<p>Just curious. What would you people consider the top 10 schools in the country academically and professionally (consider job placement later on). I have had enough of the stupid USA Today list and would like slightly more reliable info from you guys! :)</p>
<p>Also...which college would offer the best experience to an undergrad?</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>UPenn</li>
<li>CalTech</li>
<li>UC-Berkeley</li>
<li>Darthmouth</li>
</ol>
<p>Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, MIT, CalTech, Penn, Dartmouth, Columbia, Duke</p>
<p>For undergrad (so no Berkeley/UMich)</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Chicago</li>
</ol>
<p>CalTech doesn't count for me, because it's basically a glorified science school (whereas MIT still has strong programs in non-science areas).</p>
<p>Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Harvard, MIT, CalTech, Columbia, Duke, Dartmouth, Cornell</p>
<p>liberal arts: princeton, harvard, yale, stanford, columbia, dartmouth, brown, northwestern, UVa, Georgetown</p>
<p>How can you do a list of top ten liberal arts school without any LACs?</p>
<p>Here's mine:
1.Johns Hopkins
2.Penn
3.Duke
4.Swarthmore
5.Williams
6.Stanford
7.Cal
8.Yale
9.UMich
10.Georegetown</p>
<p>A bit unconventional, but what can I say</p>
<p>Universities:</p>
<p>Yale
Stanford
Princeton
MIT
Penn
CalTech
Columbia
Harvard
UVA
Brown</p>
<p>I think the East Coast bias is important along with access to good graduate programs or business, thus:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Stanford
Amherst
Williams
Columbia
Northwestern
Chicago</p>
<p>[list=0]
[<em>]Harvard
[</em>]Yale
[<em>]Princeton
[</em>]Stanford
[<em>]MIT
[</em>]Caltech
[<em>]Cornell
[</em>]UCB
[<em>]Columbia
[</em>]UPenn
[/list]</p>
<p>I think that the University of Chicago has been bumped down to #15 by the USNews rankings for some crazy reason. I would most definately put it in the top ten.</p>
<p>I don't know much about other schools, nor have I visited, so I am just putting a plug in for Chicago. :)</p>
<p>Bob Jones University is definitely #1 on my list</p>
<p>"liberal arts: princeton, harvard, yale, stanford, columbia, dartmouth, brown, northwestern, UVa, Georgetown"</p>
<p>sorry, that was for liberal arts subjects........... it has nothing to do with LACs.</p>
<p>1) Stanford
2) Harvard
3) Yale/Princeton/MIT
4) UPenn
5) Chicago
6) Caltech
7) Berkeley
8) Columbia
9) Dartmouth
10) Michigan</p>
<p>....Michigan?</p>
<p>just my humble opinion
1- harvard
2-yale
3-princeton
4-MIT
5-stanford
6-duke
7-penn
8-columbia
9-Oxford
10- Georgetown</p>
<p>Top 10:</p>
<p>THE BIG FIVE:
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT</p>
<p>THE NEXT FIVE:
Caltech, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, UPenn</p>
<p>(Ivies - less Cornell + Stanford / MIT / Caltech)</p>
<p>in no particular order:</p>
<p>Stanford
MIT
Cornell
Yale
Princeton
Chicago
Columbia
Brown
Harvard
Duke</p>
<p>Tacoma Community College all the way! haha</p>