Is an Ivy schools' curriculum much more difficult than other major colleges?

Question

My cousin got accepted to Brown, and he was curious about how difficult it would be relative to other colleges. I went to Texas, and it was pretty tough. I can't imagine an ivy league school being that much tougher. Does anybody truly know?

Answer 1

it's... different. the major difference between texas and brown would be the class size. most classes at ivy league schools (or good liberal arts colleges, for that matter) are very small and seminar-style. so even if there isn't as much work, you're expected to be able to contribute a lot to the class.
brown is by reputation the "easy" ivy, requiring fewer credits than the others to graduate. still, it's tough, and the professors are pretty demanding. many students will have 1000 pages of reading a week for a class, and lots of papers to write.
of course, like most universities, you get out of it what you put into it. i'm sure it's possible to pass at an ivy league school without doing much work at all, but that isn't the idea.

Answer 2

I found that my classes were very difficult...1000's of pages of reading a week, and professors who claimed that "at a state school, you'd get an A for this essay, but since this is Cornell, you're getting a C. Also, my required classes were all very large (150+), but the upper level classes were smaller.

Answer 3

Not sure. The classes I took at San Diego State were a cinch.