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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to the most popular and widely used college ranking, USNWR;
#13 Dartmouth
#14 Brown
#17 Cornell
So generally we can refer to 'Ivy level' college = T20.

HYPSM is a real term commonly used.
So in general this would be a good sub category.
1. HYPSM or T5
2. T10
3. T20 = Ivy level
4. T30
5. T50

Some ranking obsessed parents would try to further split the hairs regarding which one makes T10, etc. and which one is ranked higher within the category as a hobby, 
but it comes down to the field of study/major, location, personal preference, cost, etc. when choosing a college. 
School name is important, but focus more on the fit.  [/quote]

It's always funny to see how we are so obsessed with multiples of 5. The whole reason HYPS became HYPSM on college confidential was so that there could be a "top 5." Then people started trying to create arbitrary distinctions like T10s and T20s, because supposedly God only allows there to be 10 elite schools instead of 11. Actually, according to natural law, if a school falls from 10th to 11th on USNWR, the professors become incapable of teaching anything, and the students lose all their intelligence to become future worker bees of a company that was founded by a USNWR #1-10 school alum. [/quote]

No it's just that human beings are natural with a decimal system which is multiples of 10.  
Don't get too obsessed.
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