Princeton Review: 2024 Top Dream Colleges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton Review did a massive survey around the country of parents’ dream schools for their kids:

1. MIT
2. Princeton
3. Harvard
4. Stanford
5. Duke
6. UMich
7. Yale
8. NYU
9. Cornell
10. Brown

How does this compare to the thoughts in your households?

In our house:

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Duke
6. Caltech
7. Yale
8. Columbia
9. Penn
10. Dartmouth

What kind of house do you live in where its members would actually come up with, much less agree upon, a list like this? Do you really sit around and rank schools all of which are likely to reject most of the children of DCUM posters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton Review did a massive survey around the country of parents’ dream schools for their kids:

1. MIT
2. Princeton
3. Harvard
4. Stanford
5. Duke
6. UMich
7. Yale
8. NYU
9. Cornell
10. Brown

How does this compare to the thoughts in your households?

In our house:

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Duke
6. Caltech
7. Yale
8. Columbia
9. Penn
10. Dartmouth

What kind of house do you live in where its members would actually come up with, much less agree upon, a list like this? Do you really sit around and rank schools all of which are likely to reject most of the children of DCUM posters?

PP probably has an elite team education background along with the spouse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton Review did a massive survey around the country of parents’ dream schools for their kids:

1. MIT
2. Princeton
3. Harvard
4. Stanford
5. Duke
6. UMich
7. Yale
8. NYU
9. Cornell
10. Brown

How does this compare to the thoughts in your households?

In our house:

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Duke
6. Caltech
7. Yale
8. Columbia
9. Penn
10. Dartmouth

What kind of house do you live in where its members would actually come up with, much less agree upon, a list like this? Do you really sit around and rank schools all of which are likely to reject most of the children of DCUM posters?

PP probably has an elite team education background along with the spouse?

I have two Ivy degrees and know a fair amount about all these schools. But my household doesn't try to reach a consensus on how these schools should be ranked. That just seems like an exercise in pretentiousness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton Review did a massive survey around the country of parents’ dream schools for their kids:

1. MIT
2. Princeton
3. Harvard
4. Stanford
5. Duke
6. UMich
7. Yale
8. NYU
9. Cornell
10. Brown

How does this compare to the thoughts in your households?

In our house:

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Duke
6. Caltech
7. Yale
8. Columbia
9. Penn
10. Dartmouth

What kind of house do you live in where its members would actually come up with, much less agree upon, a list like this? Do you really sit around and rank schools all of which are likely to reject most of the children of DCUM posters?

PP probably has an elite team education background along with the spouse?

I have two Ivy degrees and know a fair amount about all these schools. But my household doesn't try to reach a consensus on how these schools should be ranked. That just seems like an exercise in pretentiousness.

Agree, a household ranking schools here based on what exactly? Each individual should care about different things and likely have a different rank. And for what purpose would this rank serve? Completely pointless unless someone is actively making a decision. What kind of nonsense is this.

[Anonymous]

University Of Southern California should be on list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird list. I don’t think I’ve ever known someone irl that had MIT as their dream school. I mean great school for a kid who’s a good fit. But those are unique kids.

This is the parents' dream list...and, yes, MIT is on it. I've actually been cornered while grocery shopping by parents wanting to pick my brain about how to get their kid in because I was wearing an MIT shirt. It's crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Princeton Review did a massive survey around the country of parents’ dream schools for their kids:

1. MIT
2. Princeton
3. Harvard
4. Stanford
5. Duke
6. UMich
7. Yale
8. NYU
9. Cornell
10. Brown

How does this compare to the thoughts in your households?

In our house:

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Duke
6. Caltech
7. Yale
8. Columbia
9. Penn
10. Dartmouth

What kind of house do you live in where its members would actually come up with, much less agree upon, a list like this? Do you really sit around and rank schools all of which are likely to reject most of the children of DCUM posters?

PP probably has an elite team education background along with the spouse?

I have two Ivy degrees and know a fair amount about all these schools. But my household doesn't try to reach a consensus on how these schools should be ranked. That just seems like an exercise in pretentiousness.

+1

Or it's just a lie...

[Anonymous]

Dream college lists can vary quite a bit based on students' goals and preferences. Mine is interested in banking and finance. He has Wharton as an extreme reach, Dartmouth as a regular reach, and then schools like Williams, Bucknell, and Colgate. A student who wants to study literature, or biology, will probably have a much different list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are the top ten student choices:

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/college-hopes-worries

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Princeton
4. Stanford
5. Michigan
6. Yale
7. Texas
8. Columbia
9. NYU
10. Brown

This is the correct 2025 Top Dream Colleges - came out yesterday

https://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release-2025

The 10 schools most named by students surveyed this year as their "dream college" were:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Harvard College (MA)
3. Stanford University (CA)
4. Princeton University (NJ)
5. Yale University (CT)
6. Columbia University (NY)
7. New York University
8. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. University of California–Los Angeles

The 10 schools most named by parents surveyed this year as their "dream college" for their children were:

1. Princeton University (NJ)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Stanford University (CA)
4. Harvard College (MA)
5. Yale University (CT)
6. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
7. Columbia University (NY)
8. Duke University (NC)
9. New York University
10. University of Texas–Austin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are the top ten student choices:

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/college-hopes-worries

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Princeton
4. Stanford
5. Michigan
6. Yale
7. Texas
8. Columbia
9. NYU
10. Brown

This is the correct 2025 Top Dream Colleges - came out yesterday

https://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release-2025

The 10 schools most named by students surveyed this year as their "dream college" were:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Harvard College (MA)
3. Stanford University (CA)
4. Princeton University (NJ)
5. Yale University (CT)
6. Columbia University (NY)
7. New York University
8. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. University of California–Los Angeles

The 10 schools most named by parents surveyed this year as their "dream college" for their children were:

1. Princeton University (NJ)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Stanford University (CA)
4. Harvard College (MA)
5. Yale University (CT)
6. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
7. Columbia University (NY)
8. Duke University (NC)
9. New York University
10. University of Texas–Austin

interesting that Duke is not in top 10 for students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duke?

T10 academics + weather + school spirit + strong alumni network. Definitely a dream outcome.

Have you ever talked to someone from Duke?

[Anonymous]

Yale
Princeton
Duke
Stanford
Harvard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duke?

Basketball?

That’s a kid’s dream. A parent’s?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird list. I don’t think I’ve ever known someone irl that had MIT as their dream school. I mean great school for a kid who’s a good fit. But those are unique kids.

That seems like a school it’s difficult to tell other people you want to attend but would report on an anonymous survey.

[Anonymous]

Noticing the only public on both lists-GO BLUE!💙💛