Harvard is the Stanford of the East

[Anonymous]

I went to Stanford back in the day when it was actually pretty easy to get into -- my parents were disappointed that I didn't want to go to Cal or go back east to college (I turned down my dad's Ivy alma mater). I was actually a slacker in HS and I'm sure I couldn't get in to any of these schools today. School reps rise and fall, wth a consequent change in the student body. Duke, Columbia, Wash U and Middlebury were all decidedly B-list schools 25 years ago; all have become much more selective. Similarly, Chicago, has risen in the ranking, is no longer full of quirky kids and, I have it on good authority, is a place where fun seems to be convalescing nicely.

[Anonymous]

Stanford - Harvard of the West
Duke - Harvard of the South
UChicago - Harvard of the Midwest
Columbia - Harvard of NYC
Howard - The Black Harvard
Yale - the second Harvard
MIT - the sciency Harvard
Brown/Cornell - the Harvard for people who couldn't get into the above schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIT - the sciency Harvard

As an MIT survivor - don't compare us with that shitty school

[Anonymous]

Rice is the Harvard of the South.

[Anonymous]

agree that MIT outrocks Harvard big time. I would take Stanford over either, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago is the Harvard of the Midwest.

Harvard is the University of Chicago of the East, you mean.

And 'fun comes to die' poster, enough already.

NP, and no dog in this fight but my SIL went to University of Chicago and they really do say it's where fun goes to die.

I know they do (I'm an alum), but it seems like the same poster contributes 'fun comes to die' on every thread about Chicago. It gets old.

A very good friend of mine went to U of C. She swears she had lots of fun. Geeky fun, but fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT - the sciency Harvard

As an MIT survivor - don't compare us with that shitty school

MIT - the Cal Tech of the East

[Anonymous]

Or, as some say, Harvard (and Yale) are among the finest schools in New England.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:MIT - the sciency Harvard

As an MIT survivor - don't compare us with that shitty school

MIT - the Cal Tech of the East

Still got it backwards.

Harvard might've gotten dethroned but MIT's still on top of the STEM heap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:agree that MIT outrocks Harvard big time. I would take Stanford over either, though.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT - the sciency Harvard

As an MIT survivor - don't compare us with that shitty school

MIT - the Cal Tech of the East

Still got it backwards.

Harvard might've gotten dethroned but MIT's still on top of the STEM heap

Try getting into Olin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:agree that MIT outrocks Harvard big time. I would take Stanford over either, though.

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[Anonymous]

How many kids from the DMV go to Stanford each year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:agree that MIT outrocks Harvard big time. I would take Stanford over either, though.

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I am sure that for the very, very few applicants lucky enough and smart enough to get into all three, their decision on which to attend will be based upon much more than a superficial or faddish view of what "sells" now. For example, if interested in medicine, law, journalism academemia, or the humanities - yes there are still a few of us out there - the decision is not at all clear cut. Not everyone, and especially this caliber of student, is solely motivated by the prospect of (or remote possibility of) dollars on the other side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many kids from the DMV go to Stanford each year?

More than go to Harvard, for sure.