<p>“The Northeast isn’t the world (granted, I know this realization can be shocking to some). Go down to the South, and 9/10 haven’t heard of Brown but at least vaguely know of Stanford as a good school.”</p>
<p>I find it hilarious that you are honestly calling Brown “BS” JUST because more people have heard of Stanford.</p>
<p>Both of these schools are brilliant. They wouldn’t be continuously ranked at the top if they weren’t.</p>
<p>WHO CARES if more people “heard” of Stanford or Brown?</p>
<p>It depends on where one is situated in the world.</p>
<p>Anyways, I would go to either school based on the preferred way I like to learn, the academics, the local atmosphere…not prestige. They’ve both obviously got those.</p>