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[quote=Anonymous]There is a lot of good advice in this thread but I cannot help but chime in because when people talk about the "little Ivies" I think they sometimes mean schools that are easier to get in, or Ivy wannabes, but I think the title comes from the fact that they are small.  A kid who loves Williams, or Wesleyan for that matter, is not likely to be happy at a school the size of Harvard, with an emphasis on graduate programs located in an urban center.  And while some of the smaller schools are easier to get into than some of the Ivy-league schools, that should not be seen as the reason to go.  I can't imagine a student ending up at Bowdoin because it was easier to get into; a student who chooses Bowdoin should do so because it feels right for that student otherwise there is a high probability they will want to flee when winter hits or when they run into their Professor for the fourth time in a week at a local chinese restaurant.  As others have said, fit is far more important than prestige, and in the long run will serve students better in all ways (social, academic and in the end, job prospects).  One thing to consider -- don't visit the small schools during the summer, they will likely be deserted and you will not get a good feel for them at all, whereas I think you could likely visit Harvard, Penn or the other urban Ivies during the summer and not lose too much because they are still very active places in the summer.         [/quote]

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