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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if Cornell were the worst Ivy, which is itself a dubious claim when you have Brown and Dartmouth in the mix, it would still rank among the top 15 universities in the country. It's like being the poorest billionaire: still extraordinarily privileged by any reasonable standard.

The hostility toward Cornell stems from academic snobbery rooted in its size, land-grant origins, and the elitist prejudices that pervade Ivy League culture. Because it has [b]some features of a public [/b]university, including state-supported programs, and is [b]slightly more accessible than other Ivies[/b], the thinking goes that it must be inferior.[/quote]

What features of it are public?  State-supported programs are not state schools.  Do you know what are you talking about?

Why does selectivity has anything to do with prestige?  Penn has 40% acceptance rate in the 90s, no one has any doubt it's an ivy, then or now.[/quote] For the public colleges (ILR, CALS, etc): preferential admissions to NY students, for one. [/quote]

Is stanford a state school (40% in-state)?  Is rice a state school?  
In large states like NY, CA, TX, they can fill their class solely with in-state kids, same quality same outcome.

These states have a size equivalent to a small country.  Oxford fills 80% of their class with UK students, does that make it less selective?[/quote]

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