Most Prestigious

College Search & Selection
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<p>Which college is most prestigious?</p>

<p>UCLA, UVa, University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, and University of Michigan?</p>

<p>If you could rank them, that would be great.
Also just to let you know, I am not letting prestige affect my college choice but I'm just curious of the five schools, how each ranks in prestige? Thanks a lot.</p>

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<p>i would say UChicago and especially if you want to learn anything business related.</p>

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<p>I would go with the U.S News rankings</p>

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<p>US News does not exactly rank in order of prestige.</p>

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<p>University of Chicago and UCLA are probably the most prestigious.</p>

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<p>UCLA, Chicago, Carnegie, Michigan, and UVA - just my opinion</p>

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<p>chicago by far outprestiges any of those schools.</p>

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<p>Chicago, Carnegie, UCLA, UVA, Umich</p>

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<p>For undergrad:</p>

<p>Chicago
Michigan/Uva/UCLA
CMU</p>

<p>But I think the difference is quite small that is almost insignificant.</p>

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<p>Chicago for me.</p>

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<p>Globally, </p>

<p>Chicago pawns. </p>

<p>Followed by Michigan then Carnegie Mellon. </p>

<p>([QS</a> Top Universities: Top 100 universities in the THE - QS World University Rankings 2007](<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/]QS”>http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/)) </p>

<p>US News is by far the most inaccurate and biased rankings source in the history of rankings.</p>

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<p>Chicago is in a different class from any of the other schools on your list.</p>

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<p>chicago ~ </p>

<p>then IMO
UCLA > CMU > U mich
in terms of prestige, but i would attend CMU over both ucla and umich…</p>

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<p>University of Chicago
University of Virginia
Carnegie Mellon
UCLA
U Mich</p>

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<p>U Of Chicago, keep in mind they’re all good schools.</p>

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<p>I’m curious as to where each of you are located and whether that influenced your opinion. By that I mean East coast, central US, or West coast.</p>

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<p>Chicago, then Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>East coast</p>

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<p>UChicago I would say is the most prestigious.</p>

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<p>I would say U of Chicago by far. I’m located in central us.</p>

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<p>I’m so confused by these replies…How do you guys define prestige?</p>

<p>My definition of prestige is widely known reputation resulting from excellence in academics, achievement, etc. </p>

<p>I understand that U Chicago is ranked much higher than the other schools but practically no one in the US (by that I mean common people) has heard of U Chicago. UCLA, on the other hand, is widely known for either their academic excellence, contribution to the nation/world, sports, etc. Basically I see UCLA as a household name on par with Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. But I can understand that the business and academic world would most likely view U Chicago as more prestigious. Just my thoughts.</p>

<p>By the way I live on the East Coast</p>