<p>founded in 1891, stanford is 200 years younger than my high school. combined with super random admissions that pay little attention to the quality of the applicant, can we agree that stanford's "prestige" is at least somewhat fake? its motto is in GERMAN! too cool for latin, eh?</p>
<p>Quit ■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>Omg get life instead of creating ■■■■■■■■ threads that no one’s going to take seriously. <em>rolls eyes</em></p>
<p>lol I like you choklit…but I like Stanford more.</p>
<p>Why would it even matter how old it is</p>
<p>We didn’t get into Hogwarts, so we’re stuck with Stanford :(</p>
<p>My alma mater too is older than Stanford, but I don’t believe it has produced any nobel prize winners.</p>
<p>I am guessing that your high school, like many old private schools and even ivy league institutions, refused to admit black and female students until well into the 20th century and is indubitably tainted by a history of discrimination. You cannot equate age with prestige and reputation.</p>
<p>WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!
Does that mean Harvard is less prestigious than University of P</p>
<p>I just browsed through this ■■■■■’s post history a little bit. In one post choklitrain recommends the University of Chicago as a school where one must “sacrifice prestige.” He or she is probably another teenager that obsesses over USNW101 and doesn’t realize that the University of Chicago is more well-known around the world than perhaps every University in this country other than Harvard for one reason in particular that anyone who knows a little history ought to figure out.</p>
<p>The kid further mentions in another post that his counselor doesn’t have any connections with MIT or Stanford people. O-M-Gzerz.</p>
<p>yea lol my high school has been around since 1877, but does that mean its better than ANY college? prbly not(unless you’re talking about USC) . haha just kidding. but dude get a life, i came here to learn about and discuss stanford and found a big fat ■■■■■. oh yuck</p>
<p>OP:</p>
<p>F<em></em>C<em>K</em><em>Y</em>O<em>U.</em>_Don’t diss my school, btch.</p>
<p>thats all i have to say about that.</p>
<p>brendanww: is it the Chicago economics connections (the Chicago school) or the nuclear reaction thing with Fermi. I’d go with the nuclear reaction.</p>
<p>Senior0991, you’re right. I am referring to the nuclear reaction. Having Milton Friedman as a former professor certainly does not hurt either.</p>
<p>"In one post choklitrain recommends the University of Chicago as a school where one must “sacrifice prestige.” "</p>
<p>actually, no. this is my real post, in response to a person who wanted schools that mixed prestige and fun/quirky students:</p>
<p>'Chicago/MIT/Stanford/Rice</p>
<p>granted, if you want a student body that’s totally relaxed, you’ll have to sacrifice prestige’</p>
<p>I’m also finished my own Chicago application…lol, way to totally misunderstand a post, and then proceed to take it out of context.</p>
<p>lol, unfortunately prestige isn’t calculated in terms of age.</p>
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Actually there is another thing you didn’t mention that also made it internationally renown. Remember Robert Millikan oil drop experiment where they found the mass of an electron? Yeah it was invented at U of C</p>
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No you don’t. Students at U of C think they are relaxed. Not all of them are stressed. Same goes for Duke. Duke students are relaxed (or else they wouldn’t be attending basketball games). Honestly, it is impossible for student body to be totally relaxed there is always students who try to work hard in school.</p>
<p>As per my views in the other hot non-chance thread, I wouldn’t classify student personalities in such a manner. In particular, the University of Chicago is the school that deserves least to have its students be coined completely relaxed. I’d say Cal Tech and UChicago are the hardest schools in the country to graduate from and have the most overworked students. Unless you were referring to the nature of student competition? I’ve heard many times that Harvard is known for having cut-throat competition when it comes to classes with curves, more so than peer institutions. Yale is said to have a more laid back and socially supportive community thanks to their residential program. I’ll admit to not knowing much about Princeton other than the ***** they get for the eating clubs.</p>
<p>Despite what I’ve heard, these are huge universities where you’ll find the kind of people that you work best around. In terms of being relaxed and supported, most are rather large, and whatever support you get will be incomparable to the quality of support you’d get at a typical Liberal Arts college.</p>
<p>But that’s just a little bit of info directed at the OP. Back on topic, prestige does not mean a thing, and regardless, Stanford has a lot of it despite its relative youth.</p>
<p>edit: thanks cdz for that other tidbit. There’s quite a lot that I forgot to mention. UChicago is a world-class institution that gets a bad rap from prestige-minded high school students (although apparently not this one).</p>
<p>I think we should just stop posting, the OP is a confirmed ■■■■■ (he had one thread closed by a super moderator because it was a ■■■■■, he made another thread just for joke, and he made a random thread called “I’m pretty bored”).</p>
<p>And I honestly hope he doesn’t apply to Stanford (actually I do, then maybe he can show his cockiness and get flat out rejected)</p>