Stanford or Princeton?

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<p>This blog analyzed cross-admits, and found that Stanford and Princeton went 50-50.</p>

<p>[Mathacle</a> Blog: Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford Cross-Admits for Class 2012](<a href=“http://mathacle.blogspot.com/2008/06/harvard-yale-princeton-and-stanford.html]Mathacle”>Mathacle's Blog: Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford Cross-Admits for the Class of 2012)</p>

<p>The New York Times table from 2006 had it Stanford 52, Princeton 48.</p>

<p>[The</a> New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/09/17/weekinreview/20060917_LEONHARDT_CHART.html]The”>The New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices)</p>

<p>So, if you want to be guided on the basis of how people actually choose, flip a coin.</p>

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<p>^^ pretty off, I’d say. For one, I highly doubt that Harvard lost to Yale this year. For another, the dean of admissions at Stanford already stated that Yale and Stanford tied this year for cross-admits–80 went to Yale, and 80 went to Stanford (the chart says Stanford won 60% of them). And Princeton, once again, lost to Stanford–as the dean said, Stanford only lost to Harvard this past year.</p>

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<p>While I agree Stanford’s more laid-back, I don’t agree that you won’t work your butt off here. Students work just as hard as elsewhere, I guarantee it; in the end, it’s possible, though, that Stanford is more lenient on grading. So, a distinction between work and grade needs to be made.</p>