Has Stanford dethroned Harvard for most prestigious university?

[Anonymous]

It certainly seems like it. All the bright students I know want to go to Stanford. As for Harvard, not so much.

[Anonymous]

I think it's the cooler university.

[Anonymous]

Are you kidding? It's the most difficult to get into, based on percent of applicants accepted, but prestigious? It's that too, but nothing will knock Harvard off its pedestal. If I had the choice, I'd go to Stanford, but I'm never going to kid myself that it's more prestigious than Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Well, you clearly want that to be the case or you wouldn't post shit like this. The question is why.

[Anonymous]

The big Taco Bell campus in Palo Alto didn't do it for me, but I'm sure the weather is nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The big Taco Bell campus in Palo Alto didn't do it for me, but I'm sure the weather is nice.

+1

[Anonymous]

Oh, I expect both will continue to be prestigious.

[Anonymous]

It's an open secret that the top 3 universities keep their top rankings because US News makes it happen that way. It's a mutually beneficial agreement.
While you're pondering that, please also realize that US News boots out from the rankings any university that does not comply with its demand for info to fill in its criteria. Some (prestigious) universities have refused to play, claiming rankings are skewed too far towards certain non-academic criteria, and that the top spots are always reserved anyway.
Lastly, all participating universities end up fudging the numbers. All of them.

[Anonymous]

No.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
It's an open secret that the top 3 universities keep their top rankings because US News makes it happen that way. It's a mutually beneficial agreement.
While you're pondering that, please also realize that US News boots out from the rankings any university that does not comply with its demand for info to fill in its criteria. Some (prestigious) universities have refused to play, claiming rankings are skewed too far towards certain non-academic criteria, and that the top spots are always reserved anyway.
Lastly, all participating universities end up fudging the numbers. All of them.

Especially Penn State

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It certainly seems like it. All the bright students I know want to go to Stanford. As for Harvard, not so much.

This is not news - Stanford is the top choice school for those who have the choice. See: Clinton, Chelsea

[Anonymous]

What's the emoticon for "who gives shit?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big Taco Bell campus in Palo Alto didn't do it for me, but I'm sure the weather is nice.

+1

Didn't it start out as a junior college started by a railroad owner as the country was expanding Westward? Maybe that and the Mexican influence and climate are the reasons they chose that style of architecture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big Taco Bell campus in Palo Alto didn't do it for me, but I'm sure the weather is nice.

+1

Didn't it start out as a junior college started by a railroad owner as the country was expanding Westward? Maybe that and the Mexican influence and climate are the reasons they chose that style of architecture.

Never was a junior college. The dude was a junior as in his dad was Leland Stanford senior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It certainly seems like it. All the bright students I know want to go to Stanford. As for Harvard, not so much.

This is not news - Stanford is the top choice school for those who have the choice. See: Clinton, Chelsea

In her case, getting her out of the range of photographers by shipping her west for four years was indeed a wise decision. She's not exactly easy on the eyes now, but back then it was even worse.