Ranking: Ivy League College Campuses

I went to Yale for four years, and it did I impress the whole time, However, I do know that some people preferred Princeton, as it is less urban, and I was surprised Harvard is ranked here as low as it was. But okay, I'll accept the good rating if I have to. :)

Agree

When Ezra Cornell said that he would found an institution "where any 'man' could find instruction in any study, his response to how he would control demand, he said, "Wait until you see where I'm going to put it."

Placeologie- why do you really care about the subject? did you go to an Ivy League college? an Ivy League education or one earned from any of the of T-20, being in close proximity to a whole foods or a Chipotle isn't on the top of a priority list. you might want to upgrade that 7-11 education.

As soon as she said that the problem with Dartmouth's campus is its distance to the nearest McDonalds, is the moment I stopped watching this video.

These people did not even graduate a College 😂. Closeness to McDonald’s tops the list.

You got Harvard spot-on; visiting as a tourist from the UK, it is hard to tell whether it is a university at all, because it looks like a mundane (albeit well-maintained) assemblage of neo-Georgian and mock-Georgian buildings. It's about as impressive as the average street in Kensington or Mayfair. The Yard must be the most underwhelming central space of any university I've seen, and unlike the immaculately sculpted lawns and medieval quads of Oxford and Cambridge, is crisscrossed with muddy trails and scattered trees, like an overgrown back lot. Even the much-vaunted Annenberg Hall is little more than a Victorian parish church. For a university of Harvard's age, reputation, and endowment, its built environment is an embarrassment.

Political Correctness (PC), Diversity, Inclusiveness and Equality (DIE) are Psychological Tools employed by Columbia University’s School of Public and International Affairs.
It is a fact that a branch of Columbia's School of Public and International Affairs exists in nearly every Establishment of Higher Education throughout the world, so that the thoughts of young and impressionable minds are controlled and coordinated.
Protests and riots are thus synchronized Globally, its first use was evident when the low life Drug dealer and Counterfeiter George Floyd was arrested and demised.
These psychological tools were used for the promotion of radical progressive groups across the globe to destroy western society and usher in a new world order.
The Tools and coordinating infrastructure have succeeded in widening the political division, creating confusion, weakness, and immobilization of the once Dynamic western and democratic states.
Initially the Global aspect of these psychological tools was thought to be a Marxist aspiration, and of course any other suggestion was deemed a phobia (such as islamophobia). However, the common theme of protests and riots is the pro-Palestinian agenda.
It is now clear and revealed that the new world order is in fact other than a Marxist aspiration, but very much so an Islamic one.
Following the Evil and Barbaric massacre of October 7th, 2023, and the vindictive pro-Palestinian protests and marches of hate, the chanting of genocidal slogans the intimidation of Students and antisemitism, any argument of Islamophobia is null and void.
The repercussions of this new world order are an existential threat not just for Jews but for any other religion outside of Islam.

Ivy League schools have been compromised, there goal is to shape your mind for their agenda and not your Career which you and your parents are paying for. For a real education research establishments of Higher education in India, Israel, Singapore, and Thailand. you will have a better education, an overseas experience and save yourselves and your parents much student loans.

If you are lazy, and don’t like walking up hills, stay away from Cornell.

I love this, but you forgot to review Miskatonic.

JFK went to Harvard College, not Princeton.

Are you correct in your inclusion of President Kennedy among the Princeton Alumni ?.

John F Kennedy went to Princeton? That's news. Providence has improved in the last 20-30 years but its still not a magnet compared to others, and New Haven? Great pizza yes but thats it - crime levels in the surrounding area (and Columbia) which you didn't mention for any.

I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and also spent a semester at Harvard. As an avid skier, were I to do it again, Dartmouth would be really tempting.

All of these schools have great programs and deep resources. While the ranking is good for what it is, the viewer just needs to be aware that being closer to cities, closer to the beach, closer to warm weather, etc. all impact the ranking favorably, and those may not correspond with your desires concerning the college experience.

JFK did not graduate from Princeton. He attended only the fall of his freshman year.

11 Minutes to McDonalds. LMAO Is this list a joke?

Upenn is the best, & where free of speach is important.

I think the most beautiful campus is Cornell.

I wouldn't have used accessibility to McDonald's in my rankings.

Alright I'm doing this, but honestly they're all beautiful campuses.

8. Brown -- Still a really beautiful campus, but the least unique in my opinion and I don't love Providence as a city, even if the rest of the state can be lovely.
7. Harvard -- Arguably the greatest institution of higher learning in the world, but the campus isn't as spectacular as the remaining Ivy Leagues'. Pretty views over the Charles and some cool (and very old) buildings. Classic red brick architecture but not as captivating as some others.
6. UPenn -- Some very dramatic buildings here, and the quad is nice. In my opinion it suffers from being in a pretty unpleasant area, but some of the buildings are stunning.
5. Columbia -- New York location is great, with access to Central Park and views over the Hudson and Riverside Park. The main quad is iconic, but the rest of the campus doesn't hold up to some of the more beautiful campuses.
4. Cornell -- Probably the least beautiful campus in terms of architecture in my opinion, but I think it has the most beautiful location by far. Ithaca is gorgeous and the town is very quaint. Hard one to place considering those factors...
3. Dartmouth -- Similar to Cornell, the campus isn't as dramatic as some, but its location at the Vermont New Hampshire border is unbelievably pretty. That in addition to the quaint liberal arts feel that the campus architecture it has makes it one of my favorites.
2. Yale -- I think this campus has the most remarkable buildings of any campus in America. The gothic architecture is iconic, mixed in with some amazing contemporary buildings. The only reason it isn't #1 for me is that New Haven leaves something to be desired.
1. Princeton -- Similar to Yale in some ways, this campus feels fully representative of what "Ivy League" brings to mind. Gorgeous and classic gothic architecture inspired by Oxford in a pretty lovely town makes this my favorite.

I attended the best public University in the America, Cal Berkeley. I also attended, and was a teaching assistant at Cornell University. Both are excellent schools, and both are rated a bit lower than they should be because of the number of students. In Cornell’s case, it’s not only bigger, in terms of enrollment, than all Ivy League schools, it also offers a larger and more diverse number of majors than all Ivy League schools. But the biggest difference I experienced between Cal and Cornell, was NOT the quality of students, or subject matter, but the fact that public institutions are more competitive than private schools, such as the Ivies. Competitiveness meaning thank in public schools, they basically grade on a bell curve, where approximately half of the students in a class get a C, or below. In the Ivies, grading is not on a bell curve…and students do not flunk out…those that leave, leave because they quit.

I'm confused aren't we supposed to be rating the campus, I think for most students being near a major city is not what they are valuing the most.

Nice video. Well done. Interesting. In terms of sports, I’m a Princeton fan. Otherwise, Dartmouth.

Rating Ivy schools based on how close you are to taco bell?

I think you both must be Yale Alumni. What about the locked gates around each college needed for safety?

I lived at Yale for graduate school (at HGS). We were still allowed to use our fireplaces then! (93-95). Excellent experience.

You use the picture from the theme park Tokyo, DisneySEA for Cape Cod! 😂

JFK when to Harvard and not Princeton.

8. Felt sorry for New Hampshire
7. Upper New York is quite well...
6. faint & bulldogs are laughing with glee
5. Name after a town in New Jersey, 😎
4. Such perfect of out on top three of honored mentioned
3. Thank you to the city that never sleeps who got the best Ivy in the city not suburb nor country.
2. Rhode Island is the best ever
1. The best ever...take that Massachusetts, Connecticut is the best Ivy college ever.

This helped, as I wanted to go to Yale, but this is just confirming it! Thanks

I have two ivy leave degrees and this is the most biased nonsense based on alcohol-pizza-centric criteria ... One does not go to a college just for eating and drinking ...

Being 2 hours from a Chipotle is a feature not a bug.

You should not be ranking Ivy League campuses wtf

John Kennedy and all his brothers graduated from Harvard.

Of all the vids I've seen, this is one of them. I could hardly avoid notice that you mentioned movie stars as status ratings. The Bushes at Yale were the exception. Wanna guess a President who most recently attended Wharton School at Penn? Ever heard of Trump?

Useless. Criteria have no rational bearing on whether to attend. You even state as much in your intro - "... how they might be viewed by the average tourist."

Really weird to say you're going to rank the campuses on beauty and architecture, but then rank them based on their proximity to cities. You guys do realize that some people actually want to go to college in a rural setting?

The Taylor swift reference made the whole video!!!

The amount of political brainwashing is commensurate with the high tuition at Ivy League universities. Pay more - learn less.

Cornell should be higher.

Nice how they neglected to discuss the crime that surrounds schools like Yale, Brown, and Columbia

Yale will ALWAYS be my favorite of the Ivy League campuses: architecturally, academically and culturally. However, I HATED New Haven. 🤮 NYC (my hometown), is a two-hour drive from campus, perhaps 2.5 with heavy traffic (Metro North takes about 90 minutes from New Haven Union into Grand Central), and Yale's architecture just CAN'T be beat: it's the "Oxford of America." Columbia (my Dad's alma mater) has a great campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, with a nice campus, but it's just somewhat lacking in housing options. Uhhhh, Philly has JUST as cold winters 🥶❄as NYC and Boston............

Harvad x boston > stanford x sf > columbia x NYC > NYU x NYC >...etc. king city of New york city vs Queen city of LA ,top 2 City.

What

Yes but how many have a 4-Star Restaurant right on campus like Columbia does ?? The Terrace Restaurant is on 119th St. and Amsterdam Ave. and has a harpist playing on some nights. I guess (hope) it is still open since the last time I ate there was back in 2005, the year my youngest son graduated from Columbia.