#1 Dream School

JaneGalt · December 2, 2006, 4:00pm

plus Ohio U. Athens (Honors Tutorial College/Scripps)

Stanford University 27
Cornell University 26
Yale University 19
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18
University of California - Berkeley 19

Brown University 13
University of Chicago 13
Harvard University 12
Princeton University 12
Columbia University 11
Georgetown University 11
University of Pennsylvania 11
Dartmouth College 10
University of California - Los Angeles 10

New York University 8
University of Southern California 6
California Institute of Technology 4
Northwestern University 4
University of Virginia 4

Boston College 3
Duke University 3
University of Notre Dame 3
Reed College 3
Rice University 3
Williams College 3
Amherst College 2
Carnegie Mellon University 2
Grinnell College 2
Harvey Mudd College 2
Haverford College 2
Pomona College 2
University of Michigan 2
Wesleyan University 2
Vanderbilt University 2

Brandeis University
Carleton College
Davidson College
Denison University
Deep Springs College
Johns Hopkins University 1
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Ohio University
Smith College
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
The Juilliard School
Tufts University
United States Naval Academy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Barnard College

OUTSIDE of the USA:

University of Oxford 3
Imperial College London 2
University of Cambridge 2
University of British Columbia

brand_182 · December 2, 2006, 4:02pm

I love your screenname.

GShine_1989 · December 2, 2006, 4:10pm

Sorry, I did do it wrong the first time.

Stanford University 27
Cornell University 26
Yale University 19
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18
University of California - Berkeley 19

Brown University 13
Harvard University 13
University of Chicago 13
Princeton University 12
Columbia University 11
Georgetown University 11
University of Pennsylvania 11
Dartmouth College 10
University of California - Los Angeles 10

New York University 8
University of Southern California 6
California Institute of Technology 4
Northwestern University 4
University of Virginia 4

Boston College 3
Duke University 3
University of Notre Dame 3
Reed College 3
Rice University 3
Williams College 3
Amherst College 2
Carnegie Mellon University 2
Grinnell College 2
Harvey Mudd College 2
Haverford College 2
Pomona College 2
University of Michigan 2
Wesleyan University 2
Vanderbilt University 2

Barnard College
Brandeis University
Carleton College
Davidson College
Denison University
Deep Springs College
Johns Hopkins University
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Ohio University
Smith College
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
The Juilliard School
Tufts University
United States Naval Academy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College

OUTSIDE of the USA:

University of Oxford 3
Imperial College London 2
University of Cambridge 2
University of British Columbia

The_David · December 2, 2006, 4:11pm

Probably Emerson or Amherst, excluding the Ivy League.

fourrang · December 2, 2006, 8:09pm

Stanford University 27
Cornell University 26
Yale University 19
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18
University of California - Berkeley 19

Brown University 13
Harvard University 13
University of Chicago 13
Princeton University 12
Columbia University 11
Georgetown University 11
University of Pennsylvania 11
Dartmouth College 10
University of California - Los Angeles 10

New York University 8
University of Southern California 6
California Institute of Technology 4
Northwestern University 4
University of Virginia 4
Rice University 4

Boston College 3
Duke University 3
University of Notre Dame 3
Reed College 3
Williams College 3
Amherst College 2
Carnegie Mellon University 2
Grinnell College 2
Harvey Mudd College 2
Haverford College 2
Pomona College 2
University of Michigan 2
Wesleyan University 2
Vanderbilt University 2

Barnard College
Brandeis University
Carleton College
Davidson College
Denison University
Deep Springs College
Johns Hopkins University
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Ohio University
Smith College
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
The Juilliard School
Tufts University
United States Naval Academy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College

OUTSIDE of the USA:

University of Oxford 3
Imperial College London 2
University of Cambridge 2
University of British Columbia

freddieisurhero · December 2, 2006, 8:19pm

<ol>
<li>Stanford University 12</li>
<li>MIT 10</li>
<li>Dartmouth College 7</li>
<li>Cornell University 7</li>
<li>Harvard University 5</li>
<li>University of Virginia 5</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania 5</li>
<li>Yale University 5</li>
<li>University of Chicago 5</li>
<li>Princeton University 3</li>
<li>Georgetown University 3</li>
<li>Northwestern University 3</li>
<li>Rice University 3</li>
<li>UCLA 2</li>
<li>NYU 2</li>
<li>Wesleyan University 2</li>
<li>Columbia University 2</li>
<li>Williams College</li>
<li>University of Miami</li>
<li>Brown University</li>
<li>Boston College</li>
<li>UC Berkeley</li>
<li>UNC-Chapel Hill</li>
<li>Swarthmore College</li>
<li>Washington and Lee University</li>
<li>Pepperdine University</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd College</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>University of Michigan</li>
<li>Reed</li>
<li>Michigan State</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Vanderbilt</li>
<li>Georgetown</li>
</ol>

agoodfella · December 2, 2006, 8:39pm

TO FREDDIE: Please keep order! (if you want Stanford, just add +1 to Stanford)

Stanford University 27
Cornell University 26
Yale University 19
University of California - Berkeley 19
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18

Brown University 13
Harvard University 13
University of Chicago 13
Princeton University 12
Columbia University 11
Georgetown University 11
University of Pennsylvania 11
Dartmouth College 10
University of California - Los Angeles 10

New York University 8
University of Southern California 6
California Institute of Technology 4
Northwestern University 4
University of Virginia 4
Rice University 4

Boston College 3
Duke University 3
University of Notre Dame 3
Reed College 3
Williams College 3
Amherst College 2
Carnegie Mellon University 2
Grinnell College 2
Harvey Mudd College 2
Haverford College 2
Pomona College 2
University of Michigan 2
Wesleyan University 2
Vanderbilt University 2

Barnard College
Brandeis University
Carleton College
Davidson College
Denison University
Deep Springs College
Johns Hopkins University
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Ohio University
Smith College
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
The Juilliard School
Tufts University
United States Naval Academy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College

OUTSIDE of the USA:

University of Oxford 3
Imperial College London 2
University of Cambridge 2
University of British Columbia

Pulkit · December 2, 2006, 8:56pm

so according to this, Berkeley is more prestigious than Harvard, sweet, im so glad im going to berkeley, but few ppl would agree to this, lol

JP2249 · December 2, 2006, 9:17pm

+Swarthmore

Stanford University 27
Cornell University 26
Yale University 19
University of California - Berkeley 19
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18

Brown University 13
Harvard University 13
University of Chicago 13
Princeton University 12
Columbia University 11
Georgetown University 11
University of Pennsylvania 11
Dartmouth College 10
University of California - Los Angeles 10

New York University 8
University of Southern California 6
California Institute of Technology 4
Northwestern University 4
University of Virginia 4
Rice University 4

Boston College 3
Duke University 3
University of Notre Dame 3
Reed College 3
Williams College 3
Amherst College 2
Carnegie Mellon University 2
Grinnell College 2
Harvey Mudd College 2
Haverford College 2
Pomona College 2
Swarthmore College 2
University of Michigan 2
Wesleyan University 2
Vanderbilt University 2

Barnard College
Brandeis University
Carleton College
Davidson College
Denison University
Deep Springs College
Johns Hopkins University
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Ohio University
Smith College
Syracuse University
The Juilliard School
Tufts University
United States Naval Academy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College

OUTSIDE of the USA:

University of Oxford 3
Imperial College London 2
University of Cambridge 2
University of British Columbia

futurenyustudent · December 3, 2006, 3:00am

So according to this, NYU is NOT the most popular dream college in America…but it’s still one of the most applied schools in the country at ~40,000 applications.

edwinksl · December 3, 2006, 3:42am

Dude, this list is in no way representative of the actual applicant pool!

Pulkit · December 3, 2006, 3:52am

yeah, this list is absurd, makes no sense

redcrimblue · December 3, 2006, 7:37am

NYU does not receive the most applications of any school in the country. It is not even close. And this list seems about right among the types of students who are interested enough to post on this forum.

fizix · December 3, 2006, 10:05am

Note: Dream college =/= college you think you might actually have a chance of getting into.

car202 · December 3, 2006, 10:54am

+Caltech

Stanford University 27
Cornell University 26
Yale University 19
University of California - Berkeley 19
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18

Brown University 13
Harvard University 13
University of Chicago 13
Princeton University 12
Columbia University 11
Georgetown University 11
University of Pennsylvania 11
Dartmouth College 10
University of California - Los Angeles 10

New York University 8
University of Southern California 6
California Institute of Technology 5
Northwestern University 4
University of Virginia 4
Rice University 4

Boston College 3
Duke University 3
University of Notre Dame 3
Reed College 3
Williams College 3
Amherst College 2
Carnegie Mellon University 2
Grinnell College 2
Harvey Mudd College 2
Haverford College 2
Pomona College 2
Swarthmore College 2
University of Michigan 2
Wesleyan University 2
Vanderbilt University 2

Barnard College
Brandeis University
Carleton College
Davidson College
Denison University
Deep Springs College
Johns Hopkins University
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Ohio University
Smith College
Syracuse University
The Juilliard School
Tufts University
United States Naval Academy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College

OUTSIDE of the USA:

University of Oxford 3
Imperial College London 2
University of Cambridge 2
University of British Columbia

brand_182 · December 3, 2006, 11:14am

it seems a bit silly to try and overanalyze a college forum poll such as this.

if anything, this list should represent the school that comes to mind when people think of where they want to go. When I originally put my #1 dream school to start, I put the school that I desired to go to the most, knowing that I may not have a good shot there. That’s not the point.

It’s #1 dream school…and dreams don’t always come true. ;)

choprav · December 3, 2006, 2:38pm

New York University…STERN.

redcrimblue · December 3, 2006, 3:38pm

The top 12 in this poll are also among the top 15 in the USNWR ratings so that tracks well within a standard deviation of quality=desirability. Of the others in the top 15, UCLA is 26, USC is 27, and NYU comes in way down at 34. If anything, NYU is way up above its quality in this poll so “futurenyustudent’s” carping that his hoped-for school is not higher is profoundly misplaced.

Gryffon5147 · December 3, 2006, 8:35pm

+Stanford

Stanford University 28
Cornell University 26
Yale University 19
University of California - Berkeley 19
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18

Brown University 13
Harvard University 13
University of Chicago 13
Princeton University 12
Columbia University 11
Georgetown University 11
University of Pennsylvania 11
Dartmouth College 10
University of California - Los Angeles 10

New York University 8
University of Southern California 6
California Institute of Technology 5
Northwestern University 4
University of Virginia 4
Rice University 4

Boston College 3
Duke University 3
University of Notre Dame 3
Reed College 3
Williams College 3
Amherst College 2
Carnegie Mellon University 2
Grinnell College 2
Harvey Mudd College 2
Haverford College 2
Pomona College 2
Swarthmore College 2
University of Michigan 2
Wesleyan University 2
Vanderbilt University 2

Barnard College
Brandeis University
Carleton College
Davidson College
Denison University
Deep Springs College
Johns Hopkins University
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Ohio University
Smith College
Syracuse University
The Juilliard School
Tufts University
United States Naval Academy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College

OUTSIDE of the USA:

University of Oxford 3
Imperial College London 2
University of Cambridge 2
University of British Columbia

skimmilkfatty · December 4, 2006, 3:19am

Stanford University 28
Cornell University 26
University of California - Berkeley 20
Yale University 19
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18

Brown University 13
Harvard University 13
University of Chicago 13
Princeton University 12
Columbia University 11
Georgetown University 11
University of Pennsylvania 11
Dartmouth College 10
University of California - Los Angeles 10

New York University 8
University of Southern California 6
California Institute of Technology 5
Northwestern University 4
University of Virginia 4
Rice University 4

Boston College 3
Duke University 3
University of Notre Dame 3
Reed College 3
Williams College 3
Amherst College 2
Carnegie Mellon University 2
Grinnell College 2
Harvey Mudd College 2
Haverford College 2
Pomona College 2
Swarthmore College 2
University of Michigan 2
Wesleyan University 2
Vanderbilt University 2

Barnard College
Brandeis University
Carleton College
Davidson College
Denison University
Deep Springs College
Johns Hopkins University
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Ohio University
Smith College
Syracuse University
The Juilliard School
Tufts University
United States Naval Academy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College

OUTSIDE of the USA:

University of Oxford 3
Imperial College London 2
University of Cambridge 2
University of British Columbia

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