Would you ever choose any other school over Harvard?

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<p>Would you (excepting Yale/Princeton/MIT obsessions)? Call this an idiotic question, if you would like, but I intend it to be quite frank.</p>

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<p>Many do. Harvard’s yield is not 100%. It hovers around 80% - which is the highest in the nation, but it also means that every year about 400 accepted applicants chose another school over Harvard.</p>

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<p>I didn’t apply to Harvard(because I wasn’t interested) but even if I was accepted I would have picked Rice(over any other school also). Rice is my perfect fit(if there is such a thing). I wish that more prospies would pick a school on fit rather than prestige but of course choosing on prestige will always be the case in our status run society.</p>

<p>Although of course Harvard is the perfect fit for some ppl, I doubt that Harvard is the “perfect fit” for the ~80% that accept admission</p>

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<p>i would have always picked harvard. absolutely no matter what.</p>

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<p>Possibly Cambridge/Oxford?</p>

<p>Or maybe MIT/Princeton/Caltech for something math/science related?</p>

<p>Or maybe money is an issue and they chose scholarships at state schools?</p>

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<p>I was willing to go to Berkeley over Harvard. Not having been accepted into Harvard anyways, I did not need to actually make the decision.</p>

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<p>I’m actually deliberating that question right now…I have a full-ride at a small, highly ranked (Forbes ranked it #1 college in South) liberal arts school in my home state, where I could play on a varsity sport…or Harvard, where I would have to take out some loans…but it’s HARVARD!</p>

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<p>Since you forgot to include Stanford, I would choose Stanford over Harvard.</p>

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<p>^seconding</p>

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<p>I would choose Duke, Stanford or Yale over Harvard</p>

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<p>To Jersey13, I probably should have listed Stanford as well, but I guess I was subconsciously assuming that geographically, West Coast kids would prefer Stan and East would prefer Harvard. I mentioned Yale/MIT/Princeton because they are among the most intense obsessions for Easterners. Of course, I could be seriously misled in this thinking.</p>

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<p>My D said she wanted to go to a whole bunch of other colleges over Harvard, until she actually got admitted to Harvard. Then she didn’t even apply anywhere else. (She was admitted to the last EA class).</p>

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<p>As for me I could choose Princeton,Columbia over Harvard.But I love Harvard is one of my top choices:D</p>

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<p>I luuurve MIT. If I go to Harvard, it will be to save $$$. But I don’t count, I guess, since I’m in the listed exclusions.</p>

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<p>Harvard (or any of the HYPSM) >>>> Oxbridge</p>

<p>I’m from the UK but applying to the US b/c of this…</p>

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<p>I didn’t apply to Harvard cus I wanted to go to Rice or MIT. (so, yeah, I would.)</p>

<p>Actually, if I was to do a HYPSM ranking it’d be:</p>

<p>MIT, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton… so yup :p.</p>

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<p>I would chose Columbia, Brown or Yale over Harvard.</p>

<p>I also know someone who chose NYU over Harvard.</p>

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<p>I’ve got a Harvard offer and a Cambridge offer (Kings if that makes any difference) and from the UK. Finaid means the costs are about the same. It’s a strange choice. I’m leaning towards Harvard cus, among other things, it’s an oppurtunity that nobody I know has ever had. Both are amazing schools and I know I’d have a great next few years whatever my decision. One is pretty close to home, one is an ocean away - so I guess it’s more of a personal choice to take a risk and be somewhere unfamiliar than an objective ‘A is better than B’ choice.</p>

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<p>Stanford, no doubt.</p>

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<p>This has been my experience too. I’ve found that most people, when actually faced with the decision end up choosing Harvard (despite anything that may have been said earlier).</p>