<p>MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Caltech, UIUC, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, Cornell, UT austin, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Penn State, RPI, Texas A&M, Rice, Minnesota, Virginia Tech</p>
<p>For undergrad schools: In terms of quality of education (class size, reputable teaching staff, availability of research to undergrads, quality of facilities and labs) which of these universities do you think stand out from the rest? Feel free to give a rough ranking if you can. Support your claims. Random thoughts and opinions are welcome also!</p>
<p>From reading these boards, some people just put them into groups, with each member of a group comparable to other members of the same group.
Group I
MIT
Stanford
Caltech
Berkeley (a tiny bit behind the other ones)</p>
<p>Group II
Cornell
UIUC
Michigan
UTA
CMU (for certain disciplines)
Possibly Georgia Tech.
I dont know beyond that.</p>
<p>Rough ranking:
MIT
Stanford
Caltech
Berkeley
UIUC
Cornell
Michigan
CMU
UTA
Georgia Tech</p>
<p>Princeton's just different. It's a great school, but it's for those who want to be well-rounded and take advantage of an awesome liberal arts program too...</p>