<p>well there's a staMford in connecticut...</p>
<p>The easy choice is Stanford.</p>
<p>There's no argument.</p>
<p>For the person who asked about internships, Silicon Valley is right around Stanford.</p>
<p>Do you really want to intern during school? I mean, I want to concentrate on school during the year and intern in the summer. For this, location makes little difference</p>
<p>collegecanwait, good point. I guess internships really aren't all that necessary during the school year. With Wharton, I know that they let students freshman year do a project sponsored by a company. It's incorporated in the curriculum as part of their Management 101 class. It's just that being in the city, like Harvard is in Boston, gives your greater access to resources. I feel like at Stanford you'd have to drive...what, 40 min? to get to San Francisco. So, I'd assume they don't really have much interaction with these businesses during the school year. So my point is that location could help your education be a little more hands-on, since the school will probably incorporate it into their curriculum</p>
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but in a lot of places stanford is equally big if not bigger than harvard
when my taiwanese relatives asked me where i got accepted and i told them stanford, they just stared at me wide-eyed in disbelief and then started to mutter things in mandarin. i caught certain phrases like "best school in america," and "right next to san jose," and "owns harvard anyday" (i made the last one up)
so people in foreign countries are likely to know just as much about how great stanford is as they know about how great harvard is
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Haha, that's funny. When I told my Chinese aunt that Stanford was also very prestigious, she repeated it a couple times to herself and decided that she might have heard of it. She then insisted that the colleges with the "loudest names" were still Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge. Many of the top universities in the US, including YPS, are unfortunately not getting the international recognition that they deserve.</p>
<p>Princeton is THE school of choice :).</p>
<p>Sorry...just had to say that.</p>
<p>Whaaaaa? Cautious Pessimism...you don't belong here! hahaha, i hope you are kidding...</p>
<p>Regarding internships, I don't know if you'd have time during the school year (who am I to know?), but downtown Palo Alto has some financial corporations that you could look into.</p>
<p>If you are basing your decision on where you go on other people's opinion of the school you are at...you have some serious reconsidering to do. If you would be happier and have a better experience at a community college than you should go there over stanford, harvard, or princeton...go to the place that fits you best not where other people have the highest opinion of. Anyways, stanford's reputation is growing by the minute so if you aren't to concerned with the next few years i guarantee it will become the "next harvard" reputation-wise soon enough.</p>
<p>Your argument isn't entirely true, rlerner. </p>
<p>Spending $250,000 on a Stanford degree is not only about the experience but also for the piece of paper at the end. Applying to a job with an A.A. from Smithtown Community College and a B.A. from Stanford University are two different things, despite the relative experiences.</p>
<p>What rlerner is saying is that when deciding between two great universities such as Harvard and Stanford, prestige should not play a role. Since both their degrees are equally valuable, other factors are more important. In the end, after visiting and what not, if you think you will be happier at Stanford, go to Stanford.</p>
<p>Doooode, I understand the merits of comparing the two schools for social life, academics, etc. But as for prestige, what's the point of comparing Stanford to Harvard? </p>
<p>Stanford is NOT going to be the "next Harvard." Stanford is going to be "STANFORD," period, and people will stop trying to compare it to other schools as "the next ____." I think Harvard and Stanford will be occupying different niches within the next few decades; I think Stanford will become famous for biotech research because of its proximity to Silicon Valley, in addition to its other great achievements. I don't think Harvard will be as competitive in this area just as people do not try and compare engineering prowess of Harvard and MIT because MIT is so well-known for that subject. They're wonderful schools but they're too different to really be compared. I'd suggest figuring out what YOU WANT first before trying to compare which is better at what. It'll be easy after that (like knowing you want to do ibanking and finding the opportunities near Boston to be perhaps more appealing than Palo Alto as well as the "good ol boy" feel of alumni connections, so you choose Harvard).</p>
<p>Y'all have fantastic lives ahead of you, I'm sure of it. Now just go visit the campuses, have some fun, and I'm sure you'll know in your heart at first sight. :)</p>
<p>I think that's a fairly accurate statement.</p>
<p>AHH! I got into Stanford EA and I'm stuck. I have a really good feeling I'm getting into Harvard (A lot better chance of getting in there than Stanford in the first place) and now I really don't know what I will do if I get into both. I kind of wish I wouldn't get in so I wouldn't have to choose. Everyone says "if you get into Havard, you can't not go...it's Harvard"...I just don't want to spend 4 years at Stanford replaying that in my head, but at the same time Stanford's weather is unbeatable and it's beautiful!
HELP!</p>
<p>ive actually considered this
it's because harvard is more internationally acclaimed and because they have a better financial aid program
but
if i do get into harvard im probably still going to go to stanford (granted i get how much money i need)
and it's because of the weather
period.
oh and also harvard ****es me off sometimes because they're so elitist and annoying</p>
<p>Stanford is totally respected internationally; I wouldn't really decide based on that.</p>
<p>I've always heard that Stanford is the most common school chosen by those who turn down Harvard.</p>
<p>nobody can just assume that because they got into stanford ea that they're a shoe in at harvard. they're clearly two different schools looking for two different groups of students. that being said, stanford>harvard without a doubt.</p>
<p>i mean obviously</p>