<p>This list doesn’t surprise me at all. Penn, Brown, Columbia and Dartmouth are a core group of the elite schools, and often place together in various rankings.</p>
<p>@Flatland -
Penn DOES have pretty impressive law school placement. For example, it is the 4th most represented undergrad at Harvard, after Harvard, Yale and Stanford - but before Princeton. Out of 68 who applied to Yale last year, 9 were accepted - quite similar to Harvard and Princeton, I think. Penn also has similarly excellent placement at med schools.</p>
<p>So, I think your initial assumption was correct, in terms of the excellence stemming from the pre-professional bend of the school.</p>