<p>Oh look, people arguing insignificant “statistics” again… Joy…
Anyway, here we go:
As to the reputation of Stanford vs. HYP… Whether or not “people” know of a school internationally does not determine it’s prestige. Just it’s name. Those people are familiar with top schools (e.g. HR people in major corporations who regularly hire only those people from top school) will be familiar with HYPSM. There is not a measurable statistically significant difference between the four. Don’t get carried away in arguing over which of the 4 best school is THE best. Some people will say Stanford, other Harvard, etc. Unless there is quantifiable mathematically significant, unbiased data to prove Stanford is better, then de facto, it’s not. </p>
<p>Secondly,
I believe RML meant that the 30 or schools below HYPSM are viewed relatively equally among the elite schools (Basically any of the USN school ranked as “most selective”). Employers will look at them relatively equally. (Note my use of the word relatively; there will be some biased opinions in certain places and favorability upon certain schools.)</p>