<p>I assumed athletic</p>
<p>Looks like both. </p>
<p>KU vs Mizzou</p>
<p>I think the OP is referring to academic rivalries. This is collegeconfidential after all, not ESPN. </p>
<p>Anyway, MIT/Caltech and Yale/Harvard are probably the biggest academic rivalries between schools of equal standing. I don't know which rivalry is the most lobsided.</p>
<p>Stanford vs Berkeley is the most lobsided. Princeton vs Penn is not quite as lobsided because both schools are ivy-league. </p>
<p>So ranking in order:</p>
<p>Stanford vs. Berkeley
Princeton vs. Penn
Duke vs. UNC
UChicago vs. Northwestern</p>
<p>academically, berkeley and stanford are pretty equal. but yea, stanford definitely makes it lopsided with their athletics. then again, how many athletic programs in the country can compete with stanford's.</p>
<p>I beg to differ. Stanford's academics are far more reknowned than Berkeley's, and there aren't as many huge lecture classes at Stanford. Berkeley is a good school, but it cannot compare to Stanford academically. </p>
<p>The same goes for Princeton and Penn. UPenn cannot compare to Princeton academically, albeit it competes better than Berkeley does with Stanford.</p>
<p>Gutrade, I think you are equating academics with prestige. Sure Stanford is a lot more prestigious and harder to get into than Berkeley, but that doesn't mean that Berkeley's academics aren't just as good. Likewise, UChicago has a very high admit rate but I believe it is one of the finest academic institutions period. </p>
<p>Oh, and BEAT CAL!</p>
<p>Lobsided LAC rivalry:
Carleton v Macalester</p>
<p>Equally standing LAC rivalry:
Amherst Williams</p>
<p>Harvard vs. BC totally lopsided</p>
<p>Stanford vs. Berkeley is extremely lobsided. Quite possibly the most lobsided rivalry in existence.</p>
<p>Well, Berkeley vs. Stanford isn't thhhaatt lopsided, even academically. They're both well known around the world as academic powerhouses (I think the general concensus is Berkeley is a good undergrad school but great grad, and Stanford is great undergrad and good grad), but berkeley gets shafted when it comes to giving the most attention/money to each student. B's endowment can't compete right now against Stanford's. In the sports category, CAL smashed on Stanford this year in football...</p>
<p>yea, but football is one sport. if you want to compare complete athletic programs.... stanford dominates(as they would with every school in america).</p>
<p>Doesn't Stanford have the most Top-10 graduate programs, with Berkeley coming in a close second? As far as UG education goes Stanford gets the edge because of the smaller class sizes and such, but as far as graduate programs go the two schools are close.</p>
<p>Stanford Law and Stanford Business rival Yale and Harvard respectively for the top slot. Stanford Medical is unquestionably elite. As far as professional schools are concerned, Stanford crushes Berkeley with no mercy. Harvard and Stanford have the best professional schools out of every college in the world. </p>
<p>In terms of PhD programs Berkeley might be very slightly better. But the Stanford name still makes the Stanford PhD more marketable than the Berkeley PhD. It's just like how a Harvard PhD is more marketable than a Johns Hopkins PhD even though Johns Hopkins might have some stronger departments.</p>
<p>stanford grad vs berkeley grad is an academic rivalry. only stanford undergrad vs berkeley undergrad is lopsided... although even though berkeley is at the short end of the situation, theyre still very respected. its not like yale vs uconn.</p>
<p>Princeton vs. Penn is pretty darn lobsided too.</p>
<p>Athletically, Cal Tech v. anyone they play. Their football team's slogan used to be "We're small, but we're slow."</p>
<p>By the way, your marketability as a Ph.D. doesn't depend that much on where you went to school. It has to do more with the quality of your thesis, and the connections of your thesis advisor.</p>
<p>Hmm, I don't see Northwestern vs. Chicago as being lopsided in any way....</p>
<p>There was actually a time when the University of Chicago was a member of the Big 10.</p>