Please rank HYPS!

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<p>I just want to see how people in the world think and see those top schools.</p>

<p>I wanted to put MIT and Caltech, but I couldn't because they are too different from HYPS.</p>

<p>Please give some information about you(Ethnicity, age, gender, location, etc.)</p>

<p>For Prestige and overall(undergraduate and graduate)</p>

<p>Here is mine as an example.</p>

<p>[Asian, 18, male, Maryland] </p>

<p>Prestige
1.Harvard
2.Yale
3.Stanford
4.Princeton</p>

<p>Overall(undergraduate)
1.Princeton
2.Yale
3.Stanford
4.Harvard</p>

<p>Overall(graduate)
1.Harvard
2.Stanford
3.Princeton
4.Yale</p>

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<p>[Asian, 19, male, Virginia]</p>

<p>Prestige
1.Harvard
2.Stanford
3.Princeton
4.Yale</p>

<p>Overall(undergraduate)
1.Yale
2.Princeton
3.Harvard
4.Stanford</p>

<p>Overall(graduate)
1.Stanford
2.Princeton
3.Harvard
4.Yale</p>

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<p>[Korean, 17, female, MA]</p>

<p>Prestige
1.Harvard
2.Princeton
3.Stanford
4.Yale</p>

<p>Overall(undergraduate)
1.Princeton
2.Harvard
3.Yale
4.Stanford</p>

<p>Overall(graduate)
1.Harvard
2.Yale
3.Stanford
4.Princeton</p>

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<p>How pointless is this? It's more useful to rank their academic departments</p>

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<p>You are ranking the top 4 schools in the US, why? On what are you basing these rankings? How do you know which of these 4 schools has a better graduate program? Why do I feel you guys are just picking things out of thin air? Here is my ranking for all 4 in all 3 categories:
1: S
1: P
1: H
1: Y</p>

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<p>You can arrange them as "PHYS", which is the first four letters of "PHYSICS"... whoa, that's awesome...</p>

<p>or SHYP (misspelling of SHIP).</p>

<p>or SPYH ("Spy-H")!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111</p>

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<p>... or SYPH :-P</p>

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<p>or SYPH, like the first four letters of "SYPHILIS"</p>

<p>If given the choice between the four, i'd go</p>

<p>1.) princeton
2.) yale
3.) harvard
4.) stanford</p>

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<p>Ha. I like that one ^.</p>

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<p>Add Caltech and MIT, and you get CHYMPS. Not implying anything, of course...</p>

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<ol>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
</ol>

<p>I'm sick of the other three. </p>

<p>Btw, Prestige is one of the most superficial things in the world.</p>

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<p>
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Btw, Prestige is one of the most superficial things in the world.

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It most definitely is and a stupid thing to base any decision on.</p>

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<p>18, Asian/Caucasian male, IL</p>

<p>Prestige: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford</p>

<p>Undergraduate: Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Harvard</p>

<p>Gradaute: Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton</p>

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<p>"Prestige is the mist superficial thing in the world"</p>

<p>Whatever.. In the end, when you are getting a job, or if anyone asks you where you went to college, would you rather say that you went to an IVY or to georgia state? Dont tell me that pretige is superficial.. The more prestigious the college, the more actively top firms recruit, etc. Prestige counts for a lot, so dont knock it because it sounds superficial to have prestige as one of the determining factors for which college you choose. </p>

<p>My ranking overall would be Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Harvard... Just because harvard undergrad is so bad relative to the other three..</p>

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<p>
[quote]
Whatever.. In the end, when you are getting a job, or if anyone asks you where you went to college, would you rather say that you went to an IVY or to georgia state? Dont tell me that pretige is superficial.. The more prestigious the college, the more actively top firms recruit, etc. Prestige counts for a lot, so dont knock it because it sounds superficial to have prestige as one of the determining factors for which college you choose.

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Uhhhh, it is superficial. If you choose based on prestige, you are stupid to put that above your own happiness. Choose the school right for you. Want to know how many miserable Harvardians I know? Many. So I'll knock the superficial if I feel like it. Deal. :)
<strong>EDIT</strong> - It also depends on what you do with your degree. I know ivy grads who don't make a lot and feel like it was a waste and I know people from lower schools bringing in big paychecks.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
Whatever.. In the end, when you are getting a job, or if anyone asks you where you went to college, would you rather say that you went to an IVY or to georgia state? Dont tell me that pretige is superficial.

[/quote]
Yes, that would be the definition of being superficial. I guess you are a superficial person.</p>

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[quote]
The more prestigious the college, the more actively top firms recruit, etc

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I guess this is important if you want to work in i-banking or corporate america. But what percentage of total college students are looking to that as their life/career goal? Many I think, but it is only a limited group.</p>

<p>Screw choosing schools on prestige. Go where you'll be happy</p>

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<p>Im going to Yale and guess what? I don't care about prestige, Yale is just a great undergrad school generally speaking. I was actually going to choose Carnegie Mellon University, which is also a great school. in the end I chose yale because its far away from my family. muahaha :)</p>

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<p>"Screw choosing schools on prestige. Go where you'll be happy"</p>

<p>Right.. since you really know where youll be happy after visiting for a day..</p>

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<p>Yes, because a visit is getting a taste of where you'll be for the next 4 years. There are many ways to know how a school is a good 'fit'. It could be that they offer a certain academic subject you wish to study, you could hear about the university from friends and word of mouth, you can look on cc and see differing opinions on each university, you can read the prospectus book at each school, you can select schools close to cities if you wish to be close to the nightlife, you can look at each school's class sizes in college guidebooks if you prefer large or smaller class sizes, you can choose schools far away if you want to choose a go far away for college and experience somehting new, etc. Many factors should go into choosing the right school. A college visit is just one of many, many different ways to decide which school would be the best fit for you. Choosing a school blindly on prestige, in my opinion, displays a certain superficiality in a student and is just not a smart way to go about applying to colleges.</p>

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<p>Also, I agree it depends on what you do with your degree.. But if you look at where Hardvard alums land up as compared to georgia state, youll find the difference.. Im sure you know some examples of people who did better coming out of a non IVY or a non prestigious place as compared to an IVY or a top school, but the overwhelming majority is on the other side.. </p>

<p>Im not saying choose solely based on pretige.. But dont knock prestige as being superficial if its used as one of your deciding factors.. It should be an important factor in your decision - if you dont factor it in, THATS what id call stupid..</p>