What schools (if any) would you turn down Harvard for?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>Being from Cali</p>

<p>1) Stanford
2) UC Berkley/Caltech
3) USC</p>

<p>Stanford, Berkley, and Caltech are extremely prestigious here for what they have achieved in the tech field. More-so in Silicon Valley.</p>

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<p>Basically all of the reaches I’m applying to, Harvard is a great school but I don’t feel I’m a good fit.</p>

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<p>University of Oxford or the Paris institute of Politics</p>

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<p>Stanford, Duke and Princeton are more my type.</p>

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<p>Then again, anyone who’d turn down Harvard for Duke probably wouldn’t get into Harvard anyway. So it’s a moot point.</p>

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<p>Hey tortoise, why don’t you find something constructive to do rather than bashing my preferred choice of schools. You really are a sad and pathetic human being.</p>

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<p>Possibly Stanford. But let’s be honest, I probably won’t be having to make this decision haha :p</p>

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<p>Tortoise, perhaps my remarks were in poor taste, and I apologize for them. However, you have to admit that you were being directly confrontational and that your provocative behavior was totally uncalled for. Let’s call it even shall we?</p>

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<p>definitely MIT</p>

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<p>iamnoeinstein, your remarks weren’t in poor taste. They were just risible. No worries! Onward!</p>

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<p>I know someone who got accepted to Harvard and chose U of Miami BS/MD program instead.</p>

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<p>If I was lucky enough to get accepted to these two, definitely Princeton (first choice!) and Yale.</p>

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<p>UPenn Wharton Jerome Fisher M&T probably</p>

<p>Maybe Princeton or Stanford</p>

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<ol>
<li>UPenn Wharton</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>UChicago </li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>LSE</li>
<li>Oxford</li>
<li>Cambridge</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
</ol>

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<p>I know I won’t get the chance…Maybe Princeton…
But I know my parent won’t let me turn down Harvard!</p>

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<p>PrInceton
Go tigers</p>

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<p>Wharton</p>

<p>Best undergraduate b-school on the planet</p>

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<p>Notre dame!</p>

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<p>This is an interesting thread, but the problem is that for most folks, if they’re accepted to Harvard, it’s likely come with the most generous financial aid package. My son’s first choice wasn’t Harvard, but Harvard’s financial aid package beat his first choice school’s package by $10K per year.</p>

<p>So, it came down to Harvard with no loans, or his first choice and $30K - $40K in loans.</p>

<p>I didn’t feel bad for encouraging him to accept Harvard’s offer, which he did.</p>

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<p>If I am lucky enough to make this choice, I would probably choose Duke, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, or Dartmouth over Harvard. Of course, it may also depend on the kind of financial aid I can get.</p>