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I don’t believe it. And citing USNWR makes me even more disinclined to believe it.</p>
<p>People have picked Yale over Stanford because the former is more undergrad-oriented. And Yale is a lot less undergrad-oriented than an LAC like Williams. Stanford as an institution strives to be the best possible university, and which does not try to place undergrad as the #1 priority. OTOH, for top-of-the-heap Stanford students, research and other university opportunities can be unparalleled.</p>