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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not looking to troll. Sincerely curious how people choose between the three.

Context: we’re new to DC. Well educated and here for professional reasons like most. However, we’re from a region where people don’t talk about exclusive colleges much (think big rectangular states). This is interesting to us.[/quote]

You will likely have much more success applying to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton from your big rectangular state. The odds of an unhooked student in the DMV being accepted to any of these three is becoming vanishingly small. But fortunately, there are many other great colleges for the best students. So I wouldn't focus exclusively on those three.

With that caveat out of the way, without doubt Princeton is the best of the three. The focus is on undergraduate education - unlike Harvard. It has fantastic STEM programs - unlike Yale. It has a beautiful campus, a great network of alumni, and a Princeton degree is universally respected by everyone. Both Harvard and Yale have massive grade inflation. People know a Princeton degree is earned. And among the three, Princeton grads tend to be saner, kinder, and more down to earth than the Harvard and Yale people. Obviously there will be exceptions, but Princeton does a better job shaping smart young people today. There's a reason why every list always has Princeton as the best university in America. It just is.   [/quote]

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