<p>^ = yes.
I don’t really understand how people say, oh yeah Harvard is better than Princeton or Yale or Stanford or anything. When you get to that level of education, all schools are pretty much the same. Sure, there are strengths and weaknesses academically of each, but it’s not like if you graduate from Princeton you are at an educational disadvantage than someone who graduated from Harvard. Both schools have shown over the years to do a phenomenal job at preparing students for the next level (grad school/jobs). So I think it’s misleading to say - “oh, I’ll go to Princeton because USNWR says it is better than Harvard.” or vice versa. It really should come down to fit. The way I brain it, even if you go to Harvard because the highly arbitrary rankings deem it “better” than Princeton, if you were really a Princeton person, you’re not going to perform at the level you could have had you gone to Princeton. The same is true for the reverse. So it really should be about where you are comfortable, and not what the numbers say.</p>
<p>dome and t-san are right. My family has gone to both Harvard and Princeton. We are, on the whole sensitive, verbal easily over-stimulated, but very social, types who don’t like to fight. We didn’t like Harvard (my sister, brother) did like Princeton (me, my daughter, my son). Other people obviously love Harvard.</p>
<p>If there is no difference between Harvard and Princeton,
then there is no difference between Princeton and NYU.</p>
<p>jomjom, as it appears that all you do is stay on the Princeton board all day and all night each and every day, simply to post how much you despise Princeton, I would say that there is no difference between you and a hemorrhoid. Both are annoying, both flare up uninvitedly, and neither has anything constructive to offer. </p>
<p>So, how long have you been holding a grudge because Princeton rejected you?</p>
<p>jomjom, when did NYU top USNews? When did Princeton?</p>
<p>Harvard is clearly not academically superior to Princeton. More prestigious, perhaps, but not better.</p>
<p>“If there is no difference between Harvard and Princeton,
then there is no difference between Princeton and NYU.”</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you intended to achieve with that comment, but the difference in education between Princeton and NYU probably isn’t ridiculously significant. Neither is the difference in education between Harvard and NYU. Sure, Princeton and Harvard have greater prestige and reputation, but their academics do not by any means blow NYU out of the water.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, given the ranking-orientation of most upper tier students, schools like NYU are often overlooked as weaker academically, when this is just not the case…I suppose jomjom was trying to compare Princeton to a “bad” school like NYU. It is honestly ridiculous the way rankings affect some people…ever consider that NYU has some programs and opportunities that are much stronger than those found at Princeton or Harvard?</p>
<p>And if you must ask for what they are…you obviously have missed the point my friend.</p>
<p>Do Princeton students seriously think that Princeton and Harvard are at the similar prestige level ??? I am not joking…</p>
<p>nope they dont give a crap, they dont waste their time like u do jom jom, staring at every possible number</p>
<p>I generally think it’s probably better to ignore posters like jomjom, who are not very knowledgeable, have some sort of bias against a particular school and feel the need to post obsessively about a particular subject.</p>
<p>Princeton and Harvard are two of the best universities in the world. They, along with a host of other schools, provide a stellar academic experience. There is no best school–rather there are a number of wonderful schools where, quite frankly, most kids would be happy. I recognize that in order to make decisions, we spend hours parsing differences among schools (and I am guilty of this as well), but at the end of the day, there is no number 1 or number 2. Rather, there is a school that is the right choice for a number of reasons–either because it offered more money, or because you prefer cities, or because you had a great time at the preview, or because a friend of yours is going, or even because you think that it’s number 1. I think that in order to make tough decisions, we all have a tendency to try and justify our decisions (i.e., Princeton has those snobby eating clubs and I don’t like them), but there really is no need to bash one school at the expense of another. Students nowdays are fortunate that the overall quality of American colleges is very high and there is a great education to be had at so many places.</p>
<p>Well… I am not bashing any school…
I think Princeton and NYU are the top schools in the the wxorld and many people says that NYU is academically as prestigious as Princeton…</p>
<p>UPenn students also often say that there is prestige rivalry between Princeton and UPenn, anyways… and I think they both are top schools at academically similar prestige level…</p>
<p>Penn Wharton is on par with HYPS in some circles. In others, Penn can’t compare. This applies to all schools, obviously.</p>
<p>jomjom, I have not heard that at all from any Penn or Princeton student.</p>
<p>UPenn’s (CAS) prestige is same as Princeton’s
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<p>jomjom, if you won’t eat the blithering vomit that comes gushing out of your mouth, don’t expect us to either.</p>
<p>Ignore the disgruntled knave.</p>
<p>“Do Princeton students seriously think that Princeton and Harvard are at the similar prestige level ??? I am not joking…”</p>
<p>Yes, they do…In the United States of America, the two are considered equal…small variations by region exist, but overall, they are equal. Harvard does have more international respect…but why would I, an American citizen, care? I would laugh in the face of anyone who told me flat out that Harvard was better than Princeton or Princeton was better than Harvard…laugh in their face.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, the Yale thread is no authority…all of these statements are opinions. I don’t care about the graduate school facts, because they obviously do not tell the full story. Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Yale, Stanford, Caltech, etc…all are equally strong and equally prestigious. If you cannot comprehend this fact, I truly feel sorry for you.</p>
<p>dome I agree. But I would not agree with Caltech is as prestigious as HYPSM. Its phenomenal, probably better academics too… but not as prestigious</p>
<p>Look, I can do it too. All the people I know who have relatives in other countries say that the only three schools that matter are HYP. The end.</p>
<p>Oh, and of course the Yale thread wouldn’t be pro-Yale. That would mean they’re biased.</p>
<p>You relative included P because they don’t want to hurt your feeling.</p>
<p>No one knew I got in. Oops! Logic fail on your part. :)</p>