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Ivy League Colleges and Universities
Each of the Ivy League colleges: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale has its own admissions criteria. In other words, an SAT score of 2100 means one thing at Brown, another thing at Cornell, and something else to the other six Ivy League colleges. This leaves most students and parents with the following problem . . .
Problem:
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About The Ivy League
Although the Ivy League colleges share certain policies, high academic standards, historic pedigrees, and compete in the same athletic conference, they differ from each
other in many significant respects. They differ in their academic focus, the size of their undergraduate enrollment, the size of the overall campus, the feel and the
location of the campus and campus safety. To help you decide which of the Ivies may best match your selection criteria, listed below are some of the vital statistics
for each of the eight Ivies:
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Brown University
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Providence, Rhode Island
Small city environment
Campus safety rating: Above average
5,800 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
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Social Sciences - 29%
Ethnic Studies 8%
Biology - 8%
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SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay
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Harvard University**
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Small city environment
Campus safety rating: Average
6,700 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
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Social Sciences – 38%
History – 12%
Biology – 9%
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SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay, interview
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Columbia University: Columbia College
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New York, New York
Large city environment
Campus safety rating: Below average
4,200 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
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Social Sciences - 29%
History – 12%
English – 9%
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SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay
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University of Pennsylvania**
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Large city environment
Campus safety rating: Below average
9,500 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
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Social Sciences - 32%
Business/Marketing – 25%
Engineering – 7%
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SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay
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Cornell University**
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Ithaca, New York
Rural small town environment
Campus safety rating: Above average
13,500 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
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Engineering – 18%
Business/Marketing – 13%
Biology - 12%
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SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay
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Princeton University**
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Princeton, New Jersey
Small town environment
Campus safety rating: Above average
4,800 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
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Economics - 13%
History - 13%
Politics – 12%
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SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay
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Dartmouth College**
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Hanover, New Hampshire
Rural small town environment
Campus safety rating: Excellent
4,000 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
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Social Sciences - 30%
Psychology - 10%
History – 9%
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SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay
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Yale University**
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New Haven, Connecticut
Small city environment
Campus safety rating: Below Average
5,300 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
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Social Sciences - 25%
History – 13%
Integrated studies – 10%
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SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay
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* Indicates that the school accepts the Common Application
** Indicates that the school accepts the Common Application
and a supplemental form is required
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History of the Ivy League
The term Ivy League commonly refers to a group of eight, east-coast colleges and universities renowned for their high academic
standards and significant history. These schools were some of the earliest American institutions founded: Harvard in 1636,
Yale in 1701, Penn in 1740, Princeton in 1746, Columbia in 1754, Brown in 1764, Dartmouth in 1769 and Cornell in 1865.
Taken more literally, the Ivy League refers to the athletic conference in which the eight colleges' sports teams compete. The term
'Ivy League' was conceived in the 1930s by Stanley Woodward, a New York Herald Tribune sports writer. It was not until years later
that an official coalition was actually formed by the universities.
In 1945, the presidents of each university created committees whose tasks were to establish athletic policies on issues like eligibility,
budgets, and length of season play. These policies were (and still are) meant to balance scholarship and athletics. Although Ivy League
sports teams compete in Division I athletics, the schools do not offer athletic scholarships and maintain the same academic standards
for both athletes and non-athletes.
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