Ivy League! Is that my future college?

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.

Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Small city environment
Campus safety rating: Above average
5,800 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
Social Sciences - 29%
Ethnic Studies 8%
Biology - 8%
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay

Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Small city environment
Campus safety rating: Average
6,700 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
Social Sciences – 38%
History – 12%
Biology – 9%
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay, interview

Columbia University: Columbia College
New York, New York
Large city environment
Campus safety rating: Below average
4,200 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
Social Sciences - 29%
History – 12%
English – 9%
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Large city environment
Campus safety rating: Below average
9,500 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
Social Sciences - 32%
Business/Marketing – 25%
Engineering – 7%
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Rural small town environment
Campus safety rating: Above average
13,500 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
Engineering – 18%
Business/Marketing – 13%
Biology - 12%
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay

Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Small town environment
Campus safety rating: Above average
4,800 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
Economics - 13%
History - 13%
Politics – 12%
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay

Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
Rural small town environment
Campus safety rating: Excellent
4,000 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
Social Sciences - 30%
Psychology - 10%
History – 9%
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay

Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Small city environment
Campus safety rating: Below Average
5,300 Undergraduates
Most popular majors:
Social Sciences - 25%
History – 13%
Integrated studies – 10%
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay

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.