<p>I know "prestige" really is a matter of opinion, but generally speaking, rank these colleges in terms of name-recognition and how prestigious they are perceived to be:</p>
<p>Duke; Johns Hopkins; Brown; Dartmouth; Yale; Princeton; CalTech</p>
<p>My take on it:</p>
<p>Yale
Princeton
Johns Hopkins/Duke
Brown
CalTech
Dartmouth</p>
<p>Thanks,
zenythz</p>
<p>honestly it seemed a lot different to me but heres mine:
Princeton
Yale
Caltech
Duke
Brown
Dartmouth
John Hopkins
-john hopkins seems to have the least name recognition on this list</p>
<p>Yale
Princeton
Brown
Dartmouth
CalTech
Hopkins
Duke</p>
<p>Princeton
Yale
Brown
John Hopkins
Dartmouth
Duke
Caltech</p>
<p>I think that Caltech should be ranked relatively high. Isn’t it the most selective school in America?</p>
<p>^ No, it isn’t. The most selective school according to places like US Weekly is an army school, actually.</p>
<p>Yale/Princeton
Dartmouth
Brown/Duke
Johns Hopkins (it’s JohnS guys. lol)
Caltech</p>
<p>If you think of strictly prestige, usually technology/medical (which JHU is best known for) schools don’t have the air of upper class grandeur (if you look back to, say, 100 years ago). Of course I know caltech and JHU are amazing schools, I have friends there and I know how hard it is to get in, don’t get me wrong.
And as for the schools in the middle (brown/duke), I know that Brown had a lot of prestige, but I think its more recognized these days because its such a liberal ivy school (compare that to a relatively conservative harvard and you understand what i mean) i’ve never heard of duke being very prestigious until modern times (haha no flames i love duke, like legitimately in love with duke) but id like to believe it’s carried a degree of prestige.</p>
<p>:D long justification</p>
<p>Really? I thought that I read somewhere that it was one of the most selective. In any event, thanks for the clarification.</p>
<p>^
Technically, the most selective is Juliard, with a rate of 2.8%.</p>
<p>Princeton
Yale
Duke
Cal Tech
Brown
Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>I was about to guess that the most selective would be an arts school. The best all around guy I ever knew got rejected from Juilliard. But according to Wikipedia, it’s acceptance rate in 2007 was 6.45%.</p>
<p>Princeton/Yale
Johns Hopkins
Dartmouth
Brown
Duke
CalTech</p>
<p>My opinion of Johns Hopkins is probably inflated. My mother would always talk about it because she’s from DC.
CalTech is really selective and all but I don’t think it seems to advertise itself or be known in a “prestige” sort of way.</p>
<p>Princeton
Yale
Dartmouth/Duke
JHU
CalTech
Brown</p>
<p>Yale/Princeton
Dartmouth/Brown
Duke
Johns Hopkins
CalTech</p>
<p>I see a lot of discussion about admittance selectivity, but this thread is asking for a list based off of prestige only. In terms of prestige, the Ivy League overshadows most of the other great schools in the country.</p>
<p>I’m pretty much doing this based on prestige, which is dumb because all of these schools are outstanding. But whatever, I’m bored.</p>
<p>Princeton
Yale
Brown
CalTech
Dartmouth
Duke
Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>princeton
yale
caltech
brown
johns hopkins
duke
dartmouth</p>
<p>Yale/ Princeton</p>
<p>Drop…</p>
<p>Dartmouth/ Brown
Caltech
Duke</p>
<p>Drop…</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Yale
Princeton
Caltech
Brown
Dartmouth
Duke
JohnS Hopkins</p>
<p>Princeton
Yale
CalTech
Johns Hopkins
Brown
Duke
Dartmouth</p>
<p>^ I agree with this. Johns Hopkins is pretty much the standard for all pre-med/medical areas, and this is where it gets so much of its prestige. More prestigious than Duke in my opinion and more prestigious than some of the lower Ivies.</p>
<p>well, are we talking people appreciating your education in a job interview, or feeling good about yourself when you brag about where you went to college?</p>
<p>Yale
Princeton
Cal Tech
John Hopkins
Brown
Dartmouth
Duke</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins undergrad and grad are very different animals. You can’t confuse the two. I would argue that the lower Ivies and Duke do much better at placing into the top med schools. And take into account recruiting, business, and law and its not even close: Dartmouth and Brown do much much better.</p>