https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/college-hopefuls-have-a-new-ultimate-dream-school-its-not-harvard.html
Top 10 'dream' colleges and universities in 2025 As named by students applying to college The list shows the top 10 dream schools as named by students applying to college in 2025. 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2. Harvard College Mass. 3. Stanford University Calif. 4. Princeton University N.J. 5. Yale University Conn. 6. Columbia University N.Y. 7. New York University 8. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 9. University of Pennsylvania 10. University of California–Los Angeles Source: The Princeton Review’s 2025 College Hopes & Worries Survey CNBC |
I truly don't understand why Michigan is so hot. It's just another big state school. They're all so similar! |
So? This has been posted a gazillion times |
I don’t get it either, it’s so cold and far for most. I always think of Sasha Obama and Madonna’s dd transferring out. |
Didn’t Madonna go there too, at least for a time? Anyhow, this is a silly list. The hottest dream school this year, at least in these parts, is USC. |
Hello? Bucknell? Reed? UVA? Wisconsin? |
Far from DC you mean right? Michigan does just about everything very well. It offers the complete collegiate experience. |
I didn’t know South Carolina was that hot. |
MIT is the dream? Yikes. |
It’s dated March 5th of this year. |
That you feel that Michigan is just another, “big state school” proves that your understanding is lacking. |
Far from most places people apply from. |
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I guess Georgetown, UVA, JHU, and Duke are far away from most places that people apply from. None of them are in the top ten either. Your comment makes no sense. |
Hopkins has never been anyone's dream school. |