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[quote=Anonymous]Ivy is not a meaningful category beyond prestige. When you really look at them, they are very different from each other and a student who applies to several of them is just chasing prestige and risking a bad fit. Some are very urban (Columbia, Penn, Yale, Brown), some are rural/suburban with not a lot going on (Dartmouth, Cornell, Princeton), some are very pre-professional and large/impersonal (Harvard, Cornell, Penn), some have social scenes that are Greek or eating club dominated (Dartmouth, Princeton), some attract more artsy and humanities types (Yale, Brown). It is not surprising to me that a top student might find a better fit and prefer an excellent non-Ivy school. Top SLACS in particular may be a better fit for some; some students might prefer the social scene at Duke or UCLA, or fall in love with Ann Arbor, etc. I think it is impressive when a 17 year old is mature enough to look beyond the Ivies. A good fit college can provide lifelong friends and connections. The older I get the more I think that is important; I know a lot of people who had a meh experience at an Ivy and have no connection to the place or anyone they went to college with.[/quote]

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