Most popular top 25 school on College Confidential

Anonymous1993 · December 30, 2010, 6:45pm

I am curious to see which school in the top 25 of USNWR is most popular on College Confidential. Anybody who has applied to one of these school should add a number to the school they applied to.

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 0</li>
<li>Princeton University: 0</li>
<li>Yale University: 0</li>
<li>Columbia University: 0</li>
<li>Stanford University: 0</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 0</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 0</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 0</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 0</li>
<li>Dartmouth University: 0</li>
<li>Duke University: 0</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 0</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 0</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 0</li>
<li>Cornell University: 0</li>
<li>Brown University: 0</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 0</li>
<li>Rice University: 0</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 0</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 0</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 0</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 0</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 0</li>
</ol>

gadad · December 30, 2010, 7:13pm

Well, it can’t be one at the top of the list since a progressively lower percentage of individuals are competitive for admission as you go from lesser to more selective. The largest schools on the list would get the largest number of applications overall, so one might think that Berkeley or UCLA would have the most. But this is CC, where a national (not West Coast) sample of high achievers prize private schools over public and Ivies above all. So, the greatest number of CC apps should go to large, private universities, especially if they’re among the most accessible of the Ivies or have a glamourous reputation. I’d predict it’d be either Cornell or USC.

Realize however, that this wouldn’t make those schools the “most popular” ones on CC. Having read six years of posts on here, there’s little doubt to me that the most popular CC schools are HYP + Stanford. But a student with a 2100 SAT who finds those four the most appealing could very well think it more realistic to apply to Cornell and USC instead.

NulliSecundus · December 30, 2010, 7:14pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 0</li>
<li>Princeton University: 1</li>
<li>Yale University: 0</li>
<li>Columbia University: 0</li>
<li>Stanford University: 0</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 0</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 0</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 0</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 0</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 1</li>
<li>Duke University: 0</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 0</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 0</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 0</li>
<li>Cornell University: 1</li>
<li>Brown University: 0</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 1</li>
<li>Rice University: 0</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 0</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 0</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 0</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 0 </li>
</ol>

I included the schools I would’ve applied to and fixed Dartmouth University (it just looks weird).

GreekStudent · December 30, 2010, 7:30pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 0</li>
<li>Princeton University: 0</li>
<li>Yale University: 0</li>
<li>Columbia University: 0</li>
<li>Stanford University: 0</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 0</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 0</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 0</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 0</li>
<li>Dartmouth University: 1</li>
<li>Duke University: 0</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 0</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 0</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 0</li>
<li>Cornell University: 0</li>
<li>Brown University: 0</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 0</li>
<li>Rice University: 0</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 0</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 0</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 0</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 0</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 0</li>
</ol>

sevmom · December 30, 2010, 7:53pm

I believe UCLA,UVa and Wake Forest are all tied at 25 for 2011. I’m sure someone will correct me if that is not the case.

coureur · December 30, 2010, 8:05pm

A much quicker and probably more accurate way to assess schools’ popularity on CC is to see which are generating the most posts on their respective CC boards.

The winner is…

Cornell with 209K posts
2nd is Penn with 176K posts
3rd is Berkeley with 166K posts.

sentimentGX4 · December 30, 2010, 8:09pm

Obviously Berkeley or UCLA would win.

Not only does UCLA actually have the most applications of any university in the United States, the UCLA and Berkeley subforums are the two largest non-ivy subforums on CC. Also, practically everyone who applied to Berkeley applied to UCLA and vice versa.

Berkeley I think will win, though, because I think its more appealing to the OOS and general CC demographic.

Ghostt · December 30, 2010, 8:25pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 0</li>
<li>Princeton University: 1</li>
<li>Yale University: 0</li>
<li>Columbia University: 0</li>
<li>Stanford University: 0</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 0</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 0</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 0</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 1</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 2</li>
<li>Duke University: 0</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 0</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 0</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 0</li>
<li>Cornell University: 1</li>
<li>Brown University: 0</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 1</li>
<li>Rice University: 0</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 0</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 0</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 0</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 0</li>
</ol>

GreekStudent ur doin it rong (no worries, though; I added you.)

paulel · December 30, 2010, 9:09pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 0</li>
<li>Princeton University: 2</li>
<li>Yale University: 1</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 1</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 1</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 1</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 1</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 3</li>
<li>Duke University: 0</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 0</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 0</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 0</li>
<li>Cornell University: 1</li>
<li>Brown University: 1</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 1</li>
<li>Rice University: 0</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 0</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 0</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 0</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 0</li>
</ol>

navie64 · December 30, 2010, 9:14pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 1</li>
<li>Princeton University: 3</li>
<li>Yale University: 2</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 2</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 2</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 2</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 1</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 3</li>
<li>Duke University: 0</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 0</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 0</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 0</li>
<li>Cornell University: 1</li>
<li>Brown University: 1</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 1</li>
<li>Rice University: 0</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 1</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 0</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 0</li>
</ol>

sonoro · December 30, 2010, 9:16pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 1</li>
<li>Princeton University: 3</li>
<li>Yale University: 3</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 3</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 3</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 2</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 1</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 3</li>
<li>Duke University: 1</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 1</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 0</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 1</li>
<li>Cornell University: 2</li>
<li>Brown University: 1</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 1</li>
<li>Rice University: 1</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 2</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 1</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 2</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 1</li>
</ol>

sentimentGX4 · December 30, 2010, 11:51pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 1</li>
<li>Princeton University: 3</li>
<li>Yale University: 3</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 4</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 3</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 2</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 1</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 3</li>
<li>Duke University: 2</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 1</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 1</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 1</li>
<li>Cornell University: 2</li>
<li>Brown University: 1</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 1</li>
<li>Rice University: 1</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 3</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 1</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 2</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 2</li>
</ol>

sandrasccr · December 31, 2010, 2:27am

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 1</li>
<li>Princeton University: 3</li>
<li>Yale University: 4</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 4</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 3</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 2</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 1</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 3</li>
<li>Duke University: 2</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 1</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 1</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 1</li>
<li>Cornell University: 2</li>
<li>Brown University: 1</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 1</li>
<li>Rice University: 2</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 3</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 1</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 3</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 2</li>
</ol>

Senior0991 · December 31, 2010, 2:34am

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 1</li>
<li>Princeton University: 4</li>
<li>Yale University: 4</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 5</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 3</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 1</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 3</li>
<li>Duke University: 2</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 1</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 1</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 1</li>
<li>Cornell University: 3</li>
<li>Brown University: 1</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 1</li>
<li>Rice University: 3</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 4</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 1</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 3</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 2</li>
</ol>

neekzg · December 31, 2010, 3:10am

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 1</li>
<li>Princeton University: 4</li>
<li>Yale University: 4</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 6</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 3</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 1</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 3</li>
<li>Duke University: 2</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 1</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 1</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 1</li>
<li>Cornell University: 3</li>
<li>Brown University: 1</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 1</li>
<li>Rice University: 3</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 5</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 1</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 3</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 3</li>
</ol>

mermaid123456 · December 31, 2010, 9:36am

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 2</li>
<li>Princeton University: 5</li>
<li>Yale University: 5</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 6</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 4</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 2</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 3</li>
<li>Duke University: 3</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 2</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 2</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 2</li>
<li>Cornell University: 4</li>
<li>Brown University: 2</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 2</li>
<li>Rice University: 3</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 5</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 1</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 3</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 3</li>
</ol>

sonydslr · December 31, 2010, 10:12am

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 2</li>
<li>Princeton University: 5</li>
<li>Yale University: 5</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 6</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 5</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 2</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 4</li>
<li>Duke University: 4</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 3</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 3</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 3</li>
<li>Cornell University: 4</li>
<li>Brown University: 2</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 3</li>
<li>Rice University: 3</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 5</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 2</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 3</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 3</li>
</ol>

UVAhopeful · December 31, 2010, 10:21am

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 2</li>
<li>Princeton University: 5</li>
<li>Yale University: 6</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 6</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 5</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 2</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 4</li>
<li>Duke University: 5</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 3</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 3</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 4</li>
<li>Cornell University: 4</li>
<li>Brown University: 3</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 3</li>
<li>Rice University: 3</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 1</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 5</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 2</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 3</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 3</li>
</ol>

raiderade · December 31, 2010, 10:30am

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 2</li>
<li>Princeton University: 5</li>
<li>Yale University: 6</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 6</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 5</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 2</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 4</li>
<li>Duke University: 5</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 3</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 3</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 4</li>
<li>Cornell University: 4</li>
<li>Brown University: 3</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 3</li>
<li>Rice University: 3</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 0</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 2</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 5</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 2</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 3</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 3</li>
</ol>

Nighthawk17 · December 31, 2010, 10:31am

<ol>
<li>Harvard University: 2</li>
<li>Princeton University: 5</li>
<li>Yale University: 6</li>
<li>Columbia University: 1</li>
<li>Stanford University: 6</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: 5</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 3</li>
<li>University of Chicago: 2</li>
<li>Dartmouth College: 4</li>
<li>Duke University: 5</li>
<li>Northwestern University: 3</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University: 3</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis: 4</li>
<li>Cornell University: 4</li>
<li>Brown University: 3</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University: 3</li>
<li>Rice University: 3</li>
<li>University of Notre Dame: 0</li>
<li>Emory University: 1</li>
<li>Georgetown University: 2</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley: 5</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University: 2</li>
<li>University of Southern California: 3</li>
<li>University of California - Los Angeles: 4</li>
</ol>

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