<p>You are such a bitter person. NU is a peer of and, in most people’s opinion, better than Brown. You, or your children, if you’re a parent, must have been rejected by NU and their second choice was Brown.</p>
<p>All of those rankings are utterly pointless. Undergrad teaching is just one section, and ranking undergrad teaching is not in any way objective. Guidance counselors hear Ivy and think, it must be better. Their rankings are unimportant. I’ve never even heard of parchment rankings, but students’ choice isn’t anything important either. Students picking Brown over NU means that NU has attracts a wider type of student, including Brownies. NU has a lot of pre-professional programs that don’t have students getting prestigious awards, whereas Brown is very much focuses on more regular pursuits that could win those awards. Who cares about students dream colleges? What does that even mean? Harvard has the largest endowment in the country, but it’s much smaller than NU too. Being smaller doesn’t mean a smaller endowment.</p>
<p>When people mention Brown in my experience, people think artsy-fartsy hippies. When people mention NU, the think “Wow, that’s a great school.” I got accepted to NU, my friend applied to Brown; it never fails that people are more impressed by NU (And I’m not trying to brag, but it’s a perfect anecdote).</p>
<p>Happy student bodies also includes Clemson, and nobody’s saying that it’s a peer; that has nothing to do with quality of a school. In fact, happy students often means easier programs.</p>
<p>Also, why double post? Is your argument not good enough alone, so it needs to be doubled for any effect?</p>