<p>Ernie, not only does “Insiders College” disagree with you, but apparently the NATION’S ADULT POPULATION disagrees with you! In a PR survey this year of many thousands of parents, Princeton was chosen as the nation’s #1 “Dream School”. </p>
<p>Let’s not confuse popularity, often driven by heavy marketing and hype, with prestige.</p>
<p>PS. Princeton prestige got yet another pop this morning with the announcemet that its economics professor, Paul Krugman, is being awarded the Nobel Prize.</p>