Overall Tiers of the Top Schools
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Saw this online elsewhere, how do people here feel about this?
S+ Tier (Exceptional at everything, extremely resourced, global prestige): -Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Princeton (No glaring weaknesses) S Tier (Exceptional at nearly everything, extremely resourced, global prestige): -Caltech (Amazing STEM but worse at humanities than MIT) -Yale (Amazing humanities but lagging S+ tier in STEM) -Duke (Very well rounded and perhaps greatest upside in S tier, but youngest of elite schools) -Columbia (Very well rounded but hurting from recent scandals, still benefits from being in NYC) -UChicago (Strong humanities and sciences but lacking in engineering) -UPenn (Very well rounded but perhaps too centered around Wharton that can create odd dynamic with the non-Wharton students) A+ Tier (Exceptional at many things, heavily resourced, national prestige): -Northwestern (Very well rounded, closest to being S tier) -Johns Hopkins (Pointy in strengths, perhaps too centered around medicine) -Dartmouth (Strong undergrad focus, but lacking strong research backing and global reputation of S tier) -Berkeley (Academically phenomenal all around similar to S+ tier and high global prestige, but significantly hurt in lack of resources and attention for undergrads) -Cornell (Good at STEM and niche programs like agriculture, but lagging in other traditional fields and a bit weaker in undergrad focus) -Brown (Weakest academically of ivies | Not quite as undergrad focused as Dartmouth and not quite an S tier research institution) -WASP + Bowdoin (Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona, Bowdoin) Most elite liberal arts educations, minimal global prestige compared to others in this tier A Tier (Exceptional at many things, well resourced, national prestige): -Vanderbilt (Needs to cement itself as a top research institution, closest to being A+ tier) -Rice (Strong undergrad focus and very well resourced, but lacking global reputation) -UMich (Well rounded with strong research, lacking undergrad attention) -Georgetown (Incredibly elite for humanities, but severely lacking in STEM and could use more financial resources) -Notre Dame (Superb financial resources, but limited research excellence) -Washington University in St. Louis (Great financial resources, but pointy in strengths towards medicine/science) -UCLA (Strong research, but struggles with undergraduate resources) -Carnegie Mellon (Inverse Georgetown: strong STEM, severely lacking in humanities despite strong points in arts and theatre) -Harvey Mudd + Olin College of Engineering + Claremont McKenna (Specialized LACs that are very strong in their areas of expertise) |
Anonymous
| weirdo |
Anonymous
| The A+ tier failed to include UVA. |
Anonymous
| This is a Chicago booster. |
Anonymous
| I can't believe you wasted time doing this. |
Anonymous
| Excellent. I’m gonna tattoo it on my azz. |
Anonymous
And a Columbia booster… |
Anonymous
| Splitting hairs |
Anonymous
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Moronic exercise
Get a life and a clue |
Anonymous
| another garbage useless thread and a likely duke booster |
Anonymous
| Are you a college admission consultant? I don't think this works for people here, you probably should try social media targeting international students like Reddit |
Anonymous
| Everyone’s kicking their feet, but this is pretty accurate and they describe why things are being ranked how they’re ranked. I mostly agree with this OP! |
Anonymous
| Thank god we’re doing this thread again. |
Anonymous
| Prestige in our current day, with 25% under employment rate among GenZ, has turned into a total cringe term, like someone flexing every luxury brand imaginable… hey all made in China. |
Anonymous
| Holy Cross, Bucknell, Northeastern, George Mason? WTF? |