Top Dream Universities on CC

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi guys,
So I was in the #1 Dream School Thread, and the list was getting pretty long and hefty.
I decided to streamline the results of the poll so far. Based on number of votes by posters so far, here are the top 15 dream schools on College Confidential!</p>

<ol>
<li> Stanford University</li>
<li> Cornell University</li>
<li> Columbia University TIED WITH Yale University</li>
<li> Brown University TIED WITH Massabchusetts Institute of Technology</li>
<li><p>Princeton University TIED WITH University of Chicago</p></li>
<li><p>University of California Berkeley TIED WITH University of Southern California</p></li>
<li><p>Dartmouth College</p></li>
<li><p>Georgetown University TIED WITH University of Pennsylvania</p></li>
<li><p>Harvard University TIED WITH Northwestern University</p></li>
<li><p>Washington University in St. Louis </p></li>
<li><p>University of California- Los Angeles</p></li>
<li><p>Amherst College TIED WITH New York University</p></li>
<li><p>Duke University</p></li>
<li><p>Pomona </p></li>
<li><p>University of Virginia</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Results probably subject to change as more votes come in.</p>

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<p>That looks like a good representation of the dream schools of kids in the Bay Area; those are the top schools kids from my high school always apply to. Thanks for compiling the list.</p>

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<p>Actually it’s the top 22 dream schools.</p>

<p>2 in the South
3 in the Midwest
5 in California
6 in New England
6 in Mid-Atlantic</p>

<p>All of it makes sense except Cornell being so high and Harvard being so low. Cornell is the highest Ivy, and Harvard the lowest…</p>

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<p>I have a feeling it has to do with regionality as well.
Notice the high amount of UC Berkeley votes- this most likely indicates a CA voting sample pool.</p>

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<p>It also indicates that the school is kick ass</p>

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<p>hahaha nice. I see you’re at Berkeley. Love the school pride :)</p>

<p>Yes, all the schools on the list kick ass, pretty much.</p>

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<p>Great point on regional bias. In the South, Dream schools would also include Rice, Vanderbilt, William & Mary, Emory, Davidson, Washington & Lee.</p>

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<p>On Harvard being so low, Harvard is the school that everyone loves to hate. There’s nothing like the feeling of superiority that comes from going to Harvard except the extreme superiority that comes from being able to say you turned down Harvard.</p>

<p>I’m not surprised by Cornell’s strong showing, but I am extremely surprised by the results for USC; I mean, really, USC?</p>

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<p>University of California- Berkeley<br>
or
Brown</p>

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<p>Washington University in St. Louis! Whootage! </p>

<p>Interestingly, notice how Berkeley, Brown, and WashU all have bears for their school mascot? =)</p>

<p>Williams is lucky. It gets a purple cow.</p>

<p>On another note, I’m surprised Duke is not as high. It’s really a great school as well.</p>

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<p>please make actual selections on the Dream thread, to keep the rankings on one thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/223306-1-dream-school-70.html#post1064280003[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/223306-1-dream-school-70.html#post1064280003&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>(i included your votes for Cal and Brown…zenith602, I noted that you already voted for WUSTL in post #991)</p>

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<p>Thanks agoodfella for your housekeeping!</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/223306-1-dream-school-70.html#post1064280003[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/223306-1-dream-school-70.html#post1064280003&lt;/a&gt; Update:</p>

<ol>
<li>Stanford University 68</li>
<li>Cornell University 42</li>
<li>Columbia University 41</li>
<li>Yale University 40</li>
<li>Brown University 35</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology 34</li>
<li>Princeton University 33</li>
<li>University of California - Berkeley 33</li>
<li>University of Chicago 33</li>
<li>University of Southern California 32</li>
<li>Dartmouth College 26</li>
<li>Georgetown University 23</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania 23</li>
<li>Harvard University 22</li>
<li>Northwestern University 22</li>
</ol>

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<p>Bayboi, have just incorporated your data into the list below.</p>

<p>So now, by vote counts, the #1 Dream Colleges of CC:</p>

<ol>
<li>Stanford University</li>
<li>Cornell University</li>
<li>Columbia University </li>
<li>Yale University</li>
<li><p>Brown University </p></li>
<li><p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p></li>
<li><p>Princeton University TIED WITH UC Berkeley and UChic</p></li>
<li><p>University of Southern California</p></li>
<li><p>Dartmouth College</p></li>
<li><p>Georgetown University TIED WITH University of Pennsylvania</p></li>
<li><p>Harvard University TIED WITH Northwestern University</p></li>
<li><p>Washington University in St. Louis </p></li>
<li><p>University of California- Los Angeles</p></li>
<li><p>Amherst College TIED WITH New York University</p></li>
<li><p>Duke University</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>yea Stanford number 1! ahh Im so excited to go there!</p>

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<p>^ haha nice nice
well I would actually put them in tiers </p>

<h2>Stanford </h2>

<h2>Cornell, Columbia, Yale</h2>

<h2>Brown, MIT, Princeton, Berkeley, Chicago, USC</h2>

<p>Dartmouth, Georgetown, Penn, Harvard, Northwestern</p>

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<p>seriously though, Stanford is just too awesome, even I voted for it lol</p>

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<p>not much of a poll if UCLA, NYU and USC are listed as dream schools above Williams</p>

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<p>glad to hear it waitatshu. congrats on cornell! ED or likely letter?</p>

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<p>Highlighted my favorite schools on the list.</p>

<ol>
<li>Stanford University</li>
<li>Cornell University</li>
<li>Columbia University </li>
<li>Yale University</li>
<li>Brown University </li>
</ol>

<p>6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7. Princeton University TIED WITH UC Berkeley and UChic
8. University of Southern California
9. Dartmouth College
10. Georgetown University TIED WITH University of Pennsylvania</p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard University TIED WITH Northwestern University
12. Washington University in St. Louis </li>
<li>University of California- Los Angeles</li>
<li>Amherst College TIED WITH New York University</li>
<li>Duke University</li>
</ol>