Rank these colleges in terms of "prestige"

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<p>Following list is based on the number of times I’ve heard or read the name ANYWHERE.</p>

<p>Yale</p>

<p>Princeton</p>

<p>Duke (I live in southeast so this name pops up too much)</p>

<p>Brown (defintely more than Dartmouth)</p>

<p>Dartmouth (only mentioned when talking about Ivy League, sadly)</p>

<p>Cal Tech (this should really be behind Yale and princeton but people just don’t know the name enough to make it higher up!!!)</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins (lots of name mentions, but I’ve only heard it for grad school purposes so it goes to the bottom)</p>

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<p>My subjective list would be:</p>

<p>Yale</p>

<p>Princeton</p>

<p>Caltech</p>

<p>Dartmouth</p>

<p>Brown</p>

<p>Duke</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins</p>

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<p>Princeton
Yale
Brown
Duke
Dartmouth
John Hopkins
CalTech</p>

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<p>a lot of people would have different opinions about this</p>

<p>but I live abroad, and in terms of INTERNATIONAL prestige, I would say</p>

<p>Yale/Princeton (obviously)
Caltech (considered almost as prestigious as MIT these days )
Brown (ivy)
Dartmouth (ivy)
Duke (you might noy believe this, but some people abroad don’t even know about this school)
Johns Hopkins (similar goes for this school, except for its medical grad school)</p>

<p>ivy schools, regardless of its contents, almost always rank higher.</p>

<p>I’m sorry but Johns Hopkins clearly ranks lower than the ivy league in terms of prestige.</p>

<p>premed would be different, but just given the name, I would have to choose it last.</p>

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<p>Duke; Johns Hopkins; Brown; Dartmouth; Yale; Princeton; CalTech</p>

<p>Princeton
Yale
Caltech
Brown
Hopkins
Dartmouth
Duke</p>

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<p>Rankings. LOL. Overated.</p>

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<p>I don’t get why people are putting Caltech so low. In most places, it’s considered nearly equal to MIT and definitely above Brown, Dartmouth, Duke</p>

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<p>Personally:</p>

<p>Princeton
Yale
Brown
Dartmouth
Duke
CalTech
Johns Hopkins</p>

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<p>If you want to genuinely impress someone, Caltech tends to be tops. Of course it trails behind in name recognition. Meanwhile, Duke is probably at the top in name recognition, but in terms of academic prestige it’s not in the same league as Caltech, Princeton, and Yale. I guess the best combined list I could come up with:</p>

<p>Princeton, Yale
Duke, Caltech
Johns Hopkins
Brown, Dartmouth</p>

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<p>My take on this list:</p>

<p>Yale
Princeton
Cal Tech
John Hopkins
Brown
Dartmouth
Duke</p>

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<p>I live abroad too…around here most people would say:</p>

<p>Yale
Princeton
Brown
Dartmouth
Duke (yup, all Ivies on top…)
CalTech
Hopkins</p>

<p>Personally, though, it would be more like:
Yale
Princeton
Brown
Hopkins
Duke
Dartmouth
CalTech</p>

<p>Maybe it’s because I’m really not into all the technical, mathy, sciencey stuff, but I didn’t even realize CalTech was that highly regarded until I started surfing CC…</p>

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<p>Yale
Princeton
CalTech
Duke
Dartmouth
Brown
Johns Hopkins</p>