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Originally Posted by violetpretty
Don't make me choke. I would agree that UGA and Texas are among the best public schools in the country. Is that what you meant by "public Ivy"? While UGA and Texas are on par with (or slightly below) other competitive presitigious public schools like Penn State, Maryland, UVA, William & Mary, UNC, etc, they pale in comparison to actual Ivy League schools. Keep in mind, I am not knocking the quality of these schools, because I went to one, just that I think the term "public Ivy" is laughable.
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I absolutely agree with you. However, there are several books out there defining the public ivy institution.
William and Mary, UVA, UNC-CH, UC Berkeley, Michigan (AA), UVM, Miami of Ohio, and UT Austin were the original "public ivies". The phrase was used by a college admissions counselor from Yale to define the 8 public higher education institutions most similar to the true Ivies. Another college admissions expert later expanded the list to include other publics by region. UGa is on the 2nd list.
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