<p>How much do our own views of the ten most "prestigious" schools differ? Not that it matters, but it's interesting to see.</p>
<p>If you're offended by this thread, get out. :)</p>
<p>Top 10 (in no specific order):
-Harvard
-Yale
-Princeton
-Columbia
-Brown
-Dartmouth
-Stanford
-MIT
-UPenn
-Caltech</p>
<p>(I know it seems I'm ignoring LAC's, but AWS would be the next 3 if it were a top 13)</p>
<ol>
<li>Caltech</li>
</ol>
<p>There has to be at least hundreds of these kinds of threads.</p>
<p>World list says 1.Harvard and 4MIT for United States and 2Oxford, 3Cambridge. World perception from London to Shanghai is even more interesting I think.</p>
<p>Anyway Joshua's list is about right</p>
<p>Harvard, MIT
Princeton, Yale
Stanford
Wharton
Caltech
Columbia
Brown
Duke, Dartmouth</p>
<p>Harvard Harvard Harvard. Then maybe MIT.</p>
<p>1) Harvard Yale Oxford Cambridge
2) Stanford MIT Princeton (good in USA, not as good as the above outside of USA)
and maybe Berkeley (sorry, I'm not on the West Coast)</p>
<p>A few schools have the highest levels of prestige nearly everywhere in the US. Those, of course, are HYPSM. However, after that group, IMO the issue of prestige varies by region as different schools are held in highest regard depending on where you live. </p>
<p>Residents of each section of the US have great knowledge of and respect for the graduates of the colleges in their region. Many of these graduates play a prominent role in the business and social affairs of their region. People in these regions know that their schools and their students/graduates are as good as any in the country and they aren’t swayed by popular notions promoted in the MSM. </p>
<p>For example, an Emory grad in Atlanta has every bit as much prestige as a Brown grad. Or in Dallas, Rice is definitely going to be viewed with more prestige than U Penn. Or in LA, UCLA/USC has plenty of prestige and would be every bit as good as a Duke. Or in the Northeast, a Cornell degree is seen as more prestigious than Northwestern. In all of these cases, these are all excellent schools, but regional pride (and everyday familiarity) does play a role in how these schools are viewed. </p>
<p>After HYPSM, here is my view for schools considered National Universities:</p>
<p>In the West: UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Caltech, UCSD</p>
<p>In the Midwest: U Chicago, Northwestern, Notre Dame, U Michigan, U Wisconsin, U Illinois</p>
<p>In the South: Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, U Virginia, W&M, U North Carolina, Georgia Tech</p>
<p>In the Southwest: Rice, U Texas, Texas A&M</p>
<p>In the Northeast: Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, U Penn, Cornell</p>
<p>-Harvard
-Yale
-Princeton
-Columbia
-Brown
-Dartmouth
-Stanford
-MIT
-UPenn
-Caltech
-WashU in St.Louis
-Duke
-Chicago</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton
MIT, Stanford
Duke, Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn,
Brown, Cornell</p>
<p>People on CC might find it surprising that many non-CC people don't know what Cal Tech is...</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Amherst</li>
<li>Williams</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
</ol>
<p>Um, if we're to step outside of the magical world of College Confidential, in real-world Texas, these are the most prestigious (meaning most well known and considered the best schools in the country):</p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Stanford
MIT
Princeton
West Point
Rice</p>
<p>Most people don't know other schools, including the precious other ivy league members.</p>
<p>More prestigious than any of them: Chicago.</p>
<p>Harvard
Oxford
MIT
Yale
Princeton
Cambridge
Columbia</p>
<p>gap</p>
<p>Berkeley
London School of Economics</p>
<p>gap</p>
<p>Cornell/Northwestern/Stanford/UChicago</p>
<p>use the search button for crying out loud</p>
<p>Number 10? Columbia?</p>
<p>You're on drugs.</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT</li>
<li>Dartmouth, Columbia, Caltech, Brown, Penn, Duke</li>
</ol>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Duke, MIT, Stanford</p>
<p>Princeton, other ones</p>
<p>My very biased opinion.... I'm trying to imagine myself having to hire recent college grads, and thinking about the schools I'd be most impressed with... and the "wow" factor for me.</p>
<p>Stanford
Princeton
Yale
MIT
Cal Tech
Harvard
Williams
Amherst
Swarthmore
UChicago
Duke
Columbia
Brown</p>
<p>and the rest following...</p>
<p>Basically my own version of US News, with both LAC's and Uni's.</p>
<ol>
<li> Yale</li>
<li> Stanford</li>
<li> Princeton</li>
<li> MIT</li>
<li> Harvard</li>
<li> Williams</li>
<li> Chicago</li>
<li> Duke</li>
<li> Amherst</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>UPenn </li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>WUSTL</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins</li>
<li>Georgetown</li>
<li>Rice</li>
<li>Vanderbilt</li>
<li>Carleton</li>
<li>Middlebury</li>
<li>Tufts</li>
</ol>