Certain schools do not accept transfers. Established in 1701 in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University is one of America’s premium Ivy League research schools. Many former alumni have gone on to become CEOs at some of the largest companies in America and there are many more sport stars and actors. It has a non-loan financial aid policy and families who make less than $60,000 per year are not expected to make any type of financial contribution. Former students have included those who have received prizes for literature and mathematics. Some of the most historic figures include nine signer of the Constitution and eight signers of the Declaration of Independence. For example, I'm sure that the majority of the guys at Princeton are friendly, outgoing, and tolerant. The school mascot is the Commodores after the Cornelius Vanderbilt who was known as the Commodore. Community colleges may not have the prestige of major research universities, but these open-access institutions enroll about 11 million Americans each term in communities across the country. The school as it is currently known was established in 1924 and named after Washington Duke. There is over 50 active chapters of Greek life at Georgia and has been ranked as one of the toughest and difficult schools in America. Can't you transfer anywhere?

At UVa we have that reputation, but it isn't true. If you visit, you'll find that Princeton students aren't any more pretentious than Brown students or UC Berkeley students or Swarthmore students. Anonymous: PP who mentioned going to Reed. Today college admissions fiercely compete for students. Former alumni included 10 US Senators and leaders of the Marine Corps. "

One might accuse Princeton of elitism, but it is not of the pretentious variety.

At UVa we have that reputation, but it isn't true. All first year students live on the south campus and there are four residential halls. A parent raised her hand and asked if Yale offered meteorology; the Yale admissions officer scowled "no".

The university has made a commitment to students’ financial needs and has a need-blind policy for all its admissions. It is now a world leader in science and engineering. This is a privately funded college known simply as Cooper Union which is found in Cooper Square in the East Village of Manhattan in New York. The University of Washington is the oldest university on the West Coast of America. Located in Houston, Texas, this private research university has been ranked in the top twenty universities in the United States many times of the years. The students are also known for being mostly rich white kids (but that's true for the 5Cs generally). This private liberal arts school was established in 1864 in Swarthmore Pennsylvania. 10 Most, Least Expensive Private Colleges Tuition and fees at the most expensive schools cost, on average, $61,147 in 2020-2021, U.S. News data shows. Popular majors include Economics, Psychology, and English. A bunch of pretentious posh southerners contributes to Hatfield’s shocking rep, but it still remains very popular. Around 10% of students go on to work in medicine and healthcare. Penn or UPenn is a private research Ivy League university in Philadelphia. The school was a men’s college until the 1960’s when it began admitting female students from other nearby schools on an experimental basis. The school has been ranked on lists for being one of the most prestigious schools in America because of its high level of research. This private residential liberal arts college was founded in 1955 in Claremont, California. The acceptable rate of Amherst is 15% and has been cited as one of the selective liberal schools in America. It's an unfortunate stereotype that, while true in the past, is completely outdated, and for some reason, now sticks to Princeton.

Zoomies have such a chip on their shoulder and now that the CIC is gone for the foreseeable future, its even worse.

How can you spot an AF fighter pilot in a bar? It was founded in 1866 and has been listed and ranked as one of the top liberal arts schools in America. It is this funding which helps with student finances and funding to help keep student debt as low as possible. In the early 1800’s the school shifted focus from training minister to training the next generation. It is considered one of America’s best sports colleges with a variety of Varsity sport programs. Notre Dame and Stanford both received a significant number of comments regarding this "entitled" behavior. It is a small institution with an enrollment of 1,798 undergraduate students. Former President of the United States Jimmy Carter is one of the former students from the university as well as many different employees for NASA. The university did not admit female students until the 1970’s. :) I like that.

Princeton is famous for its pretention. It is a public research university and is considered one of the original public Ivies. It's just really funny to here the story from someone "on the other side".

Please, everyone who's accusing Princeton of being pretentious, explain why. It was founded in 1842 by Father Edward Sorin. But honestly, any school charging tuition over $20,000 a year is going is get a lot of students from families with higher incomes. The college hope to raise $600 million by fundraising with $110 million going towards financial aid for students.

Typically. It's also known as one of the most diverse colleges in the United States. Why do colleges expect 17 year olds to have done research, interned at a well known Fortune 500, played an instrument in Carnegie Hall, and received a medal from the president all while still getting a 4.0 GPA and a 1600 SAT? It has also been listed as a top school for graduates on various lists since it was founded. [quote] It was originally a men’s college and remained that way until 1970 after the fraternities were phased out in the 1960’s. Several surveyed individuals commented on the pretentious attitudes of certain student populations. Today, the country’s best colleges are an overpriced gated community whose benefits accrue mostly to the wealthy. Since the rankings began for different schools, Davidson has been ranked in the top ten for liberal arts colleges every year. It has been listed on various lists over the years as one of the most prestigious schools in the United States. The school is the ninth oldest institution in America after it was founded by Scots-Irish Pioneers. A parent raised her hand and asked if Yale offered meteorology; the Yale admissions officer scowled "no". The college is the smallest of the Ivy League schools which has promised to meet the financial needs of all of the students. Pomona College has ranked on various lists as one of the top five liberal arts colleges in America. Former students include Edgar Allan Poe and seven NASA astronauts. The school was originally founded in 1746 which makes it one of the oldest schools in America. One of the traditions in the school is the number 13. One of the reasons that it is considered so prestigious is due to the some of the former alumni. Likewise, the lack of diversity in ethnicity increasingly does not reflect the student body of most colleges. It is one of the institutions under the Claremont college campus. Princeton is one that I know of as a WHOLE and so is the Tepper B School which doesn't take transfers outside of CMU. GQ's first-ever guide to our nation's Ivoriest Towers of douchery. When the school first opened it educated the sons of colonists and Native Americans and currently has an acceptable rate of 32%. Many of the faculty are associated with NASA and The Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Since then the university has grown and now has some of the world most notable alumni. Over 70% of graduates go on to medical school or law school with the top Ivy League universities. The prevalent stereotype about Pomona students, around the 5Cs at least (but I've heard it said elsewhere), is that they are stuck up and pretentious. Established in 1821 in Amherst, Massachusetts, this liberal arts college is an exclusively undergraduate four year institution. As well as degree programs there is the University of Florida Reserve Officer Training Corps which is the oldest in the country. There has been over 60 US representatives and 27 US senators that have come from the university. The current acceptance rate is 15% and the school has recently began a no-loans financial policy for students. Despite the campus being in the heart of Nashville, the campus has an amazing amount of greenery and has over 300 specimens of trees. Wooster is a very expensive small school, so it is often believed that the students who attend are pretentious and rich snobs who can afford a very expensive and exclusive education. Many Texans consider this campus as four extra years of high school, and most students there usually have the maturity of high school students. He had hoped that his gift would help to heal the wounds of the civil war even though he had never been to the American South. It was established in 1912 after the death of William Marsh Rice. This school is found just outside Sacramento and is major public research university. In average everyone is pretty young and in their early/mid-twenties, which is not the case in the other mature colleges It is an American land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university. If you visit, you'll find that Princeton students aren't any more pretentious than Brown students or UC Berkeley students or Swarthmore students. This university is a private Ivy league  and federal land grant research university which was set up to provide forward thinking education for the youth of America in all fields of knowledge. It has also been ranked in the top twenty five for best school in America. It is known as the oldest public Ivy and has a guarantee to low income student that they will graduate debt free. Caltech is a private research university in Pasadena, California. Families who earn less than $60,000 per year are not expected to make any financial contribution to the school. Instead the college now offers grants and scholarships for students. Notable alumni have included a Supreme Court justice and notable journalists. The university has been cited as one of the best schools in America as many former students have been prize winners. The school sees it as a lucky number as it was founded by 13 men, with 13 dollars and 13 prayers. It has a high acceptance rate of 51% and is beginning to change its policies on financial aid for students. MIT is often cited as one of the top schools in America as former students include over 80 Nobel Laureates and over 30 astronauts. The acceptance rate is around 13% with a small student body. I grew up in an affluent suburb of a major city and knew a lot of people who were intelligent, stellar students, and went on to be very successful. Among the achievements of former students includes Nobel Laureates and is known for its entrepreneurial activity. It is now a small Ivy League research university which caters for many different types of students. The acceptable rate of Yale is 8% but it will accept anyone from any walk of life. Cornell is the only university to have three female unshared Nobel Prize winners among its graduates. The roots of the school can be traced as far back as 1827 under the Mexican Constitution. The current acceptable rate is 32% and has one of the largest and most active alumni on the planet. To ensure the health of the students, every student is required to purchase a meal plan to ensure that they have food to eat. The school was founded after Ephraim Williams left a request in his Last Will and Testament that a free school was founded and maintained in his name. The current acceptable rate is 33% with around 3,000 undergraduates. It has an acceptance rate of 43% and has taken many steps to help students from different backgrounds. It's an unfortunate stereotype that, while true in the past, is completely outdated, and for some reason, now sticks to Princeton. The acceptance rate is currently 9% which makes it one of the most selective universities in America. The student newspaper is the second largest paper in Seattle and is published every day that classes are in session. Students who attended Princeton have gone on to become members of the US Congress and foreign heads of state. The school was named after Cornelius Vanderbilt who gave the school an endowment of $1 million. It has a no-loan policy for students and an acceptance rate of 29% with just over 2,000 students on campus. At 38 colleges, including Yale, Princeton, Brown and Penn, there are more students from the top 1 percent than the bottom 60 percent. This number is more than all of the other Ivy League schools combined. The folks in Blacksburg at VT just spread it around 'cause they're jealous. William Rice had decided to establish a school in his name on is death to provide education for students of the highest standard. Before they changed their info session speaker/program, this very arrogant gentleman would march up on stage and inform parents that "because Yale has 2,000 courses, there's no reason you wouldn't want to come here". The university was founded before Michigan was declared a state and it the oldest university in the area. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. In previous years over 60% of students have received financial aid and replaced its student loans with financial aid in 2007. Former alumni has included eight US Presidents and over 60 living billionaires. Students at the junior level or above can also compete in the Sylvia L. Green Voice Competition, where students perform a vocal repertoire between 10 and 20 minutes while accompanied by a full or chamber orchestra. Former alumni have included heads of state from around the world including presidents of Ghana and Nigeria. The acceptance rate is 18% which makes it one of the easier Ivy League to get in to. There have been over 70 Nobel Prize winners associated with the university and nine Wolf Prize winners. When it was founded in 1946 it was originally a men’s college but since 1976 it has adopted a co-educational environment. The acceptance rate is high at 69% but has a student body of over 60,000 students studying at various levels. ;-)

Princeton is actually one of the friendlier Ivy League campi, IMO. The programme will be offered by 11 colleges for up to 50 students starting in 2022 . The cost of attending Harvard is very high but Harvard offers different scholarships and grants for students. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. I'll agree with yougotjohn here. It has an acceptance rate of 31% and accepts around 2,000 students each year. Washington and Lee is a private liberal arts university in Lexington, Virginia. He'll tell you.

definitely Duke. Hahaha. But lately pretentious students tend to stem...

i know that man. Not only is there the main campus in Atlanta, Georgia, there are several campuses around the world including France and Ireland. Isn't Duke a safety school?

i dont think too many people can call Duke a "safety school"...maybe a match but NEVER a safety

Grim is either joking or confused.

to the person who put Chicago onto the list, is it because Chicago kids are intellectually pretentious?

Princeton, Harvard, Georgetown, Duke, Emory...

any top school will have its number of pretentious kids.

As long as we're on the topic of pretentious adcoms, Yale comes to mind. All the NESCACS. Surprisingly, although I joke about the ivies a lot, only one Ivy came across that way to me and it was Yale. Why measure student character development? The research budget for the school is one of the highest in the country. It was the first public institution of education in the state of Texas. There have been over 30 Nobel Prize winners and over 70 have won the National Medal of Science or Technology. The school was named after its first benefactor, John Harvard. Since it was founded in 1837 there have been a number of prize winning students including 23 Rhode Island Scholars. The vast majority of teenagers in California, as well as in most states, attend public universities where there is a mix of students from different socio-economic backgrounds. The main campus is one of the largest in the United States as it spreads over 5,000 acres. While some may point to theological reasons for this under-representation of women, given that most Christian colleges include 50% female students, this is becoming a somewhat awkward statistic. The school has an acceptable rate of 7% which makes it one of the most selective universities in America. In other words, an HBCU graduate will not blink an eye when saying the most pretentious, sadity collegiate phrase on earth: “My school is better than yours.” And we’ll mean it. Vandy was founded in 1873 in Nashville, Tennessee and is a private research university. The school has less than 1,000 students and has an acceptance rate of 23%. I don't know why, though. Washington has been ranked in the top fifteen universities in the country and in the top thirty worldwide. The sports teams at the university are widely celebrated and mainly who play Varsity sports there go on to have sporting careers. The College Farm offers home grown produce for students to enjoy in the dining halls. that's why i said it was a change, but who cares.

You really can't transfer to Princeton? Academically, CCA includes a First Year Program that introduces students to studio practice and incorporates a portfolio review at the end of the year to assess students' readiness for the majors. Stanford has many different fraternities and sororities and is home to 29 Greek organizations. An age-old stereotype will not suffice. When it was founded in 1946 it was originally a men’s college but since 1976 it has adopted a co-educational environment. The folks in Blacksburg at VT just spread it around 'cause they're jealous. Whether they're affluent coeds, well-pedigreed legacies, or just regular students who loved The Talented Mr. Ripley, you'll find the preppiest students at these 12 campuses. Subject: Re:Colleges with most trust funders. Fewer than 10% of Yale students … The school was founded after the Senator of Washington thought that there was a need for a school in Seattle. Georgetown is also close to iconic attractions and monuments. First year students are required to live on campus but the college guarantees housing for students for four years. Princeton alumni have been associated top prizes from the Nobel awards and Rhode Scholars. The acceptance rate into MIT is only 10%. [/quote] This college was founded in 1693 after official letters from King William III and Queen Mary II requested that a school was formed as a place of universal study. Blake The only stereotype I've heard is that we have an eccentric student body. Related Stories for GQ Comedy. The current acceptance rate is 22% and the university receives funding from many different sources. Schools with the most pretentious/snobby students. The school focuses heavily on creating environmentally sustainable solutions for the world and has updated some of the school buildings to reflect this. Notable alumni include Robert Zoellick, the former President of the World Bank, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve and the “mother of the Hubble telescope” Nancy Roman. The school was named Washington after the first president of the United States as he was one of the first benefactors when the school was struggling financially. Graduating 84% of students, Conn College alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $41,400. In Princeton, New Jersey you can find the private Ivy League school Princeton University. Located in Claremont, California, this private liberal arts college was founded in 1887. Author Date within 1 day 3 days 1 week 2 weeks 1 month 2 months 6 months 1 year of Examples: Monday, today, last week, Mar 26, 3/26/04 It is an independent, co-educational, private liberal arts college with an acceptance rate of 17%. It was established in 1749 as the Augusta Academy and has changed names several times until 1870 when it became known as Washington and Lee University. 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