applying. We are a proud Big Ten family, hence why I said I understand her interest in those. I think the top ones provide the best of everything! I know very little about any of the Ivy schools and I thought this would be a place to get some useful input on subjective criteria.

Northwestern is just as good as most of the Ivies. If my kid was “qualified for an Ivy” and wanted a Big 10 experience, we’d tour and see if she wanted to apply ED.

I have no allegiance to Northwestern, but it is on par with any Ivy and the top 5-10% at most of the Big10 schools would be on par with the Ivy undergrad caliber.

Northwestern University is easily on par with Ivy League schools.

The top 10% to 20% at all Big Ten Conference schools are same as Ivy League students.

Northwestern students are easily just as good as the Ivies. This forum is filled with parents that went to college at a time when Northwestern was considered a
safety for top high schoolers. That is definitely not the case anymore, and Northwestern is just as competitive as getting into Brown or Penn. Basically, any school in the top 15 have students that are virtually interchangable. You could swap out every student at Harvard with students at Vanderbilt and no one would be able to tell the difference.

A safety? Northwestern was ranked 13 when I attended in the 90s. No doubt it is much harder to get in now but that’s because admissions everywhere have gotten much harder, not because the school used to be a safety.

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Anonymous wrote:if you can ignore the religious stuff (which many do), ND fits the bill.

It's hard to ignore. Touchdown Jesus is always there watching over the games and your kid will walk by First Down Moses and the statue of Jesus in God Quad. The subway alum are diehard fans because of its Catholic roots. Your kid will have a priest as their rector in their dorm, which will also have a chapel. Your kid will take required theology classes.

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Anonymous wrote:Just let her go to the school she wants! You sound awful and Ivy obsessed.

Oh lord, please don't tell me that if your child were qualified for an Ivy you wouldn't explore them applying. We are a proud Big Ten family, hence why I said I understand her interest in those. I think the top ones provide the best of everything! I know very little about any of the Ivy schools and I thought this would be a place to get some useful input on subjective criteria.

Mine was. He didn't even bother applying, wanted something else in life.

- NP

I have two people in my family (my husband and my mom) who turned down Ivies to go to Big Ten schools (Northwestern and Michigan).

Like yes, people turn down Ivies for non Ivies.

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Anonymous wrote:Just let her go to the school she wants! You sound awful and Ivy obsessed.

Oh lord, please don't tell me that if your child were qualified for an Ivy you wouldn't explore them applying. We are a proud Big Ten family, hence why I said I understand her interest in those. I think the top ones provide the best of everything! I know very little about any of the Ivy schools and I thought this would be a place to get some useful input on subjective criteria.

Mine was. He didn't even bother applying, wanted something else in life.

- NP

I have two people in my family (my husband and my mom) who turned down Ivies to go to Big Ten schools (Northwestern and Michigan).

Like yes, people turn down Ivies for non Ivies.

Same here!

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is interested in a college with a big school atmosphere, like Big Ten colleges. I get that and am not dissuading her from this. She has the qualitative qualifications for an Ivy and we want to explore a few for her to apply to as well. One of the many considerations will be the school atmosphere. I understand they have different atmospheres than Big Ten schools, but which one do you think is the closest to the Big Ten atmosphere?

So why not apply to a Big-10 school ?

Lots of great options in the Big-10. Best fit is the most important metric when selecting where to attend (or where to apply).

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Anonymous wrote:if you can ignore the religious stuff (which many do), ND fits the bill.

It's hard to ignore. Touchdown Jesus is always there watching over the games and your kid will walk by First Down Moses and the statue of Jesus in God Quad. The subway alum are diehard fans because of its Catholic roots. Your kid will have a priest as their rector in their dorm, which will also have a chapel. Your kid will take required theology classes.

Don’t know what a subway alum is, but I live in NY and my ND peers always bring in students for their internship spots. I take who HR sends. (And I had to take theology classes at Georgetown and it was super interesting)!

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Princeton alumni tailgate social events like some kind of Henley/Wisconsin wannabe fusion. How does she feel about tiger stripes?

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Despite actually being in the Big Ten, Northwestern has nowhere near the atmosphere of its conference peers. It's obviously a great school otherwise.

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Anonymous wrote:Despite actually being in the Big Ten, Northwestern has nowhere near the atmosphere of its conference peers. It's obviously a great school otherwise.

It used to have that atmosphere in the 90s, but it is much more of a competitive, grinder school now.

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Notre Dame has the selectivity and culture you seek.

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Anonymous wrote:if you can ignore the religious stuff (which many do), ND fits the bill.

It's hard to ignore. Touchdown Jesus is always there watching over the games and your kid will walk by First Down Moses and the statue of Jesus in God Quad. The subway alum are diehard fans because of its Catholic roots. Your kid will have a priest as their rector in their dorm, which will also have a chapel. Your kid will take required theology classes.

Don’t know what a subway alum is, but I live in NY and my ND peers always bring in students for their internship spots. I take who HR sends. (And I had to take theology classes at Georgetown and it was super interesting)!

Subway alum are fans who never attended Notre Dame. I think it’s a great school and culture. But I don’t particularly appreciate those who say to just “ignore” the religious stuff. It’s there for a reason and I would expect students to respect, not ignore that “stuff.”

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Anonymous wrote:if you can ignore the religious stuff (which many do), ND fits the bill.

It's hard to ignore. Touchdown Jesus is always there watching over the games and your kid will walk by First Down Moses and the statue of Jesus in God Quad. The subway alum are diehard fans because of its Catholic roots. Your kid will have a priest as their rector in their dorm, which will also have a chapel. Your kid will take required theology classes.

Don’t know what a subway alum is, but I live in NY and my ND peers always bring in students for their internship spots. I take who HR sends. (And I had to take theology classes at Georgetown and it was super interesting)!

Subway alum are fans who never attended Notre Dame. I think it’s a great school and culture. But I don’t particularly appreciate those who say to just “ignore” the religious stuff. It’s there for a reason and I would expect students to respect, not ignore that “stuff.”

Whatever. I’m Catholic w kids in Jesuit schools. I ignore a shitload of stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:if you can ignore the religious stuff (which many do), ND fits the bill.

It's hard to ignore. Touchdown Jesus is always there watching over the games and your kid will walk by First Down Moses and the statue of Jesus in God Quad. The subway alum are diehard fans because of its Catholic roots. Your kid will have a priest as their rector in their dorm, which will also have a chapel. Your kid will take required theology classes.

Don’t know what a subway alum is, but I live in NY and my ND peers always bring in students for their internship spots. I take who HR sends. (And I had to take theology classes at Georgetown and it was super interesting)!

Subway alum are fans who never attended Notre Dame. I think it’s a great school and culture. But I don’t particularly appreciate those who say to just “ignore” the religious stuff. It’s there for a reason and I would expect students to respect, not ignore that “stuff.”

Whatever. I’m Catholic w kids in Jesuit schools. I ignore a shitload of stuff.

Ha. Same

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Anonymous wrote:if you can ignore the religious stuff (which many do), ND fits the bill.

It's hard to ignore. Touchdown Jesus is always there watching over the games and your kid will walk by First Down Moses and the statue of Jesus in God Quad. The subway alum are diehard fans because of its Catholic roots. Your kid will have a priest as their rector in their dorm, which will also have a chapel. Your kid will take required theology classes.

Don’t know what a subway alum is, but I live in NY and my ND peers always bring in students for their internship spots. I take who HR sends. (And I had to take theology classes at Georgetown and it was super interesting)!

Subway alum are fans who never attended Notre Dame. I think it’s a great school and culture. But I don’t particularly appreciate those who say to just “ignore” the religious stuff. It’s there for a reason and I would expect students to respect, not ignore that “stuff.”

Whatever. I’m Catholic w kids in Jesuit schools. I ignore a shitload of stuff.

That's sad. You are missing out.