<p>The Princeton Review conducts our College Hopes and Worries survey of college applicants and parents of applicants to gauge their expectations surrounding the college admissions process. Respondents are readers of The Best 368 Colleges and users of our website.
During the months of January through mid-March we collected 15,722 responses - 12,715 from college applicants and 3,007 from parents - representing all 50 states, DC, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico. An abridged summary is below.
What "dream" college do you wish you (your child) could attend if acceptance and/or cost were not issues? (fill in the blank)
Students Parents
1 Stanford University
Harvard College </p>
<p>2 Harvard College
Stanford University </p>
<p>3 Columbia University
Princeton University </p>
<p>4 Princeton University
Notre Dame </p>
<p>5 New York University
Yale University </p>
<p>6 Yale University
New York University </p>
<p>7 University of California - Los Angeles
University of California - Los Angeles </p>
<p>8 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Duke University </p>
<p>9 University of Southern California
University of Southern California </p>
<p>10 University of California - Berkeley
Massachusetts Institute of</p>