Anonymous wrote:Ivies plus MIT + Stanford.

All ivies are not created equal

This has no logic but I am impressed by

Princeton
Stanford
UCLA
Northwestern
And nothing else

Ivies plus MIT + Stanford.

Deep Springs. And I actually know one kid who went there.

When I hear Emerson College I automatically think they are a talented writer or actor.

See, at some point adults stop asking other adults where they went to college. I have no idea where any of my neighbors attended college. It’s just not how I evaluate whether a letón is “impressive” or not.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Caltech, eth zurich

That’s about it

Every other school is tainted

MIT asks for all test scores, as does Georgetown. They do not play rankings games. Add those to your list.

MIT practices affirmative action as does Georgetown

Wheaton College. It is a damn good school

And you wonder why our kids are stressed out and have anxiety issues. Stop with the endless rankings and desire to “be impressive”. Do something productive and worthwhile instead of this mindless stuff. Besides, seriously, who are you trying to impress?

Harvey Mudd

For undergrad:
HYPSM
Chicago
Cal Tech
Swarthmore
RISD
Julliard

Also, some schools are major-dependent, e.g., engineering at GaTech (but not other disciplines)

For grad school, it's very field-dependent. Iowa, for example, is extremely competitive for creative writing.

Anonymous wrote:Caltech, eth zurich

That’s about it

Every other school is tainted

MIT asks for all test scores, as does Georgetown. They do not play rankings games. Add those to your list.

ASU

Caltech, eth zurich

That’s about it

Every other school is tainted

Please no judgement here. What are the colleges that “impress” you? If you hear someone went there, you think to yourself, “wow, that’s an elite school?”