| I have a few concerns with this list. While I can see why one would rank Princeton above Harvard, or many other schools. But I am suprised that Harvard isnt on everyones top 10 list somewhere - well not to suprsised as it is only two spaves - Dartmouths low number is a little shocking, but I woudl contribute that to its smaller student body and remote location (the LAC prestige synrome). I can also understand why MIT and CALTECH dont have higher numbers - as they are more science oriented. Middlebury's absence is shocking (in my opinion the fastes growing LAC in terms of quality and reogniton - im betting they will be 3 or 4 in USNEWS in 2 yrs) Anyways, my list:
1. Harvard - by far the most prestigious school in the WORLD - a great stepping stone for anything
2. MIT
3. Princeton
4. Yale
5. Cal Tech
6. Amherst
7. Williams
8. Dartmouth
9. Stanford
10. Middlebury
While, many people will complain that I have Stanford to low on my list, I beleive that the undergrad education there is VERY SLIGHTLY below the qualit of the education at smaller schools. This is my personal opinion, but I believe that a smaller school gives more individual attention, focuses less on the importnace of research, and less focus on grad students (all factors that, in my opinion enhance the quality of an undergrad education) Oh yes, I am also completely biased agaisnt large state schools. Anyways, updated list:
Princeton (59)
Yale (59)
Stanford (58)
Harvard (57)
MIT (46)
Columbia (43)
UPenn (37)
Dartmouth (37)
Duke (29)
Caltech (28)
Uchicago (24)
Brown (22)
Amherst (20)
UC-Berkeley (15)
Northwestern (14)
Cornell (13)
Williams (14)
Georgetown (11)
Swarthmore (9)
Johns Hopkins (8)
Rice (7)
UMich (6)
UVA (6)
Tufts (5)
Pomona (4)
WashU in St.Louis (4)
USMA (1)
USNA (1)
Middlebury (1) |