Anonymous
07/06/2015 16:49
Subject: Easiest IVY to get into?
Penn sucks, especially Wharton.
Anonymous
07/06/2015 16:44
Subject: Re:Easiest IVY to get into?
I'm just glad all the Penn bashing is over. When I went there it was officially the "doormat of the Ivy's". I was so tired of people always talking about the school in reference to other Ivy League schools. Who cares? I liked Penn, not the Ivy League.
Anonymous
07/06/2015 12:36
Subject: Easiest IVY to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the easiest to get in and the hardest to get out.
If it's the hardest to get out, it's because they admit lower quality students.
I've never known anyone go to Cornell who was any smarter than kids going to other state schools. The brilliant Ivy-bound kids always went somewhere else.
No, it's because Cornell actually expects kids to earn their degree. Not a Cornell supporter but it's well known fact in college circle.
BS. Cornell admits less qualified students. Put them in other Ivies where they wouldn't hold their own intellectually and suddenly they would look "harder to get out."
Mind you, Cornell students aren't dumb. They just are on U. Md. level for the most part, not HYP, Stanford, MIT-level.
Agree for the state-supported colleges at Cornell. Glorified SUNY. The students at the private colleges - particularly Arts & Science - are definitely on par with Penn, Columbia, etc. Maybe not HYP, but there is a bit of space there between those and UMD. Unless you're the crazy UMD booster.
Anonymous
07/06/2015 12:32
Subject: Easiest IVY to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My son was admitted to Harvard, Princeton, and Brown. He was not accepted to Yale. He did not apply to Cornell because he felt so many students at Cornell are always so worried about their perception and ranking. He matriculated to Brown because he was accepted to the PLME program. Brown is very selective but it US News ranking is not that high because its graduate school program is small (effecting the number of professors they have by field). But Brown students don't care; they are serious students who love their school. I respect my son because he is not a prestige whore for the HYP brand. He went for the best fit and every day he is so thankful he based his decision on his own feelings.
Actually, Princeton and Brown's graduate schools are pretty similar in size, so don't think you can attribute Brown's lower U.S. News ranking solely to that.
And the size of Princeton's college relative to its graduate schools maybe one of its biggest strengths -- a major research university focused on undergraduate teaching.
Anonymous
07/06/2015 12:21
Subject: Easiest IVY to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the easiest to get in and the hardest to get out.
If it's the hardest to get out, it's because they admit lower quality students.
I've never known anyone go to Cornell who was any smarter than kids going to other state schools. The brilliant Ivy-bound kids always went somewhere else.
No, it's because Cornell actually expects kids to earn their degree. Not a Cornell supporter but it's well known fact in college circle.
Cornell students are very stressed because many classes are on a B (or lower in STEM)-curve. You can compare that to the 3.6 average GPA at other Ivys.
Anonymous
07/05/2015 13:28
Subject: Easiest IVY to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the easiest to get in and the hardest to get out.
If it's the hardest to get out, it's because they admit lower quality students.
I've never known anyone go to Cornell who was any smarter than kids going to other state schools. The brilliant Ivy-bound kids always went somewhere else.
No, it's because Cornell actually expects kids to earn their degree. Not a Cornell supporter but it's well known fact in college circle.
BS. Cornell admits less qualified students. Put them in other Ivies where they wouldn't hold their own intellectually and suddenly they would look "harder to get out."
Mind you, Cornell students aren't dumb. They just are on U. Md. level for the most part, not HYP, Stanford, MIT-level.
Anonymous
07/05/2015 12:35
Subject: Re:Easiest IVY to get into?
Cornell. I am not even going to read the other responses - without a doubt it is Cornell.
Anonymous
07/05/2015 12:13
Subject: Easiest IVY to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the easiest to get in and the hardest to get out.
If it's the hardest to get out, it's because they admit lower quality students.
I've never known anyone go to Cornell who was any smarter than kids going to other state schools. The brilliant Ivy-bound kids always went somewhere else.
No, it's because Cornell actually expects kids to earn their degree. Not a Cornell supporter but it's well known fact in college circle.
Anonymous
07/05/2015 11:57
Subject: Re:Easiest IVY to get into?
Does anyone know Cornell's acceptance rate if the in state agricultural students are excluded?
Anonymous
07/05/2015 11:29
Subject: Easiest IVY to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the easiest to get in and the hardest to get out.
If it's the hardest to get out, it's because they admit lower quality students.
I've never known anyone go to Cornell who was any smarter than kids going to other state schools. The brilliant Ivy-bound kids always went somewhere else.
Anonymous
07/05/2015 01:17
Subject: Re:Easiest IVY to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And the Ag School is a NY state school, which means it is easier to get in as a NY resident but not from out-of-state. None of the Ivies is at all easy to get into, and I think this question is ridiculous on lots of levels.
If you get into the ag school, are you stuck studying agriculture related subjects? lol. Or can you switch to another school and major in something else? Just curious.
Who would be stupid enough to lie about a major just to get into a school?
Actually, the Ag school has some majors that aren't ag related. My cousin was in the Ag school as an business marketing major. She landed a job at a top ad agency in NYC after graduation.
Anonymous
07/04/2015 23:42
Subject: Easiest IVY to get into?
Anonymous wrote:My son was admitted to Harvard, Princeton, and Brown. He was not accepted to Yale. He did not apply to Cornell because he felt so many students at Cornell are always so worried about their perception and ranking. He matriculated to Brown because he was accepted to the PLME program. Brown is very selective but it US News ranking is not that high because its graduate school program is small (effecting the number of professors they have by field). But Brown students don't care; they are serious students who love their school. I respect my son because he is not a prestige whore for the HYP brand. He went for the best fit and every day he is so thankful he based his decision on his own feelings.
Actually, Princeton and Brown's graduate schools are pretty similar in size, so don't think you can attribute Brown's lower U.S. News ranking solely to that.
Anonymous
07/04/2015 22:29
Subject: Re:Easiest IVY to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And the Ag School is a NY state school, which means it is easier to get in as a NY resident but not from out-of-state. None of the Ivies is at all easy to get into, and I think this question is ridiculous on lots of levels.
If you get into the ag school, are you stuck studying agriculture related subjects? lol. Or can you switch to another school and major in something else? Just curious.
Who would be stupid enough to lie about a major just to get into a school?
Umm, someone who is interested in Cornell?
But that's stupid and kind of desperate.
The answer to the question is also "NO." Cornell runs its colleges like independent schools. If you want to change schools you have to transfer. One reason I chose not to go to Cornell. Very inflexible.
Anonymous
07/04/2015 22:25
Subject: Re:Easiest IVY to get into?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And the Ag School is a NY state school, which means it is easier to get in as a NY resident but not from out-of-state. None of the Ivies is at all easy to get into, and I think this question is ridiculous on lots of levels.
If you get into the ag school, are you stuck studying agriculture related subjects? lol. Or can you switch to another school and major in something else? Just curious.
Who would be stupid enough to lie about a major just to get into a school?
Umm, someone who is interested in Cornell?
But that's stupid and kind of desperate.
Anonymous
07/04/2015 18:07
Subject: Easiest IVY to get into?
Cornell is the easiest to get in and the hardest to get out.