Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

30 years ago you would have been correct. Now Penn is in the top group.

Penn is on the rise with over 72,000 apps this year. Yale apps went down.

Because every. single. male. wants to be a business bro without particularly caring about the specific job title. And there is no better baldly unapologetically pre-professional place to do that in 2025 than Penn.

Doesn’t even have to be Wharton. Q: Son, what do you think you want to do when you grow up? 17-19 yr old male A: Make bank.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

Penn is below Uchicago, Hopkins and Yale for sure…
Penn belongs in group w / Columbia

Nope. Penn is academically superior. #1 undergrad business but also top tier across undergrad programs. In addition, their business school is #1 for MBA, law school #5, and medical schools top #3 (no longer ranked but almost always top 2-3 in past decade).

Penn’s closest rival is Harvard when you really dig into it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

Penn is below Uchicago, Hopkins and Yale for sure…
Penn belongs in group w / Columbia

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

30 years ago you would have been correct. Now Penn is in the top group.

Penn is on the rise with over 72,000 apps this year. Yale apps went down.

UF 95000 apps … big deal

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

30 years ago you would have been correct. Now Penn is in the top group.

Penn is on the rise with over 72,000 apps this year. Yale apps went down.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

30 years ago you would have been correct. Now Penn is in the top group.

Penn is on the rise with over 72,000 apps this year. Yale apps went down.

Because every. single. male. wants to be a business bro without particularly caring about the specific job title. And there is no better baldly unapologetically pre-professional place to do that in 2025 than Penn.

Doesn’t even have to be Wharton. Q: Son, what do you think you want to do when you grow up? 17-19 yr old male A: Make bank.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot also depends on the age of the person. Older people aren't impressed by state schools, unless it is UVA, Berkley or Michigan. People in their 50's probably add Texas, UCLA and UNC to the list.

Regionally, a lot of state schools have a lot of prestige.

DP

Show us on the doll where UCLA hurt you.

The top ranked public for basically the last decade, with the most applications in the U.S. and the lowest acceptance rate of all publics, is only considered on Virginia’s or Michigan’s level by those in their 50s? Feel free to also peep the cross admit data and the comprehensive student rankings when you’re ready to return to reality.

UCLA was pretty easy to get into in the 1980s and 1990s. It was a good school but not prestigious. Berkeley was much better academically.

In 1990, the acceptance rate was 40% for UCLA vs. 37% for Berkeley. Michigan was 52%. UVA was 34%.

Stanford: 15%
Harvard: 15%
Yale: 15%
Princeton: 16%
Dartmouth: 20%
Duke:21%
University of Chicago: 45%
Brown: 20%
Cornell: 29%
MIT: 26%
UNC: 33%
Rice: 30%
Johns Hopkins: 53%
Northwestern: 41%
Columbia:25%
Penn: 35%
UI-UC: 70%
Cal Tech: 28%
USC: 70%
Wisco: 78%
Washu: 62%

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot also depends on the age of the person. Older people aren't impressed by state schools, unless it is UVA, Berkley or Michigan. People in their 50's probably add Texas, UCLA and UNC to the list.

Regionally, a lot of state schools have a lot of prestige.

DP

Show us on the doll where UCLA hurt you.

The top ranked public for basically the last decade, with the most applications in the U.S. and the lowest acceptance rate of all publics, is only considered on Virginia’s or Michigan’s level by those in their 50s? Feel free to also peep the cross admit data and the comprehensive student rankings when you’re ready to return to reality.

UCLA was pretty easy to get into in the 1980s and 1990s. It was a good school but not prestigious. Berkeley was much better academically.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

30 years ago you would have been correct. Now Penn is in the top group.

Penn is on the rise with over 72,000 apps this year. Yale apps went down.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All schools are prestigious in their own right. Only stuck up bottom feeders care. I find equal value in Longwood and Yale.

I would send my kid to Longwood over Yale and no, this is not a joke.