<p>This entire thread is a waste of time with mostly inexperienced young people adamantly arguing about things that are mostly irrelevant. Both are top schools. The SAT scores show the students are of equal ability. Brown has a slightly lower acceptance rate because of location and being an Ivy. NU is academically a bit more rigorous because Brown is open minded about requirements. A few years after graduation you will look and realize that all this arguing about college ranking was a complete waste of time. No one gets a top job because they went to any specific top undergraduate school. As someone who has hired large numbers of highly educated talented people their undergraduate school means very little. The sad truth is that many young people believe that getting into the “right” college sets them up for life when in reality it is only the beginning of the second or third inning of life.</p>