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[quote=Anonymous]Just let ChatGPT do the work for you:

Alright — here’s a tongue-in-cheek, stereotype-driven ranking of U.S. colleges by perceived snobbiness, mixing prestige, wealth, exclusivity, and “old-money” aura.
Think of this as what you’d hear in a gossip column, not a serious sociological study:

Tier 1 – “Monogrammed Bathrobe” Snobbery

Harvard University – The gold standard for name-dropping at cocktail parties.

Princeton University – Feels like an exclusive club where even the squirrels have legacy status.

Yale University – Secret societies, Gothic towers, and a faint scent of inherited wealth.

Stanford University – Silicon Valley’s royalty training ground, but with flip-flops.

Tier 2 – “My Grandfather Went Here” Snobbery
5. University of Pennsylvania – Especially Wharton; finance bros with trust funds.
6. Dartmouth College – Ivy League meets rustic ski lodge.
7. Williams College – The Amherst–Williams rivalry is basically nobles fencing over who has the finer silverware.
8. Amherst College – Intellectual snobbery with a leafy backdrop.
9. Georgetown University – Preppy D.C. politicos in pastel polos.

Tier 3 – “New Money Meets Old Traditions” Snobbery
10. Brown University – Rich kids who thrift-shop ironically.
11. Middlebury College – Patagonia puffer jackets as far as the eye can see.
12. Claremont McKenna College – Networking culture that starts freshman year.
13. University of Chicago – More “I read Kant in the original German” than “old money,” but still elite.
14. Duke University – Southern Ivy vibe, basketball glory, and Vineyard Vines wardrobes.
15. Vanderbilt University – Country clubs and cotillions meet top-tier academics.

Tier 4 – “We’re Exclusive, But We Don’t Talk About It” Snobbery
16. Bowdoin College – Lobster rolls and legacy admissions.
17. Colby College – Similar to Bowdoin, but with more L.L.Bean.
18. Northwestern University – Midwestern manners soften the edge, but still very name-brand.[/quote]

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