<p>Which school is a more prestigious undergrad, Princeton or Harvard? Which one is a more prestigious grad school?</p>
<p>Why?
If it helps, I believe US News (or one of those other ranking systems) ranked Harvard and Princeton both as best (undergrad?) college in the US.</p>
<p>i am just curious what everyone thinks.</p>
<p>Um...Harvard is ranked #1 in the world, if that helps...(overall)
<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1343642,00.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1343642,00.html</a>
and
<a href="http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/top500(1-100).htm%5B/url%5D">http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/top500(1-100).htm</a>
I'm assuming you've already decided to come to Harvard if you're in 2010...trust me, do NOT go there for the name, go there because you love it. It's a very love-or-hate school.
~lb '09</p>
<p>(I would have edited this into my previous post but I don't see an "edit" next to "reply)
Not to start a fight or anything, but <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc/tier1/t1natudoc_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc/tier1/t1natudoc_brief.php</a>
just to support my other claim, plus lowellbelle gave a link. Different people rank schools on different formulas, apparently.</p>
<p>Hmmm.</p>
<p>So, there are . . . how many universities in the country? And in the world? . . . making the difference between first and second place what, exactly?</p>
<p>Bottom line: they're both excellent. </p>
<p>To answer the OP's other question, Harvard has the more extensive grad. school program. This is not to say that it is better; but Princeton is very actively and openly an "undergraduate focused" institution, so going to a Harvard grad. school might prove more fulfilling. It also might be important for you to know that Harvard has Law, Medical, Business, Design, and Education schools, while Princeton doesn't. But if you're comparing Comp. Lit. programs for example, there may be a worthy comparison. (That's for you to decide.)</p>
<p>Yep, and no worries, haha...I think it's just a different methodology for each ranking system/whatever. Also, I think it's a measure of undergrad plus grad as opposed to just undergrad...they're both amazing schools and I'm very happy where I am, and that's what matters to me :) If someone feels happier at Princeton than Harvard, they should by all means go to Princeton; I know too many people who have gone to Harvard for the name and have been unhappy.
Cheers!
~lb</p>
<p>Harvard is far more prestegious and is much more reputed and well known internationally aswell as in USA.</p>
<p>Which exam is better choice to take for admission is Harvard AP or Edexcel Alevel or CIE Alevel or AICE diploma?</p>
<p>Harvard has more prestige, but that doesnt mean its better. They are equally strong in academics.</p>
<p>RE: Prestige</p>
<p>"...There isn't any doubt that brand matters and that Harvard is the prestige brand," says Stanley Katz, director of Princeton University's Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. "It's the Gucci of higher education, the most selective place."</p>
<p>Never mind the price tag (upward of $40,000 per year for tuition, room and board), or the fact that guides such as the U.S. News & World Report ranking of colleges and universities say the differences between Harvard and other top-ranked schools are microscopically small. The gulf that separates Harvard from the rest in terms of reputation remains enormous.</p>
<p>"It used to be the case that of students who were admitted to Harvard and Princeton or Harvard and Yale, seven of 10 would choose to go to Harvard," Katz says. "It may be more now. There is a tendency for the academically best to skew even more to Harvard. We just get our socks beat off in those cases...."</p>
<p>That may be true, Byerly, but reputation isn't everything. The question is, does Harvard live up to that reputation, or is it trying to hide a decline in academic rigour under a glossy crimson facade?</p>
<p>I suppose there's enough "rigour" to keep the facade glossy for another century or so, Bentley. Here's hoping you find life sufficiently "rigourous" in New Jersey dispite the gloss gap!</p>
<p>Princeton was founded by Woodrow Wilson...great man. ;)</p>
<p>I'm partial to Princeton, but they're both at the top. Although if I were you (not knowing your major), I'd do this (and I want to do this) : Princeton - Undergrad, Harvard - Grad, just based on their educational strengths</p>
<p>"Princeton was founded by Woodrow Wilson...great man."</p>
<p>Umm... no it wasn't.</p>
<p>I figured the wink was a hint I wasn't being serious.......</p>
<p>what is everyone talk about!!</p>
<p>This is a biased thread of course (for the people saying "Harvard pwns Princeton" in more words), since its HARVARD 2010. People like Byerly foster misunderstanding and unneccessary bickering about something as easily stated as Harvard/Princeton is 1 and the other is 1a, or Yankees-Sox the three years before this season.</p>
<p>The overwhelming majority of admits to both Harvard and Princeton opt for Harvard - and have done so for many years. See "The Chosen."</p>