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Whats the equivalent of these Ivy league colleges in the UK?

Reply 20

im so academic

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NothingOnYou

Golden Triangle + Warwick =
Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Imperial, Warwick.

Sorry but why + Warwick?

If Warwick's in there, Durham deserves to be in there too. :hmmm:

Reply 21

tinaturnerbunsenburner

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Planto

Why would they have "equivalents"? Do I have an equivalent American person? Oooh, I wonder where my equivalent American house is!

Also, American unis are just downright nicer than British ones on the whole.

This.

Reply 22

Planto

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holmes221

Read the thread comments first please

Don't tell me what to do.

I did.

Reply 23

vander Beth

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holmes221

By ivy league I was referring to their prestige and research value

Research value? I have a very long list of US universities that could top Brown and Dartmouth's research contribution.

Reply 24

holmes221

OP

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Planto

Don't tell me what to do.

I did.

ok nice one

Reply 25

Focus08

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im so academic

Sorry but why + Warwick?

If Warwick's in there, Durham deserves to be in there too. :hmmm:

What the **** is your problem you little ******

Reply 26

mike_mike

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Planto

Why would they have "equivalents"? Do I have an equivalent American person? Oooh, I wonder where my equivalent American house is!

Also, American unis are just downright nicer than British ones on the whole.

I agree, every single university has its own good and bad particularities..they are all different taking in account many aspects,however..I think I understand the purpose of the thread

Reply 27

holmes221

OP

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vander Beth

Research value? I have a very long list of US universities that could top Brown and Dartmouth's research contribution.

Yes but for the sake of arguement lets just refer to the diverse colleges in the ivy league

Reply 28

Life_peer

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Oxbridge. Nevertheless even better. :-P

Reply 29

vander Beth

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robinson999

yeah that was the main reason that the league was started up, well first called that by that by a sports writer

they all are private uni who get a hell of a lot of money of old students, and endowment that none of our uni can match, they are the USA oldest 8
people like league tables on this site http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-universities/2010/02/25/worlds-best-universities-top-400.html

William & Mary is older than all of them but Harvard and Rutgers is older than Dartmouth.

/pedantic :wink:

Reply 30

holmes221

OP

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robinson999

yeah that was the main reason that the league was started up, well first called that by that by a sports writer

they all are private uni who get a hell of a lot of money of old students, and endowment that none of our uni can match, they are the USA oldest 8
people like league tables on this site http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-universities/2010/02/25/worlds-best-universities-top-400.html

off topic but do you think UCL will still be around 4th this years world rankings :biggrin:

Reply 31

Bslforever

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Planto

Do I have an equivalent American person?

Yes. Yes, you do.

In all seriousness, i think the OP meant to refer to them as "English counterparts" rather than equivalents.

Reply 32

sangeen yahya

u do relaise almost all of uni of cali colleges like ucla berkley and stuff an cali tech are better than some of the ivy leagues

Reply 33

holmes221

OP

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Planto

Why would they have "equivalents"? Do I have an equivalent American person? Oooh, I wonder where my equivalent American house is!

Also, American unis are just downright nicer than British ones on the whole.

there are embarrassing people in america too you know.

Reply 34

username396452

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mike_mike

I agree, every single university has its own good and bad particularities..they are all different taking in account many aspects,however..I think I understand the purpose of the thread

I'm interested to hear what your interpretation of "the purpose" is (and not in a mean way)! This thread bothers me because it's conflating general elitism in American Higher Education with general elitism in UK H.E. into one giant douche-hydrant :eek:

. Elitism is a matter of perception of course, but the very topic can breed a toxic mentality. A contradiction where a few can feel more special by making their own specialness less special by equating it with another identity from across the pond.

Reply 35

Planto

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holmes221

there are embarrassing people in america too you know.

It took you 33 minutes to come up with that?

Reply 36

L i b

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vander Beth

oh god not again

My thoughts precisely. My heart really sinks with all the ****-wittery that goes on here sometimes.

Reply 37

holmes221

OP

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WaltzvWendt

I'm interested to hear what your interpretation of "the purpose" is (and not in a mean way)! This thread bothers me because it's conflating general elitism in American Higher Education with general elitism in UK H.E. into one giant douche-hydrant :eek:

. Elitism is a matter of perception of course, but the very topic can breed a toxic mentality. A contradiction where a few can feel more special by making their own specialness less special by equating it with another identity from across the pond.

Ok feel free to compare every university in the USA to every university in the UK it doesn't matter.

Reply 38

vnupe

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Focus08

Harvard= Cam
Yale=Ox
MIT=Imp
Columbia=UCL
Princeton=LSE
Stanford=Warwick
Brown= Durham

Just taking the top 7 in the UK and trying to assign an approximate equivalent