Non-Ivy Case Study

True Ivy or the “non-Ivy” Ivy The choices and decisions that one must make throughout their life have the potential to affect later points in their life. This being said, it’s even scarier to think about when you are only eighteen years old and deciding on a college that will completely shape the rest of life. When thinking about a college to attend for at least the next four years, many things need to be discussed and taken into consideration. The first thing is to narrow down the options, in this case the options are Harvard and Stanford. The academic program, athletics/track program, and the campus life and community are all things that will have an impact on choosing why I think Stanford will be a better fit for me over Harvard. The

This is important because track is the reason that I have the opportunities that are in front of me to go to such amazing schools that rank amongst the best in the country, if not the world. I don’t want to spend four years competing and representing a school that isn’t helping me to reach my maximum potential athletically. Stanford is the number one of the few schools that consistently make the top athletic and academic lists (“Elite”). Their coaching staff, although it often changes, is always made up of some of the best faculty qualified for the job. The facilities that Stanford offers are also second to none. The campus itself sits within an hour of an Olympic training center (Carlson). Harvard is not on the same level athletically speaking. Their facilities used for the track athletes are the same ones that are shared with almost every other sport the school has to offer. Although the team was very enjoyable when I went to visit, they were not the caliber of athletes that I would eventually want to be. The coaches at Harvard, though nice, were not as technically sound as those that work for Stanford. This is a big factor when it comes to sprinting because all of sprint races are technical. Without improving technique there will be no improvements in