Anonymous
04/09/2026 21:14
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Case looks like concentration camp.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 21:07
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Just below this post is one describing how well students at Hotchkiss are doing at Ivy League schools. Hotchkiss is a private high school in Connecticut that costs $80,000 per year.
If you are an employer today and want real talent, do you really think you're going to find it with the Ivy grads coming from Hotchkiss? No. The only reason you hire them is because their parents might be useful. In the meantime to get things done, you are hiring smart kids from Georgia Tech, Rice, Northwestern, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Purdue, Texas, Carnegie Mellon because that's where the actual brains are.
Looking at test scores from Purdue, Texas, and Michigan says otherwise.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 21:03
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:I like this list. This seems like a great list TBH.
Agreed and the fact they actually base it on feedback from executive hiring managers at firms and companies etc
Anonymous
04/09/2026 20:49
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
I like this list. This seems like a great list TBH.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 19:56
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NYU and USC should replace Tufts and Case.
Why do your think so?
Case isnt a hard admit and is undesired by almost everyone. Tufts doesn't have great post grad placement like the others two.
Tufts was in the top 20 of the LinkedIn list of top colleges for long-term career success, so post-grad placement should be pretty good. (Hopefully it will stay good with all the changes in biotech industry, yikes)
Anonymous
04/09/2026 18:33
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Just below this post is one describing how well students at Hotchkiss are doing at Ivy League schools. Hotchkiss is a private high school in Connecticut that costs $80,000 per year.
If you are an employer today and want real talent, do you really think you're going to find it with the Ivy grads coming from Hotchkiss? No. The only reason you hire them is because their parents might be useful. In the meantime to get things done, you are hiring smart kids from Georgia Tech, Rice, Northwestern, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Purdue, Texas, Carnegie Mellon because that's where the actual brains are.
Almost 40% of Hotchkiss receives significant FA…and they have a number of grads at Northwestern, Vandy and the other private New Ivies.
I think all the Hotchkiss kids will do pretty well in life…even if they had to attend an “old” Ivy.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 17:25
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Just below this post is one describing how well students at Hotchkiss are doing at Ivy League schools. Hotchkiss is a private high school in Connecticut that costs $80,000 per year.
If you are an employer today and want real talent, do you really think you're going to find it with the Ivy grads coming from Hotchkiss? No. The only reason you hire them is because their parents might be useful. In the meantime to get things done, you are hiring smart kids from Georgia Tech, Rice, Northwestern, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Purdue, Texas, Carnegie Mellon because that's where the actual brains are.
If you are an employer today and want real talent, do you really think you're going to find it with the Ivy grads coming from Hotchkiss? No. The only reason you hire them is because their parents might be useful. In the meantime to get things done, you are hiring smart kids from Georgia Tech, Rice, Northwestern, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Purdue, Texas, Carnegie Mellon because that's where the actual brains are.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 17:25
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:washu wasnt there the first year, neither was tufts.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NYU and USC should replace Tufts and Case.
Why do your think so?
Case isnt a hard admit and is undesired by almost everyone. Tufts doesn't have great post grad placement like the others two.
Well Tufts has excellent post grad placement lists for at least the two areas I have focused on for building my twins college lists: Pre-med and IR.
In terms of Case Western being "undesirable" do you mean their 35% acceptance rate. While that is higher than all the other new ivies on the list (which are closer to 10-12%), there are other reasons they cited for including Case (C-level employer and hiring partner survey, AI innovation/adaptation). It sounds like Case was just brought in as the sole new addition this year while most of the others (including Tufts) have been on it for all three consecutive years.
My bad, I saw two different posts for last year's list (which they both were on) and mixed up the dates. Case is new this year, and WashU/Tufts and maybe others were new last year and repeated this year.
yeah they replaced boston college
Makes sense to me. I like Boston College but I do think Wash U and Tufts both deserved to be on the list above BC.
I do wish the lists were Top 20 and not just Top 10 so it could include more deserving schools.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 17:23
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:washu wasnt there the first year, neither was tufts.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NYU and USC should replace Tufts and Case.
Why do your think so?
Case isnt a hard admit and is undesired by almost everyone. Tufts doesn't have great post grad placement like the others two.
Well Tufts has excellent post grad placement lists for at least the two areas I have focused on for building my twins college lists: Pre-med and IR.
In terms of Case Western being "undesirable" do you mean their 35% acceptance rate. While that is higher than all the other new ivies on the list (which are closer to 10-12%), there are other reasons they cited for including Case (C-level employer and hiring partner survey, AI innovation/adaptation). It sounds like Case was just brought in as the sole new addition this year while most of the others (including Tufts) have been on it for all three consecutive years.
My bad, I saw two different posts for last year's list (which they both were on) and mixed up the dates. Case is new this year, and WashU/Tufts and maybe others were new last year and repeated this year.
yeah they replaced boston college
Anonymous
04/09/2026 17:22
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:washu wasnt there the first year, neither was tufts.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NYU and USC should replace Tufts and Case.
Why do your think so?
Case isnt a hard admit and is undesired by almost everyone. Tufts doesn't have great post grad placement like the others two.
Well Tufts has excellent post grad placement lists for at least the two areas I have focused on for building my twins college lists: Pre-med and IR.
In terms of Case Western being "undesirable" do you mean their 35% acceptance rate. While that is higher than all the other new ivies on the list (which are closer to 10-12%), there are other reasons they cited for including Case (C-level employer and hiring partner survey, AI innovation/adaptation). It sounds like Case was just brought in as the sole new addition this year while most of the others (including Tufts) have been on it for all three consecutive years.
My bad, I saw two different posts for last year's list (which they both were on) and mixed up the dates. Case is new this year, and WashU/Tufts and maybe others were new last year and repeated this year.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 17:19
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
washu wasnt there the first year, neither was tufts.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NYU and USC should replace Tufts and Case.
Why do your think so?
Case isnt a hard admit and is undesired by almost everyone. Tufts doesn't have great post grad placement like the others two.
Well Tufts has excellent post grad placement lists for at least the two areas I have focused on for building my twins college lists: Pre-med and IR.
In terms of Case Western being "undesirable" do you mean their 35% acceptance rate. While that is higher than all the other new ivies on the list (which are closer to 10-12%), there are other reasons they cited for including Case (C-level employer and hiring partner survey, AI innovation/adaptation). It sounds like Case was just brought in as the sole new addition this year while most of the others (including Tufts) have been on it for all three consecutive years.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 17:19
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:This is the update 2026 list:
Private "Top Ten" new ivies (alphabetical order, not ranked):
Carnegie Mellon
Case Western
Emory
Georgetown
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Rice
Tufts
Vanderbilt
WashU St. Louis
Public "Top Ten" new ivies (alphabetical order, not ranked):
US Air Force Academy
U Florida
Georgia Tech
Michigan
UNC Chapel Hill
Purdue
UT Austin
UVA
William & Mary
U Wisconsin Madison
They're all excellent schools so it doesn't surprise me that they scored highest in the employer/hiring partner survey for employability. Those trying to argue that they're not are just munching sour grapes that their personal favorite school is not listed.
That said, it's still another ranking and therefore imperfect. While all of these schools are strong, you can also argue to add another 5 or so schools to each list and it would still be an excellent list.
Top ten private and top ten public is still a smaller sample size when admissions are so competitive and we all need to widen (not narrow) our lens.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 17:13
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NYU and USC should replace Tufts and Case.
Why do your think so?
Case isnt a hard admit and is undesired by almost everyone. Tufts doesn't have great post grad placement like the others two.
Well Tufts has excellent post grad placement lists for at least the two areas I have focused on for building my twins college lists: Pre-med and IR.
In terms of Case Western being "undesirable" do you mean their 35% acceptance rate. While that is higher than all the other new ivies on the list (which are closer to 10-12%), there are other reasons they cited for including Case (C-level employer and hiring partner survey, AI innovation/adaptation). It sounds like Case was just brought in as the sole new addition this year while most of the others (including Tufts) have been on it for all three consecutive years.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 17:09
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NYU and USC should replace Tufts and Case.
Why do your think so?
Case isnt a hard admit and is undesired by almost everyone. Tufts doesn't have great post grad placement like the others two.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 17:08
Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:NYU and USC should replace Tufts and Case.
definitely not