Most Popular Colleges at Top 30 Prep Schools in the U.S.

[Anonymous]

The methodology seems to favor bigger schools, because of the size of the incoming class.

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Anonymous wrote:The methodology seems to favor bigger schools, because of the size of the incoming class.

Schools like Williams and Amherst would probably be relatively high on a percentage of class basis.

If you look at the top 50 list, Berkeley is the only public on with 62.2 and it appears before MIT, which had 54.7. But Berkeley's entering class is closer to 8,000 and MIT is closer to 1,100, so on a percentage basis, MIT has about 6.4X as many from top 50 as Berkeley.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The methodology seems to favor bigger schools, because of the size of the incoming class.

Schools like Williams and Amherst would probably be relatively high on a percentage of class basis.

If you look at the top 50 list, Berkeley is the only public on with 62.2 and it appears before MIT, which had 54.7. But Berkeley's entering class is closer to 8,000 and MIT is closer to 1,100, so on a percentage basis, MIT has about 6.4X as many from top 50 as Berkeley.

Berkeley’s entering class is not 8000. I think it’s more like 5000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nonsense.

I guess you live in VA.. maybe the suburbs. its not a thing for a ton of kids. more kids apply to city schools these days

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Anonymous wrote:Are we really to believe that NYU is preferred over Yale and Princeton? This list reflects choice after admission denials. It’s a conditional preference list.

For kids that want to be in NYC yes. If you are creative why not be in the creative center and Stern has top placement as well as internships. Also, Princeton and Yale are too preppy for tons of college-age kids. They don't like the area or the burbs.

Sure. Given the choice, you go NYU and I go Stanford. No gripe.

it all depends on interest. if I wanted to b on broadway I would not go to Standford. actually, if I wanted to win any kind of national award like in the arts I would go to NYU. NYU dominatess in those fields. If I wanted to be a social justice lawyer I would go to NYU or a corporate lawyer. If I wanted to do tech I would go to Stanford. Different people different dreams.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The methodology seems to favor bigger schools, because of the size of the incoming class.

Schools like Williams and Amherst would probably be relatively high on a percentage of class basis.

If you look at the top 50 list, Berkeley is the only public on with 62.2 and it appears before MIT, which had 54.7. But Berkeley's entering class is closer to 8,000 and MIT is closer to 1,100, so on a percentage basis, MIT has about 6.4X as many from top 50 as Berkeley.

private schools are not TJ or STEM crazy. Most kids are not interested in MIT or CalTech even if they could get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The methodology seems to favor bigger schools, because of the size of the incoming class.

Schools like Williams and Amherst would probably be relatively high on a percentage of class basis.

If you look at the top 50 list, Berkeley is the only public on with 62.2 and it appears before MIT, which had 54.7. But Berkeley's entering class is closer to 8,000 and MIT is closer to 1,100, so on a percentage basis, MIT has about 6.4X as many from top 50 as Berkeley.

Berkeley’s entering class is not 8000. I think it’s more like 5000.

6,117 at Berkeley vs. 1,070 at MIT. So still 5X as many.

[Anonymous]

Nobles being on this list but not Milton is a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we really to believe that NYU is preferred over Yale and Princeton? This list reflects choice after admission denials. It’s a conditional preference list.

For kids that want to be in NYC yes. If you are creative why not be in the creative center and Stern has top placement as well as internships. Also, Princeton and Yale are too preppy for tons of college-age kids. They don't like the area or the burbs.

No, if kids want to be in NYC they'd go to Columbia, assuming they're Princeton or Yale-caliber. NYU is several notches below any of those schools.

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it all depends on interest. if I wanted to b on broadway I would not go to Standford. actually, if I wanted to win any kind of national award like in the arts I would go to NYU. NYU dominatess in those fields. If I wanted to be a social justice lawyer I would go to NYU or a corporate lawyer. If I wanted to do tech I would go to Stanford. Different people different dreams.

Seems like NYU-level work.

Fwiw, if you want to be a SJW lawyer by all means head to NYU. But I’ve been continuously unimpressed with NYU Law grads, other than the LLM Tax program. St. John’s Law grads are generally better than NYU alums, although not the best in the city by far. When you show up at a fight with an NYU lawyer, you will find yourself asking “Why didn’t I bring a gun?”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
it all depends on interest. if I wanted to b on broadway I would not go to Standford. actually, if I wanted to win any kind of national award like in the arts I would go to NYU. NYU dominatess in those fields. If I wanted to be a social justice lawyer I would go to NYU or a corporate lawyer. If I wanted to do tech I would go to Stanford. Different people different dreams.

Seems like NYU-level work.

Fwiw, if you want to be a SJW lawyer by all means head to NYU. But I’ve been continuously unimpressed with NYU Law grads, other than the LLM Tax program. St. John’s Law grads are generally better than NYU alums, although not the best in the city by far. When you show up at a fight with an NYU lawyer, you will find yourself asking “Why didn’t I bring a gun?”

I think you have had enough to drink.