<p>Definitely no ‘obvious’ choice, they are all great schools. Stanford unarguably has the most prestige but Dartmouth/Duke/Penn are not far behind. Either way, prestige alone doesn’t warrant attending one school over another, at least not to my mind. Dartmouth’s recent hazing scandal has been a bit perturbing, but friends who study there have assured me that it has been blown out of proportion. Other than that, they are all pretty comparable, I personally prefer the semester system and am a fan of warmer weather so I would probably have chosen Duke if I was in the same position, but Stanford is undoubtedly difficult to pass up.</p>