<p>Ok sorry about that, thanks for the compliment too! Although I will admit that for some schools like Princeton, where money is one of the main reasons I might apply, it will be much harder to talk about why I want to go there.</p>
<p>I was thinking that a brand name university was one well known outside of academia, and Caltech definetely isn’t. But a better example might be Rice, which is pretty underrated I think. But you’re right: brand name universities aren’t automatically better in all areas. But I’d like to know, what would you call a non brand name university that has superior qualities to tippy top schools?</p>