<p>I would choose Yale b/c it’s less competitive and snobby then Harvard. Princeton is too rural. Also, I know, if this was real, I would choose a handful of schools over these three.</p>
<p>A somewhat related question - what are some distinct differences among the three schools? </p>
<p>For example, if an interviewer asked: Why H/Y/P over H/Y/P? what would be one outstanding aspect of each of these schools that could serve as a good answer? </p>
<p>It seems like most people here are drawing differences in their locations - any unique characteristics within the college that may separate each of them apart? (e.g. Yale: Residential colleges)</p>
<p>Princeton, judging by the people from my school who have gone in the past</p>
<p>yale for sure, hopefully for law school.</p>
<p>for me, I felt princeton was the most pretentious, and you really can’t beat harvard.</p>
<p>Hypothetically, Princeton.
Realistically, Harvard.</p>
<p>Very few people can say no to Harvard.</p>
<p>I can tell you, non-hypothetically, that these are the three schools that rejected me way back when.</p>
<p>I would have chose Yale or Princeton as an undergrad. (I didn’t apply to Harvard as an undergrad.)</p>
<p>I didn’t bother applying to Yale for law school, as it appeared to be too much of a long-shot. Had I applied and been admitted, I would have chosen Yale over Harvard for law school. But cost considerations would likely have prompted me to opt for Berkeley in any event.</p>
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Alas, this is exactly what I had to contemplate when deciding on my post. In honesty, although I said Princeton in my post, I really don’t know what I’d do if faced with this situation.</p>
<p>Looks like princeton wins. there’s more princeton than harvard+yale.</p>
<p>and in all honesty I’m sure I’ll choose princeton over harvard. There really just isn’t much about harvard I like besides the fact that you can cross register courses at MIT.</p>
<p>Harvard. </p>
<p>Might as well go with the the best.</p>
<p>Only on CC would people turn down Harvard.</p>
<p>MIT or Caltech may offer better opportunities and education than Harvard in certain fields, but Yale and Princeton basically give you the same education with less prestige. Internationally, this isn’t even a close competition.</p>
<p>Yale…if I got in.
I love how much attention the undergrads get and I absolutely love the campus and the vibe there.</p>
<p>Awped, no not really. I knew lots of kids in my dorm last year who turned down Harvard and also Yale and Princeton, to attend Stanford. I’m pretty sure they don’t all go on CC. That being said, I will say that in real life more people would choose Harvard than one might guess from this thread.</p>
<p>^Dude, Stanford isn’t even part of this discussion. Stop trying to advertise your school. I also know people who turned down Stanford for Brown, it doesn’t mean anything</p>
<p>I’m not advertising my school-I’m just responding to your ignorant assertion that only on CC people turned down Harvard-which is not even close to being true.</p>
<p>@Awped, news for you. At Harvard, more than 40% of current job-bound graduates could not find jobs upon graduation. Make sure that this is part of your prestige equation.</p>
<p>[The</a> Harvard Crimson :: News :: Surveying the Class](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=528363]The”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=528363)</p>
<p>are we seriously going to debate whether yale and princeton are more prestigious than harvard?</p>
<p>It is a personal choice when it comes to choose HYP.</p>
<p>I’m seriously going to debate two things:</p>
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<li>There are a lot of schools that are nearly as prestigious as Harvard, and for all intents and purposes are.</li>
<li>Many people don’t pick their college based on these minor differences in prestige.</li>
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<p>Obviously most people who get into Harvard choose Harvard, but the same is true for Princeton, Yale, Stanford, MIT, and Columbia. So you need to temper your claims.</p>
<p>About 20% of Harvard admits don’t enroll. Chances are, many of them go to YPSM.
About 30% of Stanford admits don’t enroll. Chances are, many of them go to H.</p>
<p>I agree with Awped. In reality, students who get accepted to Harvard would really matriculate. Those that don’t have financial as the reason, or were accepted to a very special program in some schools such as the direct entry to med school and the like.</p>