<p>Given that this is the Brown forum, some Brownian bias should obviously be expected. But this is borderline delusional. Most people (Americans and especially internationals) have never heard of Brown, let alone think that it is prestigious.</p>
<p>Hate to burst your Brownian bubble, but this is the reality:</p>
<p>East Coast- S>B
West Coast- S>>>B
Heartland- S>>B
Internationally- S>>>>B</p>
<p>Of course, while prestige may be a primary consideration for college selection, it is not the only one. So 1 out of 4 Stanford-Brown cross-admits do choose Brown: </p>
<p>you talk about the difference in prestige as though Brown is a complete ****hole. Yes, I would say that Stanford is the more prestigious, but when it comes down to it, between the two, I would definitely choose Brown. That decision has a lot to do with the program I’m interested in (along with other reasons), but I also love Brown. And this is coming from a Stanford legacy. </p>
<p>At the end of the day, if attending Brown over Stanford is going to keep me from getting a job in the future, then I’ll be damned, but this entire argument is just splitting hairs.</p>
<p>Stanford is a great west coast school but no matter what, it will never have the cache of being an Ivy League School. </p>
<p>In my opinion, most of the people in America think of Stanford as the Tiger Woods-John Elway sports school that never quite gets to great and they think of Brown as an Ivy League school. No matter what kind of spin you put on Stanford, it is not seen the same way any of the Ivy League schools is seen. </p>
<p>Brown=Ivy League=wow.
Stanford=school that loses to Cal or UCLA or USC in (pick your sport)=yawn</p>
<p>^ Stanford is equally well known as the Ivy Leagues, infact not-so-smart people out of the US think that Stanford is an Ivy (then one day they find out that Ivy League=eight west coast schools, and that Stanford is in Cali).
But generally in rankings Stanford is higher up and it is better for science-y typed people, whereas Brown is very liberal and creative and for people who are not so sure of what they’d like to major in.</p>
<p>You’re partially right. I am fairly certain that Stanford doesn’t want to be seen the same way as Brown and Cornell are seen (which is not very much at all):</p>
<p>It seems as though a lot of people in these threads come out of the wood works to say dumb things. :shrugs: Most of the people saying dumb things in these threads were either not Brown alums or students who had just gotten into Brown and hadn’t really even stepped foot here (check some of the post dates).</p>
<p>Anyway, I was just clearing up that mistake because people get nervous/stupid when they think an AdOfficer from a school is posting. While Brown does have officers who are aware of this page, they don’t have anyone posting.</p>
<p>AdOfficer wrote a bunch of stuff about why he/she loved Brown and what made Brown unique, said that the Ivies have a lot of cachet in some areas internationally versus Standford in other areas, and then did a lot of equivocating otherwise. Most of what was said was, “Brown was great for me because of these things that are not like what you’ll find at Stanford,” not, “Stanford is not as good or prestigious as Brown and Brown is better for everyone because of these things,” etc etc.</p>
<p>If you think that’s saying dumb things then you don’t know jack.</p>
<p>Who’s “jack”? Is that AdOfficer’s real name or something? But seriously, I am willing to give him a pass. However, I am not so forgiving of these other Brownian “geniuses”:</p>
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<p>Yes, spelling ability is not positively correlated with intelligence. But, mensa boy, you should at least be able to spell the name of the school for which you are ■■■■■■■■. If you’re trying to suggest that your IQ is 160, who do you think you’re fooling?</p>
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<p>Okay, whiz kid, please explain why Stanford has a greater Wall Street presence than Brown, despite being 3,000 miles away as well as having equivalent, if not better options in Silicon Valley?</p>
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<p>Some medical doctors seem to have “God complexes.” This may be why a former double-major in Biology and Geology-Biology (with a neuroscience honors thesis) feels qualified to speak about things (i.e. the humanities offerings at Stanford vs. Brown) of which they are ignorant. Hate to break it to you, doc, but your “strong beliefs” are proven false once again.</p>
<p>English: Stanford #2 > Brown #13
History: Stanford #1 > Brown #17</p>
<p>Mensa is not a Brown student. PH said a lot of stuff that doesn’t make sense about Brown in that time period, but I think he hadn’t even been here yet at the time. </p>
<p>Graduate rankings have very little relation to undergrad. I have no idea about Stanford’s offerings in humanities for undegrads or grads but that’s not remotely good evidence in either directions.</p>
<p>Sounds like someone has some angst they’ve been wanting to release anonymously on an internet forum. Also, none of us really want to bother arguing with you because your arguments are uneducated. You have no idea that what you’re spewing is worthless AND you have an attitude about it. Nice combo.</p>
<p>As an East Coaster, I would also say that Stanford is more prestigious than Brown. A lot of people don’t even know that Brown is an Ivy League school.</p>