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

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Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth might be most similar in terms of being a more frat/drinking oriented culture

Big Ten is drinking on game day, not drinking in the woods.

Seriously. And people like Big Ten schools because those college towns - Ann Arbor, Madison, etc. - are also really fun towns every day with a ton of restaurants, retail, theater, and so forth. Hanover is interesting for a few hours, sorry.

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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.

Nope

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Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but one of the things that makes the Ivy League unique is that they do not give out athletic scholarships -- need based only. That both sends a message about the relative value they put on sports, and also of course limits their ability to get top recruits in many sports. Not at all making a value judgment here; just stating that it has an impact.

For sure, some of them have particular teams that the schools rally around and that are frequently top rated -- Hockey at Cornell is one -- but even for that one, it's for particular rivalry games.

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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.

Nope

This is absolutely true. Every single day on this forum we see kids admitted to T10 -- or with the stats for them -- who end up at flagships or big 10 schools, either out of choice or for financial reasons. The ivy snobs on here are just relentless.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:None.

OP, my kid that is at an Ivy this year wanted nothing to do with a Big Ten atmosphere or big football/tailgate culture.

He was looking for a school without a big greek presence. Not a big party school. And mid-size. Ticks the box for Ivies and SLACs.

I went to a big in-state public with that culture and loved it. I would not have found it at my kid's school.

Was he searching for a big geek presence ?

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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.

Lol no.

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Anonymous wrote:None.

OP, my kid that is at an Ivy this year wanted nothing to do with a Big Ten atmosphere or big football/tailgate culture.

He was looking for a school without a big greek presence. Not a big party school. And mid-size. Ticks the box for Ivies and SLACs.

I went to a big in-state public with that culture and loved it. I would not have found it at my kid's school.

Was he searching for a big geek presence ?

Geeks and nerds rule at ivies. Super proud of both of mine! The ivy league is an amazing place of opportunity and growth

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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.

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^^^The Ivy League snobs on this board will never see it that way-despite NU trumping every Ivy except for HYP in the new USNWR rankings.

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Michigan checks all of the boxes- cost of an ivy but feel of a big 10.

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Anonymous wrote:😂😂😂 NEVER in a GAZILLION years would the Big House ever become smaller. Maybe when hell freezes over…

Even then.

Michigan alums would RIOT.

The Big House is their temple.

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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.

Lol no.

It’s completely true, at least when it comes to Michigan and Northwestern.

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Anonymous wrote:😂😂😂 NEVER in a GAZILLION years would the Big House ever become smaller. Maybe when hell freezes over…

Even then.

Michigan alums would RIOT.

The Big House is their temple.

Their temple was trampled by Longhorns.

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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