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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Coming across the JHU thread and it’s clear there are some people unfamiliar with American colleges who think Ivy League = the best. It is worth repeating that there are just as many universities NOT in the Ivy League that are just as good and just as prestigious as the Ivies.

Stanford, MIT, Chicago, Cal Tech, JHU, Northwestern, Duke

If we expand to LACS, add Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore and Pomona.

If these schools were to just start their own separate academic “league,” they would rival the Ivy League, easily.[/quote]

Whether they are just as good is very different than if they are just as prestigious.

The fact that so many people -- many of whom are very familiar with American colleges even if they come to conclusions you disagree with -- view the Ivy League as top shows their prestige above and beyond most other schools.  There is generally broad recognition that there are some schools (e.g., Stanford or MIT) that are as prestigious or more than certain Ivies (e.g., Cornell, PENN), but I don't think that extends to all on your list.[/quote]

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