What is the lowest ranking Ivy League school? and least selective?

Answer 1

probably cornell, in both categories. penn also has a high (relative) admit rate, but it's bigger. fewer people apply to cornell because it has less name recognition and it's in the middle of nowhere.

Answer 2

Depends on who is doing the ranking:

http://www.studentsreview.com/2005_NYD_rankings/top_ivy_official.php3

# School #Svys Score Rep.
1 Dartmouth College (compare) 29 72.4% 1.7
2 Brown University (compare) 90 70.8% 5.4
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (compare) 87 68.2% 6.2
4 Yale University (compare) 28 67.9% 6.3
5 Cornell University (compare) 73 66.9% 7.1
6 University of Pennsylvania (compare) 46 65.8% 6.2
7 Duke University (compare) 24 65.6% 6.3
8 Princeton University (compare) 30 65.5% 6.5
9 New York University (compare) 85 64.4% 6.7
10 Columbia University in the City of New York (compare) 32 64.2% 2.5

11 Stanford University (compare) 36 59.7% 7.9
12 Harvard University (compare) 39 59.5% 10


US News and World Report rankings for national universities:
1.(T) Harvard
1.(T) Princeton
3. Yale
4. Penn
9.(T) Columbia
9.(T) Dartmouth
13. Brown
14. Cornell


Go here for the more official version and the info about getting into the schools

http://www.collegeconfidential.com/ivy_league/

http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2005/03/24/flaws-in-college-rankings/

All of the schools in the Ivy League are private and not currently associated with any religion.

Institution Location Athletic Nickname Founding religious affiliation Full-time enrollment Founded
Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Bears Baptist[2] 7,809 [10] 1764 as College of Rhode Island

Columbia University New York, New York Lions Anglican 23,813 [11] 1754 as King's College

Cornell University Ithaca, New York Big Red Nonsectarian 20,400 [12] 1865

Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Big Green Puritan (Congregationalist) 5,744 [13] 1769


Harvard University[3] Cambridge, Massachusetts Crimson Puritan (Congregationalist); sided with the Unitarians in their 1825 split from Congregationalists 19,779 [14] 1636, but named Harvard College in 1638

Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Tigers Presbyterian 7,115 [15] 1746 as College of New Jersey

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Quakers Nonsectarian[4] 19,771 [16] 1740[5]

Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Bulldogs Puritan (Congregationalist) 11,483 [17] 1701 as Collegiate School

Answer 3

University of Pennsylvania