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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW I chose to attend one of the schools on OP’s list (not MIT or Stanford) over two Ivies, Dartmouth and Penn, and knew more than just several at my alma mater who had chosen similarly.

The Ivies derive their prestige from their association with Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. All of the other top schools outside of HYP are peer institutions and generally equal in prestige. As others have noted, Stanford and MIT easily match HYP.[/quote]

THANK YOU!! Cornell or Brown are not more prestigious than say Georgetown. It's HYPSM then the other top 25 schools. Then the rest. [/quote]

Georgetown is a questionable choice to make your point.  I don't view Georgetown as that prestigious and its prestige (even if not equal to Cornell or Brown) outstrips its current quality given tremendous budget issues and an endowment that is dwarfed by most schools it likes to consider as peers.[/quote]

That doesn’t mean it can’t be the best choice for some kids.

I got into Georgetown SFS early and, even though I was competitive for Ivies, did not apply to any. Why? Because I wanted a career in the USG. No school is better for that than SFS. I went there, graduated in the top 9% of my class, and developed connections that got me my dream job, which I still have and love.

[b]My point is that schools you might not consider prestigious can provide the perfect path for certain people[/b]. [/quote]

And no one disputes that, but that's also really a separate question.

In terms of your motives, you probably were also somewhat hedging your bets.  A ton of people are "competitive for Ivies," but it is very much a crapshoot.  The odds may very well have been against you for the top-tier of the Ivies that are more clearly more prestigious than Georgetown.

So, under the circumstances, it would be completely rational for you (or anyone else) to choose a school like Georgetown early in an effort to increase your chance at admission.  [/quote]

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