<p>I have deferred enrollment at Stanford. Since they let me apply to other colleges during this year, I'm exploring other options. Which one of these schools have the 1. strongest student body 2. most research opportunities 3. best social life 4. highest overall excellence?</p>
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<li>stanford</li>
<li>stanford</li>
<li>stanford</li>
<li>stanford.</li>
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<p>yep........</p>
<p>^agree w/ above</p>
<p>ehh are u guys all from the west coast..lol sure sounds like it. I mean all 4 colleges have their pros and cons. However as I am a Quakers fan, I would have to say Penn, i mean it is called the social ivy..lol.</p>
<p>but stanford isn't even an ivy. It's too good for that XD.</p>
<p>anyway, from what i gathered stanford is best at all those areas compared against those schools.</p>
<p>Can't disagree with u§ername's response...</p>
<p>Why are you exploring other options? That might help people in answering your query.</p>
<p>Taking away Wharton from Penn is like taking the engines from a jet. It falls like a rock.</p>
<p>Stanford >>> Cornell > Penn = Duke</p>
<p>I'm exploring other options now because I stopped looking at and applying to other schools after I got into Stanford early. Now I have a feeling that I might have missed some great options.</p>
<p>You're not allowed to apply to other schools if you defer your enrollment at Stanford unless you want to give up your spot at Stanford.</p>
<p>I explained my situation to Stanford and was granted special permission to apply else where. I just can't apply ED anywhere.</p>
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Not quite--Penn has lots of highly ranked liberal arts departements. For example, the well respected National Research Council (NRC) rankings placed 15 of Penn's non-Wharton departments in the top 10 in the country, and another 10 in the top 20:</p>
<p>NRC</a> Rankings in Each of 41 Areas</p>
<p>Also, the Center for Measuring University Performance has consistently ranked Penn in the highest tier of research universities in the country--along with Columbia, Harvard, MIT, and Stanford--again having nothing to do with Wharton:</p>
<p><a href="http://mup.asu.edu/research2007.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://mup.asu.edu/research2007.pdf</a> (see page 10 of 236)</p>
<p>The tired old shibboleth that Penn has little to offer besides Wharton, is simply untrue.</p>
<p>On the other hand, Penn's vaunted "One University" policy strongly encourages undergrads to take courses in all 4 of the undergrad schools and most of the graduate/professional schools (including the Law School, Annenberg School for Communication, School of Design, School of Social Policy and Practice, etc.) without the need for any special dispensation. So being able to take courses in the world's #1 undergraduate business school while a student in Penn's College of Arts and Sciences, is a nice bonus. :)</p>
<p>Relax. You'll enjoy Stanford. While other schools may give you an equivalent experience (depending on your intended major), none will exceed it.</p>
<p>BTW, my bias as a business person has the rank order:</p>
<p>Wharton
Stanford
Penn/Duke/Cornell equal.</p>
<p>45 Percenter wrote: "So being able to take courses in the world's #1 undergraduate business school ... "</p>
<p>Wharton is also the world's #1 MBA program... that is its rank after averaging the rankings of Financial Times, Business Week, and USNWR.</p>
<p>Wow that's a nice deal sunnycloud. Well that being said I wouldn't turn down any of those schools for Stanford, but I am sort of biased.</p>
<p>Hmm. </p>
<p>Based on the vast amounts of quantitative evidence presented in the above posts, I'm going to have to go with Stanford...</p>
<p>"National Research Council (NRC) rankings placed 15 of Penn's non-Wharton departments in the top 10 in the country, and another 10 in the top 20. [...] Also, the Center for Measuring University Performance has consistently ranked Penn in the highest tier of research universities in the country--along with Columbia, Harvard, MIT, and Stanford--again having nothing to do with Wharton"</p>
<p>These are not aiming at evaluating the qualities of Penn's undergrad programs.</p>
<p>DunninLA</p>
<p>Averaging the rankings is not a good way to represent a school. Tuck ranks number 2 by averaging the six major ranking for b-school. However, Tuck most likely is not the number 2 business school, and Wharton is likely not the number one. What can be said with certainty is they plus Stanford all belong in the top five, and any of the top-five is as good as another.</p>
<p>After reading the responses, I would like to clarify that I'm only interested in the undergrad programs at those schools. When evaluating the schools, please only refer to their undergrad programs.</p>