4 Secrets to Winning Admission to an Affordable 'Public Ivy'

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...without a doubt.

Go Blue of CA 7:02AM January 14, 2009

The true public ivies are UCLA, Berkely, UVA and William and Mary.... just look at the caliber of their students based on grades and SAT scores.

JohnB of VA 9:02PM January 12, 2009

UC Berkeley and UVA are the only public schools worth attending. The rest are glorified community colleges.

James of DC 5:58PM January 12, 2009

UC Berkeley!

JB of CA 1:56PM January 12, 2009

I just finished my first semester at UC Berkeley this fall and this is my impression of a "public Ivy" so far.
I have met several students who came from innercity public high schools with excellent GPA and poor SAT scores. One of them told me that her school was a joke due to lack of resourses and academic rigor. As those school did a little to prepare them for a college level work, some of those former straight-A students have become c-avarage students as they began attending UCB. This fact seems to contradict that the artcile points out about admission policies of public ivies. I do not suggest that the article contains any false information. However, I do think, the financial crisis affecting public institutions would result in employment of fewer admission officers who receive an overwhelming ammount of applications to go over them thoroughtly.

Dan Togo of CA 11:49PM January 11, 2009

Public Ivies is a term coined by Richard Moll, an admissions officer who traveled around America and found outstanding public universities that offered academics and ambiance that was similar to schools in the Ivy League.
The eight original public ivies were:
1) University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
2) University of Virginia--Charlottesville
3) University of Texas--Austin
4) College of William & Mary--Williamsburg
5) University of North Carolina--Chappel Hill
6) University of California--Entire System
7) Miami University--Oxford, Ohio
8) University of Vermont

Jason of OH 4:38PM January 11, 2009

I think you guys are missing the point of the article.

Edward of IL 11:42AM January 11, 2009

Alot of these posters must live in Virginia or something.

J of 1:16AM January 11, 2009

Considering I'm about to graduate from Michigan in May, I can speak with the utmost candor that Michigan lives up to that title. UM was actually the first institution ever called a Public Ivy.
Go Blue!

Geoff Chiles of MI 4:54PM January 10, 2009

Certainly Michigan ranks as one of the Public IVYs along with Virginia and Berkeley. Just look at the collegeboard.com and you will see that the SAT 25-75% are very comparable between Michigan and UVA/Berkeley.

Elizabeth of 11:25PM January 09, 2009