Btw, for those of you who don't know what/where RPI is
25 New Ivies
The nation's elite colleges these days include more than Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Why? It's the tough competition for all the top students. That means a range of schools are getting fresh bragging rights.
The bottom line: that one "perfect" school need not break a student's heart. The colleges on the following list-the "New Ivies"-are beneficiaries of the boom in top students. We selected them based on admissions statistics as wellas interviews with administrators, faculty, students and alumni. In some cases, admissions directors have also provided examples of "overlap" schools-rivals for applicants to the colleges on our list.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, N.Y.
Applications to RPI were up 23 percent in 2005-a reflection of the school's reputation as an educator of scientists and engineers. The class of 2010 is 29 percent female. Students like the school's state-of-the-art facilities, including the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies. RPI also operates a co-op program that lets students work at companies like IBM. Hockey is big on campus; RPI has a Division I team that's won two national championships. Skiing is also popular; the campus is just 45 minutes from the Adirondacks and the Catskills.
And here's the rest of the article for those of you who want to see the others (listed in alphabetical order):
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14325172/site/newsweek/
The nation's elite colleges these days include more than Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Why? It's the tough competition for all the top students. That means a range of schools are getting fresh bragging rights.
The bottom line: that one "perfect" school need not break a student's heart. The colleges on the following list-the "New Ivies"-are beneficiaries of the boom in top students. We selected them based on admissions statistics as wellas interviews with administrators, faculty, students and alumni. In some cases, admissions directors have also provided examples of "overlap" schools-rivals for applicants to the colleges on our list.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, N.Y.
Applications to RPI were up 23 percent in 2005-a reflection of the school's reputation as an educator of scientists and engineers. The class of 2010 is 29 percent female. Students like the school's state-of-the-art facilities, including the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies. RPI also operates a co-op program that lets students work at companies like IBM. Hockey is big on campus; RPI has a Division I team that's won two national championships. Skiing is also popular; the campus is just 45 minutes from the Adirondacks and the Catskills.
And here's the rest of the article for those of you who want to see the others (listed in alphabetical order):
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14325172/site/newsweek/