Do students in Ivy League schools actually study more/work harder in college than average state universities?

Question

Once students are admitted into Ivy League colleges and other prestigiious, private colleges, do they actually continue to work hard in school. Or do they drop their level of performance once they're accepted into the school and just party just as hard as any other student at an average public university?

Answer 1

The expectations for students in each class in Ivies and other prestigious liberal arts colleges are much higher than those at your average state university.

Top schools require TONS of reading, and frequent 10-30 page research papers are the norm.

Multiple choice exams are practically nonexistent at top schools, whereas they are the regular practice at state universities.

But do students at Ivies, Seven Sisters, and Little Ivies party? Absolutely. Oh, absolutely. Does that cause them to drop their level of performance? Not really.

Answer 2

I am going to guess they work harder at Ivy League schools.

This guess is based on the fact that many of the teachers at the state university where I work went to Ivy league schools and they all look down their noses at the students here.

They continually complain about "when I was at ---Princeton, Yale, Harvard"-and god save us from the Standford grads. It is all they talk about.

What I notice is that in the end it seems to make little difference because all the Yalies etc are right here at the same state school as the rest of the ordinary college graduates!

Go where you will be comfortable.

Answer 3

Usually they don't work any more or less hard than the students of other schools. They're just more connected--- the children of extremely rich well connected people or alumni.. A few of them are super achievers who have done outstanding things for their communities.

Ivy League schools have the best professors, but not necessarily the smartest or hardest working students.

Answer 4

Yeah O.K. sure! I don't think so.come on.