It has long been coveted to have earned a degree from an Ivy League school. Today, there are other competitors that some claim to be just as good as their Ivy counterparts. Some of these well-known schools include Duke University, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Vanderbilt, and Georgetown University, to name a few.

What schools are equivalent to Ivy League?

Many use the phrase Ivy Plus to refer to both the Ivies and a handful of similarly prestigious schools (mainly Stanford, MIT, the University of Chicago, and Duke). Some lists, however, also count Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, and Caltech among the Ivy Plus schools.

Who is Harvard rival?

The Harvard–Yale football rivalry is renewed annually with The Game, an American college football match between the Harvard Crimson football team of Harvard University and the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University. The Game is third among most-played NCAA Division I football rivalries.

What is considered the worst Ivy League school?

RANKED: The Ivy League Schools From Worst To Best#8 Brown University — Providence, Rhode Island.#7 Dartmouth College — Hanover, New Hampshire.#6 Columbia University — New York, New York.#5 Cornell University — Ithaca, New York.#4 University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.More items •3 Sep 2013

Are MIT students happy?

The graduate students I personally knew at MIT were happier and more relaxed than the undergrads. Im pretty old, but I think its a mix, really. For the first time in my life, I was surrounded by people with whom I had a LOT in common. I made lifelong friends and even met my husband there.