Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 21:28     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Penn

Agree, Penn


Nope, just Wharton. Everyone else at Penn is pissed they aren't at Wharton and it makes for a miserable experience


You must be new money to think this. Many students at Penn genuinely want to be doctors, do drug research, work in policies, engineering, teaching, non-profit. Not everyone is trying to “get rich” like you are.”



+100

In addition Penn Engineering(Seas) grads make the highest average starting salary, over wharton too, and it has been this way for at least 4 yrs. Quant finance/other top finance, MBB, top tech all target Seas, as well as physics and math majors in CAS. Engineering is also the lowest admit rate among the 4 schools. It has been sub-3.5% overall ED plus RD together, for 4 yrs the Dean announces it evey yr. Of course its due to demand, with a large portion of the overall 70k apps aiming for the 400-450 spots in seas out of the incoming class size of 2430 total.


This, Wharton is gauche, UChicago or MIT math/stats/physics majors, not so much.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 21:14     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Duke = Williams > Penn > JHU = Northwestern > Penn State Altoona


Williams doesn't belong. Sorry.


Duke is too high too
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 21:13     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Penn

Agree, Penn


Nope, just Wharton. Everyone else at Penn is pissed they aren't at Wharton and it makes for a miserable experience


You must be new money to think this. Many students at Penn genuinely want to be doctors, do drug research, work in policies, engineering, teaching, non-profit. Not everyone is trying to “get rich” like you are.”



+100

In addition Penn Engineering(Seas) grads make the highest average starting salary, over wharton too, and it has been this way for at least 4 yrs. Quant finance/other top finance, MBB, top tech all target Seas, as well as physics and math majors in CAS. Engineering is also the lowest admit rate among the 4 schools. It has been sub-3.5% overall ED plus RD together, for 4 yrs the Dean announces it evey yr. Of course its due to demand, with a large portion of the overall 70k apps aiming for the 400-450 spots in seas out of the incoming class size of 2430 total.


There’s so many better schools for engineering. Wharton is one of one
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 20:25     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Anonymous wrote:If you want international prestige, go to Harvard and call it a year. Otherwise, you’re fine.

+1, no one cares about American schools other than Harvard. H bomb just hits harder than other schools and that’s fine- does it mean Harvard is the best school in the US? Of course not. It just means it has the most cultural cache
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 19:41     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Sorry
Caltech
Columbia
Hopkins
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 19:41     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
You said to throw in caltech

Caltech
Hopkins
Duke
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 19:36     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Anonymous wrote:Duke = Williams > Penn > JHU = Northwestern > Penn State Altoona


Williams doesn't belong. Sorry.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 19:35     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Duke = Williams > Penn > JHU = Northwestern > Penn State Altoona
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 19:19     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
If you want international prestige, go to Harvard and call it a year. Otherwise, you’re fine.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 19:09     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Anonymous wrote:California. Wharton, Columbia, Duke for Wall Street, in that order. Hopkins, Penn, Duke, Northwestern for premed, in that order. Penn, Columbia, Northwestern for engineering, in that order.


Yet USNWR 2026 Top Engineering Programs

17. Northwestern
21. Columbia (tie)
21. Penn (tie)

yikes
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 19:05     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Anonymous wrote:In the Midwest, Northwestern and Duke.


lol ummm no
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 19:04     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In Georgia, it’s HYP, followed by Duke/Vanderbilt/GA Tech followed by Emory/UGA/UVA/Wake. T-10 means different things in different places.

Is this Georgia the country? Definitely not the one with Atlanta.


Oh yes it is. PP is right.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 18:39     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
SLAC boosters sad they didn’t get invited to the party.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 18:23     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Penn

Agree, Penn


Nope, just Wharton. Everyone else at Penn is pissed they aren't at Wharton and it makes for a miserable experience


You must be new money to think this. Many students at Penn genuinely want to be doctors, do drug research, work in policies, engineering, teaching, non-profit. Not everyone is trying to “get rich” like you are.”



+100

In addition Penn Engineering(Seas) grads make the highest average starting salary, over wharton too, and it has been this way for at least 4 yrs. Quant finance/other top finance, MBB, top tech all target Seas, as well as physics and math majors in CAS. Engineering is also the lowest admit rate among the 4 schools. It has been sub-3.5% overall ED plus RD together, for 4 yrs the Dean announces it evey yr. Of course its due to demand, with a large portion of the overall 70k apps aiming for the 400-450 spots in seas out of the incoming class size of 2430 total.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2026 10:12     Subject: Which of the T5-10 is most prestigious?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Penn

Agree, Penn


Nope, just Wharton. Everyone else at Penn is pissed they aren't at Wharton and it makes for a miserable experience


You must be new money to think this. Many students at Penn genuinely want to be doctors, do drug research, work in policies, engineering, teaching, non-profit. Not everyone is trying to “get rich” like you are.”