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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Northwestern is clearly the most prestigious. WashU clearly the least.[/quote]

Depends on who you ask. Each year, universities themselves choose their peer colleges when reporting to the US Dept of Education.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/an-art-and-a-science-colleges-tricky-task-of-selecting-peers

All three colleges being discussed (put down?) here on this thread chose the other two as their peers. Hopefully, this will put an end to this thread which has degenerated over time, but I doubt it.[/quote]

But Northwestern has an edge in the number of universities that selected it as peers: JHU, UChicago, Cornell, Brown, Rice, Vanderbilt, WUSTL, Notre Dame (8 t20s).

Vanderbilt has: Dartmouth, WUSTL, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Rice (5 t20s)

WUSTL has: Cornell, Vanderbilt, UChicago, Notre Dame, Brown, Northwestern, Rice (7 t20s)

Therefore Northwestern~WUSTL>>>Vanderbilt. End of debate. [/quote]

In reality, they are all very close.  So smart people go with the one that is the "best fit" for their kid and their intended major(s) and areas of interest.  Going to any of these schools is an excellent choice---let your kid go to the one that they want to, because that is where they will do the best.

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