<p>I always laugh when folks at cc make sweeping generalizations about which schools are on par with other colleges and which are equal or higher in prestige. I like to rely on data and statistics to make my points. NU is not on par with Brown. Students accepted to both schools overwhelmingly choose Brown. This statistic is a market based measure of desirability and prestige. Brown has better placement at top grad schools, and has higher average GMAT, LSAT and Med School entrance exam scores. Brown loses most of its accepted students to only five schools in this order-- yale, harvard, stanford, princeton and MIT. Brown’s overlaps include HYSC. I do not have a negative opinion of NU, but it is not a peer of Brown.</p>