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Anonymous wrote:So typical of DCUM with silly biases and misinformation, the lower ivy stuff is pretty tiresome. Both are excellent schools but not that comparable in many ways. Cornell is much bigger both in campus and students, and it does have that hybrid that part of the University is a state school and that can matter in terms of what programs you are interested in. Ithaca is about as nice a college town as you will find but it is a bit remote. Northwestern is a terrific school with strong sports these days, but it is a small campus and it excels in Journalism (not so easy to get into or to take classes in if you do not get in, and much of its acclaim is graduate level), theater and other programs. Fraternity culture is probably stronger at Northwestern but you will find it at Cornell too. Evanston kind of feels a lot like Bethesda, and you can take that in the for better or worse category, but only 20-30 minutes from Chicago. The campus is right on the lake which is beautiful in good weather and, well, not so much in bad. But both are terrific schools that anyone should be excited to attend.

Plz stop the hypocrisy. The Cornell vs NU decision is much harder than the decision between [any other ivy] vs NU precisely because Cornell is the bottom ivy. Lets be real here.

So you follow the simpleminded "Cornell is the bottom" bromide...how thoughtful! Cornell has probably the best engineering school in the ivies, with as many engineering students as some ivies have students.

Anonymous wrote:So typical of DCUM with silly biases and misinformation, the lower ivy stuff is pretty tiresome. Both are excellent schools but not that comparable in many ways. Cornell is much bigger both in campus and students, and it does have that hybrid that part of the University is a state school and that can matter in terms of what programs you are interested in. Ithaca is about as nice a college town as you will find but it is a bit remote. Northwestern is a terrific school with strong sports these days, but it is a small campus and it excels in Journalism (not so easy to get into or to take classes in if you do not get in, and much of its acclaim is graduate level), theater and other programs. Fraternity culture is probably stronger at Northwestern but you will find it at Cornell too. Evanston kind of feels a lot like Bethesda, and you can take that in the for better or worse category, but only 20-30 minutes from Chicago. The campus is right on the lake which is beautiful in good weather and, well, not so much in bad. But both are terrific schools that anyone should be excited to attend.

Plz stop the hypocrisy. The Cornell vs NU decision is much harder than the decision between [any other ivy] vs NU precisely because Cornell is the bottom ivy. Lets be real here.

Anonymous wrote:Which is better and more prestigious overall for undergrad? DC is interested in Math and Econ.

If DC just wants to go into fiinance or actuarial science, the schools are probably roughly evenly matched. The choice should be made based on vibe.

If DC wants a shot at being a mathematician or an economist: is there any way to add a smaller, more liberal artsy school to the list?

I think the problem for a would-be mathematician at a giant university is that the freshman math classes might be giant, soul-crushing lecture hall classes.

both great schools -- go by feel and fit. I went to NU for grad school (Medill).

I'd pick NU for the internship/externship opportunities in Chicago.

So typical of DCUM with silly biases and misinformation, the lower ivy stuff is pretty tiresome. Both are excellent schools but not that comparable in many ways. Cornell is much bigger both in campus and students, and it does have that hybrid that part of the University is a state school and that can matter in terms of what programs you are interested in. Ithaca is about as nice a college town as you will find but it is a bit remote. Northwestern is a terrific school with strong sports these days, but it is a small campus and it excels in Journalism (not so easy to get into or to take classes in if you do not get in, and much of its acclaim is graduate level), theater and other programs. Fraternity culture is probably stronger at Northwestern but you will find it at Cornell too. Evanston kind of feels a lot like Bethesda, and you can take that in the for better or worse category, but only 20-30 minutes from Chicago. The campus is right on the lake which is beautiful in good weather and, well, not so much in bad. But both are terrific schools that anyone should be excited to attend.

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Anonymous wrote:If it was a top 10 ivy, I would say the ivy hands down. But when it comes to Cornell, Brown or Dartmouth, I dont see much difference in quality and prestige. Maybe I would choose Brown or Dartmouth for the bigger undergraduate focus, but in terms of prestige NU is not lacking compared to these three, and especially compared to Cornell.

I've always thought that Brown is a lot more toward upper Ivy than, well, Penn.

definitely not...Brown is at the very bottom just a tiny bit higher than Cornell. Maybe you could stretch it and argue it is on par with Dartmouth but that is as far up as it goes.

HYP are the undisputed top ones. Columbia and Penn are in the middle by pretty much all metrics. These 5 are amongst the undisputed top 10 colleges. Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell are the bottom ivies, I d say in that order.

Based on your writing skills I would guarantee that you didn’t attend an ivy and likely didn’t go to college at all. So why exactly should anybody value your uninformed and worthless opinion?

Someone is really butthurt.

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Anonymous wrote:If it was a top 10 ivy, I would say the ivy hands down. But when it comes to Cornell, Brown or Dartmouth, I dont see much difference in quality and prestige. Maybe I would choose Brown or Dartmouth for the bigger undergraduate focus, but in terms of prestige NU is not lacking compared to these three, and especially compared to Cornell.

I've always thought that Brown is a lot more toward upper Ivy than, well, Penn.

definitely not...Brown is at the very bottom just a tiny bit higher than Cornell. Maybe you could stretch it and argue it is on par with Dartmouth but that is as far up as it goes.

HYP are the undisputed top ones. Columbia and Penn are in the middle by pretty much all metrics. These 5 are amongst the undisputed top 10 colleges. Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell are the bottom ivies, I d say in that order.

As Cher would say:

You are a snob and a half.


You idiots are comparing the top 10 schools in the country. Who really cares.

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Anonymous wrote:If it was a top 10 ivy, I would say the ivy hands down. But when it comes to Cornell, Brown or Dartmouth, I dont see much difference in quality and prestige. Maybe I would choose Brown or Dartmouth for the bigger undergraduate focus, but in terms of prestige NU is not lacking compared to these three, and especially compared to Cornell.

I've always thought that Brown is a lot more toward upper Ivy than, well, Penn.

definitely not...Brown is at the very bottom just a tiny bit higher than Cornell. Maybe you could stretch it and argue it is on par with Dartmouth but that is as far up as it goes.

HYP are the undisputed top ones. Columbia and Penn are in the middle by pretty much all metrics. These 5 are amongst the undisputed top 10 colleges. Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell are the bottom ivies, I d say in that order.

Based on your writing skills I would guarantee that you didn’t attend an ivy and likely didn’t go to college at all. So why exactly should anybody value your uninformed and worthless opinion?

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Anonymous wrote:If it was a top 10 ivy, I would say the ivy hands down. But when it comes to Cornell, Brown or Dartmouth, I dont see much difference in quality and prestige. Maybe I would choose Brown or Dartmouth for the bigger undergraduate focus, but in terms of prestige NU is not lacking compared to these three, and especially compared to Cornell.

I've always thought that Brown is a lot more toward upper Ivy than, well, Penn.

definitely not...Brown is at the very bottom just a tiny bit higher than Cornell. Maybe you could stretch it and argue it is on par with Dartmouth but that is as far up as it goes.

HYP are the undisputed top ones. Columbia and Penn are in the middle by pretty much all metrics. These 5 are amongst the undisputed top 10 colleges. Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell are the bottom ivies, I d say in that order.

I guess if you spent time at each of the schools at each of the universities your opinion might have some merit. Otherwise you are spouting the typical BS.

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Anonymous wrote:If it was a top 10 ivy, I would say the ivy hands down. But when it comes to Cornell, Brown or Dartmouth, I dont see much difference in quality and prestige. Maybe I would choose Brown or Dartmouth for the bigger undergraduate focus, but in terms of prestige NU is not lacking compared to these three, and especially compared to Cornell.

I've always thought that Brown is a lot more toward upper Ivy than, well, Penn.

definitely not...Brown is at the very bottom just a tiny bit higher than Cornell. Maybe you could stretch it and argue it is on par with Dartmouth but that is as far up as it goes.

HYP are the undisputed top ones. Columbia and Penn are in the middle by pretty much all metrics. These 5 are amongst the undisputed top 10 colleges. Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell are the bottom ivies, I d say in that order.

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern undergrad is meh.

Low Ivy is still an Ivy.

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Anonymous wrote:If it was a top 10 ivy, I would say the ivy hands down. But when it comes to Cornell, Brown or Dartmouth, I dont see much difference in quality and prestige. Maybe I would choose Brown or Dartmouth for the bigger undergraduate focus, but in terms of prestige NU is not lacking compared to these three, and especially compared to Cornell.

I've always thought that Brown is a lot more toward upper Ivy than, well, Penn.