Anonymous wrote:Good job everyone, we finally figured it out!

Let’s do it again tomorrow just in case.

This person gets it. Most of the other posters here . . . [makes whistle sound]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think most of us here are "in the know"

Harvard, Stanford, and Yale have global name recognition. Beyond that, the lay prestige varies considerably by region in the US and country abroad.

Lay prestige is a contradiction in terms.

"Prestige" means where do the parents of kids at Dalton and Harvard-Westlake and Groton want their kids to go. It's not Duke and Cornell, and it's not Chicago or JHU. To be honest, it's not MIT or Caltech....

We have two kids at elite east coast boarding schools, and you don’t seem to understand where these kids want to go. MIT and Duke are highly desirable, and very difficult to get into. Georgetown, Cornell, and Chicago are not the first choice for most, but they’re known to accept a lot of kids from the two schools so they’re good options that are attainable for many. JHU and Caltech are seen as more niche, with low overall interest in Caltech.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think most of us here are "in the know"

Harvard, Stanford, and Yale have global name recognition. Beyond that, the lay prestige varies considerably by region in the US and country abroad.

Lay prestige is a contradiction in terms.

"Prestige" means where do the parents of kids at Dalton and Harvard-Westlake and Groton want their kids to go. It's not Duke and Cornell, and it's not Chicago or JHU. To be honest, it's not MIT or Caltech....

Anonymous wrote:Duke is Duke fantastic school! Add in Stanford forget the ancient 8.

Duke is a fantastic school….but nobody outside the us knows what the heck it is…..

Duke is Duke fantastic school! Add in Stanford forget the ancient 8.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think most of us here are "in the know"

Harvard, Stanford, and Yale have global name recognition. Beyond that, the lay prestige varies considerably by region in the US and country abroad.

Honestly Yale isn’t really global the way Harvard and Stanford are. Internationally Yale and Columbia probably hold the same weight

I don't think most of us here are "in the know"

Harvard, Stanford, and Yale have global name recognition. Beyond that, the lay prestige varies considerably by region in the US and country abroad.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) Harvard
2) Stanford
3) Yale
4) Princeton
5) MIT
6) Columbia
7) Penn
8)Duke
9) Chicago
10) Dartmouth

Drop Columbia out of top 10 due to several ongoing issues; move Brown above dartmouth

Drop Duke and Dartmouth, add Caltech and Cornell

This is the obvious response to anyone who has travelled and worked around the world. So obvious….

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think two discussions are being had here, schools with lay prestige and schools that people “in the know” respect, both still focusing on academics.

Lay prestige:

1. Harvard
2. Stanford
3. MIT
4. Yale
5. Princeton
6. Duke
7. Caltech
8. Columbia
9. Penn
10. Berkeley

“In the know”:

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Caltech
6. Yale
7. Columbia
8. Penn
9. Duke
10. UChicago

Columbia? Its prestige is fading fast, however it’s #1 on the ranking of Colleges with the Most Spoiled Petulant Antisemites.

Wrong. Columbia's reputation is plummeting because it's now seen as having pivoted to kissing the ass of MAGAs and far-right Zionists.

When you're in NYC but yokels from Alabama and cut-throat jerks from Goldman Sachs are calling the shots, young people look for better options.

Anonymous wrote:Good job everyone, we finally figured it out!

Lets do it again tomorrow just in case.

Is it DCUM if we don’t have a daily post of desperate climbers trying to debate prestige?

Anonymous wrote:I think two discussions are being had here, schools with lay prestige and schools that people “in the know” respect, both still focusing on academics.

Lay prestige:

1. Harvard
2. Stanford
3. MIT
4. Yale
5. Princeton
6. Duke
7. Caltech
8. Columbia
9. Penn
10. Berkeley

“In the know”:

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Caltech
6. Yale
7. Columbia
8. Penn
9. Duke
10. UChicago

Columbia should drop 1-2 spots in each case

Anonymous wrote:Good job everyone, we finally figured it out!

Lets do it again tomorrow just in case.

Yay. Let's!

Anonymous wrote:I think two discussions are being had here, schools with lay prestige and schools that people “in the know” respect, both still focusing on academics.

Lay prestige:

1. Harvard
2. Stanford
3. MIT
4. Yale
5. Princeton
6. Duke
7. Caltech
8. Columbia
9. Penn
10. Berkeley

“In the know”:

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Caltech
6. Yale
7. Columbia
8. Penn
9. Duke
10. UChicago

Columbia? Its prestige is fading fast, however it’s #1 on the ranking of Colleges with the Most Spoiled Petulant Antisemites.

I think two discussions are being had here, schools with lay prestige and schools that people “in the know” respect, both still focusing on academics.

Lay prestige:

1. Harvard
2. Stanford
3. MIT
4. Yale
5. Princeton
6. Duke
7. Caltech
8. Columbia
9. Penn
10. Berkeley

“In the know”:

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Caltech
6. Yale
7. Columbia
8. Penn
9. Duke
10. UChicago

Good job everyone, we finally figured it out!

Lets do it again tomorrow just in case.