<p>prestige? then stanford is still superior to yale and princeton internatinally (according to both of the THE & ARWU which are the most influential rankings in the world).
<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html[/url]”>http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010.jsp[/url]”>http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010.jsp</a></p>
<p>I never ever met anyone, in Asia and Europe, who can name the Ivies correctly. But all of them include Stanford and MIT.</p>