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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

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Penn does not belong in that top group.  Not even Wharton.  Yale has far more prestige.[/quote]

30 years ago you would have been correct.  Now Penn is in the top group.[/quote]

Interestingly: I have a senior at Penn and a sophomore at Penn State. The sophomore had equal grades and was also a merit finalist and athlete and decided to attend Penn State (Schreyer) over the top schools including Penn. He applied to just a few other and was waitlisted/rejected but is SO happy at Penn State. His thinking was that he was smart enough to get a good education anywhere and wanted a more robust social life. My senior at Penn laments the social scene at Penn and thinks my younger son made a smart choice. Also of note: None of his 5 other roommates were able to find internships this year (he was lucky to have one), but my sophomore son's friends mostly have internships this year. I used to put a lot of weight on top schools and I just don't anymore. [/quote]

Some kids are also miserable at Harvard.  I suspect this says more about your individual kids and their friend groups than anything else.  Not in a negative way, but about individual fit and where they fit in.[/quote]

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