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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an HYPS grad and the only schools worth the premium (i.e. I would send my kid to) are the Ivies, Chicago, Duke, Stanford, Northwestern, MIT, Hopkins, Amherst, or Williams. Caltech and Harvey Mudd if they're engineers. These are the only true "prestige colleges" in America.[/quote]

+1. Would also add Vandy if they care for the social scene and top academics. A very fine school nowadays.[/quote]

No, Vandy does not have quite the prestige or the academic caliber of the aforementioned schools. Very much nouveau riche.[/quote]

Eh, might have agreed ten or even 5 years ago, but thats just not the case now. The age group applying to these fine schools now see all of these schools, including Vanderbilt, as top tier schools. Things are really changing, but to be fair Vanderbilt has been a t25 for decades now.

I really never came to understand the bashing of certain schools on this forum. All schools have pros and cons, but there is abosulely no reason top put down any legitimate school, yet alone some of the best in the world.

Academically, all t25 schools are peers at the undergraduate level. The subtle differences between HYPSM and the non-HYPSM t25s should not be a deal breaker imo. One should choose based on other factors (like money and fit). If one wants a typical college experience at a top school, there is no other (private) school that can top Vanderbilt. Socially, Vanderbilt is on a different league from the other top privates.[/quote]

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