Harvard is the Stanford of the East

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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.

Awwww - English majors are so cute! You must have aced that creative writing class given that none of previous posts referred to fads or money.

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I wouldn't say that it is 100% clear in fields outside of ones that PP mentioned as well. While engineering isn't necessarily as strong at Harvard, the non-applied sciences (i.e. biology, chemistry, and physics) are extremely strong. I would say that if someone wanted to be a chemistry major, the departments at all three universities are equally strong. In certain subfields of chemistry (like organic chemistry), Harvard has historically been stronger than MIT.

The engineering departments at Stanford are incredibly strong as well. Silicon valley and Boston are two of the best job markets in the country for people with technical backgrounds. If you are in the fortunate position of choosing between these three universities, then it is totally a matter of which is the right fit. I certainly know people who have chosen Stanford over Harvard or MIT, and if you think that's ludicrous, you just have a weird east coast bias.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't say that it is 100% clear in fields outside of ones that PP mentioned as well. While engineering isn't necessarily as strong at Harvard, the non-applied sciences (i.e. biology, chemistry, and physics) are extremely strong. I would say that if someone wanted to be a chemistry major, the departments at all three universities are equally strong. In certain subfields of chemistry (like organic chemistry), Harvard has historically been stronger than MIT.

The engineering departments at Stanford are incredibly strong as well. Silicon valley and Boston are two of the best job markets in the country for people with technical backgrounds. If you are in the fortunate position of choosing between these three universities, then it is totally a matter of which is the right fit. I certainly know people who have chosen Stanford over Harvard or MIT, and if you think that's ludicrous, you just have a weird east coast bias.

You completely misread my quote. I attended Stanford undergrad and Harvard for graduate school. No east coast bias whatsoever. My dear wife did exactly the opposite. The only point that I was making is that each school (undergrad and graduate) has pockets of unique strength, and discounting this rich variety of choices and preferences because of the frothiness over STEM disciplines does a disservice to the MANY kids who will make their mark outside of the STEM fields (law, literature, teaching, public service, international development, economics). And before you make any other assumptions about my biases, I am a biochemist.

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Please, your DC is impressive if she/he gets in to either. Palo Alto's weather is so much nicer than Cambridge and the tech/VC network is better. Stanford has a frat culture (see Evan Siegel's emails) and pro-quality Div I athletes (no Ivy academic index to worry about) and the Hoover Institution. Some people find those characteristics strong positives while others avoid them like the plague.

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

More than go to Harvard, for sure.

really?

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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

Cal Tech is harder to get into. They only take 235 students. MIT takes 1500 each year.

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Aren't we just splitting hairs?

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't say that it is 100% clear in fields outside of ones that PP mentioned as well. While engineering isn't necessarily as strong at Harvard, the non-applied sciences (i.e. biology, chemistry, and physics) are extremely strong. I would say that if someone wanted to be a chemistry major, the departments at all three universities are equally strong. In certain subfields of chemistry (like organic chemistry), Harvard has historically been stronger than MIT.

The engineering departments at Stanford are incredibly strong as well. Silicon valley and Boston are two of the best job markets in the country for people with technical backgrounds. If you are in the fortunate position of choosing between these three universities, then it is totally a matter of which is the right fit. I certainly know people who have chosen Stanford over Harvard or MIT, and if you think that's ludicrous, you just have a weird east coast bias.

For example, Chelsea Clinton comes to mind.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren't we just splitting hairs?

I believe this is DCUM's favorite sport -- ah, the narcissism of small differences. (see Freud)

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Anonymous wrote: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

lol my first laugh of the morning.

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No one has mentioned the fierce competition now open for Malia Ann Obama - who graduates from Sidwell in 2015. My money is on Harvard.

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Anonymous wrote:No one has mentioned the fierce competition now open for Malia Ann Obama - who graduates from Sidwell in 2015. My money is on Harvard.

My money is on Columbia or Princeton.

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Anonymous wrote:No one has mentioned the fierce competition now open for Malia Ann Obama - who graduates from Sidwell in 2015. My money is on Harvard.

Class of 2016.

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I think Malia will end up at Princeton like her mom or Stanford like Chelsea Clinton. Or maybe she's not as smart...so someplace like Amherst.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Malia will end up at Princeton like her mom or Stanford like Chelsea Clinton. Or maybe she's not as smart...so someplace like Amherst.

Considering Michelle wasn't very happy with P, i doubt Malia will go there.

I think Malia will choose from: U.Chicago, Stanford, H, Y, Columbia.

Or perhaps she could go foreign to Balliol or Merton Colleges (oxford).

I don't think intelligence has any bearing when you have the hook of being the potus daughter (not to mention URM) - not that she might need it - for all we know shes a 4.0+ student wth 2300+ sat's and just an intellectual tour de force.