Duke vs. Harvard. vs Northwestern vs. Penn vs. Stanford

<p>I’m not sure any of those schools fit all of your criteria to tee.
Harvard - good school spirit from what I can tell, less so on mainstream sports like football (basketball getting better) but decent soccer.
Duke - great pre-med but ruled out because of Durham (I don’t know if Raleigh works for you)
Stanford also because of its city-less state. Great sports though
Northwestern because it has mediocre sports / school spirit (although sports have seen a turn-around in the past 5 years and often school spirit comes up with that)
Penn - sports? </p>

<p>That said, all are great institutes with good reputations (Harvard on top with that)</p>