<p>FWIW, I’ve met Duke grads who had negative things to say about Duke. I’ve met actually a few Dartmouth grads who weren’t entirely thrilled with their Dartmouth experience. But I’ve never run into a Stanford grad who didn’t like Stanford. This includes grad students who did their undergrad at places like HYP so they could compare. So just based on years of listening to people talk about schools, I’d say, really focus on Stanford. And, as a Cal Berkeley grad, supporter and fan (go Bears) I don’t say this easily, lol. There IS something amazing about Stanford. Maybe it’s the palm trees and the sunshine. Maybe it’s the fact that Stanford is an Ivy-caliber school that doesn’t particularly care one bit about the Ivies themselves. I dunno. But it’s something pretty unique. (Go Bears anyway.)</p>