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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one of the most entertaining threads on here in a while. *Grabs popcorn.* Thank you all!!

I'll also add my two cents. For context, I am not American. I have some ties with the DC area and used to live here, but have long ties with international school networks in the Middle East (namely Turkey, but also Gulf region) and East Asia (namely Hong Kong).

Without a doubt, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and MIT are the most prestigious schools. Other coveted names include Columbia, UChicago, Duke, Northwestern, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, and Duke. Rest of the Ivy League is also choice (Cornell gets high marks relative to its stance on the US News list). And I am sorry to say but the unfortunate reality is that "private" trumps "public". It's a brand name, after all, that people are wanting to pay for. But of the publics, the only ones that people care about are Berkeley, Michigan, and UCLA.

I think there is merit to both arguments being thrown around, though I can't say authoritatively if US News is solely responsible for the prestige of some of these names. The aforementioned schools have been prestigious for a long while, but they have also received a hefty bump in the last two decades, that is true (but this also extends to the Ivies).

The schools that are curious to me (rated highly by US News but not really seen as coveted as the aforementioned school) are the ones like Vanderbilt, Emory, Notre Dame, Washington StL, and Dartmouth.

Also worth noting that the global jet set strongly prefers unis located in or near major cities with international airports.

And a fun addendum for British unis: the most obvious names are Oxford, Cambridge, and LSE, though in my circles American universities are preferred. I am aware, however, that in India and Pakistan (and presumably other Commonwealth/Commonwealth-adjacent countries), Oxbridge/LSE may be preferred with the exception of HYSM.[/quote]

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