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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TRULY "elite" - let's be honest:

Princeton University (NJ) 
Harvard University (MA) 
Yale University (CT) (tie) 
Columbia University (NY) (tie) 
Stanford University (CA) (tie) 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

That's it folks - those are the ONLY schools that are so elite they NEVER require explanation.

Of course Penn's Wharton School and Cornell's Hotel school are elite - but that's the point you have to specify the particular program. The other Top 25 schools are terrific, but there are NOT in the same class.[/quote]

The only thing more idiotic than this thread is the fact that this poster felt the need to list the states for each of these schools.  That's my 2  cents.[/quote]

Surprise pp! There will always be someone more idiotic. In this case, on page 4. “Princeton has the most coveted location of any of the Ivies. You get a substantial number of under-qualified students applying simply because it's in NYC.”[/quote]

That was pretty obviously a typo from someone who may have started a different sentence and then meant to refer to Columbia.  These posts aren't exactly peer-reviewed journal articles.

I actually feel sorry for the people who feel so insecure about how MIT or other schools may be perceived that they compose lengthy posts that will be forgotten in a week or less. [/quote]

Stop trying to make Columbia 'happen'...lol [/quote]

DP with no connection to Columbia but Columbia “happened” about 250 years ago. I really don’t understand people who are deluding themselves into thinking Columbia is not elite?[/quote]

I just want to know which Ivy the "Princeton has the most coveted location of any of the Ivies ... in NYC"  pp attended.[/quote]

DP, [b]but I think Princeton's idyllic but Amtrak-accessible location between Philadelphia and New York is the best of any Ivy, with the possible exception of Harvard.[/b] [/quote]

[b]It depends on what one is looking for. I find Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Penn’s campuses to be [u]dreadful[/u]. I’d much rather spend four years in bucolic Hanover or Ithaca.  To each their own I suppose.[/b][/quote]

Princeton has a pretty campus but in a sleepy location IMO. I would personally rather be closer to a vibrant urban core. Yale has stunning architecture with a vibrant scene in New Haven (despite its grittiness). UPenn's Locust Walk is idyllic in great foody Philly (despite its grittiness). Columbia's campus is the best city in the world. All 3 of these are dreadful? No way.

BTW, Princeton's Amtrak access is less than ideal with very few trains compared to UPenn, Columbia, Yale and Harvard.[/quote]

There's really no shortage of trains one can catch to get to NYC or DC from Princeton.  You can also catch a bus to NYC directly across from the university.  IMO the total package (campus, architecture, and proximity to major cities) makes it the most attractive of the Ivies.

Yale has fantastic architecture, but New Haven isn't very nice.  Harvard has a great location, in a city full of students, but the architecture is underwhelming.  The urban schools have rather small campuses, but are nice if you want to attend school in a city (Columbia > Penn & Brown IMO), and Cornell and Dartmouth are isolated (good if you want to be in a remote locale, but not if you periodically want to make easy trips into the city).  [/quote]

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