Do Ivy League schools have a “dark side”?

Yes, there's a dark side: suicide, myth, and snobbery. If you get into an Ivy, they have the money to arrange financial aid sufficient for you to attend and will do so (this is a relatively new phenomenon). read more

Yes, Ivy League schools have a “dark side,” but so do many other schools, regardless of their prestige level or ranking. The biggest problems, I think, that you will find among students in Ivy League schools (and many other high-stress environments) are 1) suicide and depression and 2) anxiety about financial aid or tuition. read more

Below is the complete Ivy League schools list in alphabetical order: Brown University; Columbia University; Cornell University; Dartmouth College; Harvard University; Princeton University; University of Pennsylvania; Yale University; Ivy League schools are all extremely selective private colleges in the Northeast. read more

Students feel that their school doesn’t care about them and that their fellows have no time for them, writes Zachary Schwartz, an Ivy League graduate, in an article in VICE, a social liberal magazine that covers arts, culture, and news topics. read more