Differentiating top 20 universities

College Search & Selection
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<p>I was reading a similar thread that had mostly LACs. So let's suppose an applicant has excellent stats and play "which of these are not like the others?" </p>

<p>Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Duke, MIT, Caltech, UPenn, Columbia, Dartmouth, UChicago, Cornell, WUStL, Northwestern, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Emory, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame</p>

<p>For example:
Geography:
[ul]
[<em>]Midwest: WUStL, Northwestern, UChicago, Notre Dame
[</em>]South: Duke, Rice, Emory, Vanderbilt
[<em>]West: Stanford, Caltech
[</em>]Atlantic: everything else
[/ul]
Undergraduate Size
[ul]
[<em>]10k+: UPenn, Cornell
[</em>]3k-10k: everything else
[<em>]1k-3k: Rice
[</em>]0-1k: Caltech
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Or how about culture? Chicago is in a league of its own ;-)</p>

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<p>harvard, MIT, yale, dartmouth and brown are actually considered to be in the east if you want to get specific =P</p>

<p>how about social life/party scene- low key, so/so, intense (i have no idea which would go into which category though lol)</p>

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<p>i guess each school has it own pros and cons according to different people. For example I will like to go to a campus with a large population, so UPENN is one of my top fav. But I guess the wrost out of them must be Rice or emory.</p>

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<p>Fun: Yale, Stanford, Duke, UPenn, Brown, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, COrnell</p>

<p>Sometimes Fun: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, WUSTL, Notre Dame, Rice, Emory</p>

<p>Not Fun: Caltech, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, MIT</p>

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<p>Sports:</p>

<p>Big: Stanford, Duke, Penn, Princeton, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame</p>

<p>Medium: Cornell, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, RIce</p>

<p>Small: MIT, Caltech, Columbia, Chicago, WUSTL, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Emory</p>

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<p>Urban/Urbanish: Harvard, Rice, Yale, MIT, Penn, Columbia, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, CalTech, WUSTL, Northwestern, Brown, Vanderbilt, Emory</p>

<p>Suburban: Princeton, Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame</p>

<p>Rural: Dartmouth, Cornell</p>

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<p>Wrong about fun at Hopkins...Lots of fun. Also, wrong about sports if you are a lacrosse fan...Best lacrosse in the nation! and lots and lots of super fans.</p>

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<p>I don't think you can rate colleges in tiers of how fun they are, but if you mean fun as in- lots of socializing and partying without much work- I agree that you can rank colleges in that respect.</p>

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<p>John Hopkins lax is really cool. I wish I could make it to a few of the Maryland/JHU games.</p>

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<p>FLAMIN' HOT GIRLS!!!: Vanderbilt...(alone by itself)</p>

<p>pretty good-looking girls: Yale, Brown, Northwestern</p>

<p>decent~okay girls: Dartmouth, UPenn, Stanford, Princeton, Duke</p>

<p>if you're desperate enough: Harvard, Wash. U, Emory, Rice, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Chicago</p>

<p>AHHH MY EYES!!! THEY BURRRRRNN!!: MIT, Caltech, Cornell</p>