What do people consider the most prestigious college in the Midwest?

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Anonymous wrote:Last year Oberlin's admission rate was 39% and Carleton's was 19%. That says a lot right there.

Literally nobody cares about either. I find it hard to believe grads or even affiliates of either school would even be on a message board bragging about their acceptance rates. Get a life.

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago for sure.

Oberlin for small liberal arts undergrad.

Oberlin? Sorry, no. Carleton and Grinnell.

I've never even heard of those latter two colleges.

If that's true, you are not an authority on colleges in the midwest.

DP: Seriously, most people outside of private or boarding school circles have never heard of these schools. True.

That's not a bad thing.

No, but it's also not midwestern prestige.

Depends on who you need to impress. Some people don't care about impressing people who have no idea what Oberlin is.

who cares about boarding school circles?I probably would not recognize most boarding/private schools but I know what Oberlin is, as do a lot of people who "count". How sad to go through your entire life having to ride a name of some sort.

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Anonymous wrote:Washington University

I went to Washington University.

It's a great school, but I don't think it's nearly as well known to the general public as Notre Dame.

From the perspective of people who are into school prestige rankings, I don't think it has as much raw academic prestige as the University of Chicago. Maybe it's comparable to Northwestern.

But to people in the midwest, it is Notre Dame and Wash U as the most prestigious schools. Wash U for academics and Notre Dame for overall experience.

Midwesterner here. I disagree totally. I’d say Notre Dame and Northwestern.

Different Midwesterner here. My list in order of prestige would be:

1) Chicago
2) Northwestern
3) Michigan
4) Washington University
5) University of Illinois
6) Notre Dame
7) Oberlin College
8) Carleton College
9) Grinnell College
10) Macalester College


7-10 are just different kinds of schools that are hard to complicated are with those others.

I think Purdue and Notre Dame may be great but have weak prestige PR. Of course, I've heard about them, but, until
I came here, I thought of them as football teams with schools attached. It never occurred time that kids with good grades would go there. I think of Case Western and Indiana University, for example, as being in a much higher prestige tier.

Maybe, if my lack of prestige awareness for those schools is common, they could get a lot of value from a good PR campaign.

+1 This fits with my listing (former midwesterner) except, Grinnell and Carleton above Oberlin and Macalester.

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Anonymous wrote:Last year Oberlin's admission rate was 39% and Carleton's was 19%. That says a lot right there.

Literally nobody cares about either. I find it hard to believe grads or even affiliates of either school would even be on a message board bragging about their acceptance rates. Get a life.

Sorry, Oberlin grad, your school will come back.

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Anonymous wrote:Last year Oberlin's admission rate was 39% and Carleton's was 19%. That says a lot right there.

Literally nobody cares about either. I find it hard to believe grads or even affiliates of either school would even be on a message board bragging about their acceptance rates. Get a life.

1. literally doesn't mean what you think it means
2. you're an idiot

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame? Northwestern? Michigan?

Michigan?? Um, no

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Anonymous wrote:Last year Oberlin's admission rate was 39% and Carleton's was 19%. That says a lot right there.

+1 It's not even a contest. Why are people wasting time arguing this?

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1) Chicago
2) Northwestern
3) Washington University
4) Notre Dame
5) Michigan
6) Illinois

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Why is this thread still going? Please agree to disagree!

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Illinois is not prestigious.

Michigan is very hard to get into from this area so that affects the perception.

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Anonymous wrote:Illinois is not prestigious.

Michigan is very hard to get into from this area so that affects the perception.

Exactly. Very easy for in state kids to get in. It is like saying UVA is prestigious, when half of NOVA goes there.

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Anonymous wrote:1) Chicago
2) Northwestern
3) Washington University
4) Notre Dame
5) Michigan
6) Illinois

Pretty close.

1) Chicago
2) Northwestern
3) Michigan
4) Notre Dame
5) Washington University

And that's it, the full list of prestigious Midwestern colleges and universities. (And I say that as someone who thinks that Carleton is a better school than any of them except possibly Chicago. But it's just not well enough known outside of geek circles to be prestigious. Honestly, you could make a similar case to strike Chicago, Northwestern, and Wash U from the list and leave just Michigan and Notre Dame.)

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Anonymous wrote:Illinois is not prestigious.

Michigan is very hard to get into from this area so that affects the perception.

Illinois--yes in general, but with one exception--engineering.

Illinois is a prestigious school when it comes to engineering and CS. Anyone who is these fields knows of Illinois' rather impressive reputation in these fields.

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Anonymous wrote:1) Chicago
2) Northwestern
3) Washington University
4) Notre Dame
5) Michigan
6) Illinois

Pretty close.

1) Chicago
2) Northwestern
3) Michigan
4) Notre Dame
5) Washington University

And that's it, the full list of prestigious Midwestern colleges and universities. (And I say that as someone who thinks that Carleton is a better school than any of them except possibly Chicago. But it's just not well enough known outside of geek circles to be prestigious. Honestly, you could make a similar case to strike Chicago, Northwestern, and Wash U from the list and leave just Michigan and Notre Dame.)

Kind of like cheap eateries - McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, KFC, El Pollo Loco, Taco Bell, Domino's, Chick-fil-A and Pizza Hut - fighting for the most prestigious Fast-Food Restaurant award.

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Anonymous wrote:Illinois is not prestigious.

Michigan is very hard to get into from this area so that affects the perception.

Exactly. Very easy for in state kids to get in. It is like saying UVA is prestigious, when half of NOVA goes there.

?? More like 10%