To you, what's the bottom of the "elite" colleges?

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Also agree that Harvard, MIT and Stanford have the most prestige right now around the world.

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Curses on the imbecile that resurrected this idiotic thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I would definitely say Notre Dame. I would also question Duke being at #8, but have an admitted bias. I wouldn't consider any of the SLAC list, although very fine colleges which I'd be fine with my DC's attending, to be "elite".

Nd is not elite - I've worked with way too many average nd grads.

Honestly I think UMD grads are smarter - I wouldn't be surprised if umd had a higher median sat

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Can't believe I am dignifying this ridiculous thread with a response.
Mean SATs
ND 1465
Duke 1460
UMD 1315

They are all great schools. Go to whichever one fits best.

Wonder what the stats are for UMD's honors college only. My guess is higher than the overall student body of both those schools

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Anonymous wrote:Curses on the imbecile that resurrected this idiotic thread.

Yeah, really.

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Anonymous wrote:Curses on the imbecile that resurrected this idiotic thread.

Yeah, really.

i have never seen it,nor do I have any interest in reading it but, wow, who has so much time to obsess over these things??? Its a bit sad.

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Anonymous wrote:How do you define "elite"? Enough to impress other parents?

yeah, I do think that's the worling definition these days.

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If you hate this thread...why do you click on it?

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This has already been decided. Here is the definitive list:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/758338.page

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Anonymous wrote:Curses on the imbecile that resurrected this idiotic thread.

Yeah, really.

Hilarious. I feel this way about most threads that go beyond a couple pages.

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Who posts this stuff??

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Anonymous wrote:To be honest, most folks draw the line of “elite” just under (or near) the school they are connected to. The best way to get an honest answer would be to look at one to one yield. In other words putting aside all other factors (legacy, finances, geographic proximity) given a choice between Stanford and Yale how many would choose Yale? Or as between CalTech and MIT how many would choose CalTech?

It’s impossible to get this data, but I believe that Stanford, Harvard and MIT would stand out.

Harvard vs. Yale -- Harvard wins (63% of those admitted to both choose Harvard)
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Harvard+University&with=Yale+University

Stanford vs Yale-- it's a toss up (55% to Stanford, 45% to Yale)
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Stanford+University&with=Yale+University

CalTech vs MIT -- clear win for MIT (78%)
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Caltech&with=Massachusetts+Institute+of+Technology

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Elite to me are the colleges where "old money" blue blood folks went -- HYP...

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HYPS and MIT. Maybe UChicago and Duke. That's it.

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Anonymous wrote:Elite to me are the colleges where "old money" blue blood folks went -- HYP...

New tech wealth blows old money out of the water. Bezos son at MIT. Gates son at UChicago, daughter a Stanford alum.

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Nah. CalTech gets confused with Cal Poly even in California. Not much of a national name brand like the others.

LOL no. No one in CA or anywhere else confuses CalTech with Cal Poly. Are you the Pomona booster who claims that the school's rankings take an unfair hit because people confuse it with Cal State Pomona?

I grew up in California and Caltech did not have much name brand among the general public back then. It was often confused as CalPoly given the name (since Cal implied the Cal State System). The big dogs there were always USC, UCLA, UCSD, Berkeley, and Stanford. Pomona was even more obscure- grew up 20 minutes away, and had never heard of it until recently (I did hear of Caltech growing up on occasion).

I don't know if things have changed, but I doubt it. It's a super tiny (less than 2500 students total), science specialized school with no sports to speak of. Most go to science grad school. Those interests are not aligned with the public eye. Educated folks from top ranked schools will have heard of it, but many haven't.

Utterly false. I grew up and attended college in California. Everyone knew the difference between CalTech and Cal Poly Pomona.