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Agree based on reputation, which is linked to prestige, placement and career outcomes…
Anonymous
USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Are big public schools really that great at the undergrad level though?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My definition is just the T15 schools:

HYPSM
Caltech
Columbia
Penn
Chicago
Northwestern
Duke
Dartmouth
Brown
Cornell
JHU


Georgetown > Brown + Cornell


HAHAHA! Said no one ever. Every Ivy League school is elite. Have your kid apply see what happens (unless you are legacy, athlete, or URM).
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The most prestigious LACs in my experience have been Barnard and Wellesley, not Williams and Amherst.


Lmao. Barnard is widely viewed as a backdoor into Columbia.


This-everyone thinks she goes to Columbia! Boom.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Are big public schools really that great at the undergrad level though?


Yes, for the right kids.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Surprised Tufts isn’t on here.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Surprised Tufts isn’t on here.

Tufts is not academically rigorous
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Are big public schools really that great at the undergrad level though?


Yes, for the right kids.

No they are not. Public schools get a boost from grad school. They are large and accept a ton of students, in turn deans at a lot of unis give them high ratings.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Are big public schools really that great at the undergrad level though?


Yes, for the right kids.

No they are not. Public schools get a boost from grad school. They are large and accept a ton of students, in turn deans at a lot of unis give them high ratings.


You sound delusional.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Are big public schools really that great at the undergrad level though?


Yes, for the right kids.

No they are not. Public schools get a boost from grad school. They are large and accept a ton of students, in turn deans at a lot of unis give them high ratings.


You sound delusional.

Nothing about Berkeley is a 4.7, or UVA a 4.3. Live with it.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Are big public schools really that great at the undergrad level though?


Yes, for the right kids.

No they are not. Public schools get a boost from grad school. They are large and accept a ton of students, in turn deans at a lot of unis give them high ratings.


You sound delusional.

Nothing about Berkeley is a 4.7, or UVA a 4.3. Live with it.


Nope, these are undergraduate reputation scores
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Are big public schools really that great at the undergrad level though?


Yes, for the right kids.

No they are not. Public schools get a boost from grad school. They are large and accept a ton of students, in turn deans at a lot of unis give them high ratings.


I don't think UVA is getting any boosts from its grad schools
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Are big public schools really that great at the undergrad level though?


Yes, for the right kids.

No they are not. Public schools get a boost from grad school. They are large and accept a ton of students, in turn deans at a lot of unis give them high ratings.


You sound delusional.

Nothing about Berkeley is a 4.7, or UVA a 4.3. Live with it.


Thanks for the compelling argument.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR undergraduate academic reputation assessment survey scores:

4.9: Harvard MIT Stanford
4.8: Princeton Yale
4.7: Columbia JHU Berkeley
4.6: UChicago Penn Caltech Cornell
4.5: Duke Michigan
4.4: Northwestern Brown Dartmouth UCLA
4.3: Vanderbilt Carnegie Mellon GaTech UVA
4.2: Wash U Emory Notre Dame Georgetown UNC-CH
4.1: Rice, UT Austin Wisconsin-Madison


Are big public schools really that great at the undergrad level though?


Yes, for the right kids.

No they are not. Public schools get a boost from grad school. They are large and accept a ton of students, in turn deans at a lot of unis give them high ratings.


I don't think UVA is getting any boosts from its grad schools


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