Help deciding between Stanford, Brown, Yale, and Princeton (Early Admission)

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@Dad2

Sounds like a popularity contest: these schools have relatively little in common except being reasonably to very well-known. They range from urban (e.g. Yale) to suburban (Stanford, Princeton), strong undergraduate emphasis (Princeton) to little undergraduate emphasis (Harvard), academically top flight (Yale) to **academically so-so (Brown). **

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<p>Sorry your kid was rejected from Brown…</p>

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@Dad2

Famous does not equate with “elite” (e.g. Paris Hilton is famous). Nor does an acceptance rate cut-off, as there is often self-selection of particularly talented students applying to, say, Swarthmore, U. Chicago or MIT. I think peer assessment is probably the closest to the truth, i.e. what is “elite” to those who actually know higher education (college presidents, admissions officers, etc.). Using these criteria, Swarthmore, Williams, Amherst, Harvard, Yale are certainly more “elite” than Brown…

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@Dad2

1. If so insecure that you need to be in the “Ivy League” and lack other options and/or 2) Want open curriculum (i.e. no requirement to actually get a rigorous and rounded liberal arts education- can avoid all math/science or conversely humanities, etc.) or 3) Are offered a full scholarship. But beware: notorious for “Tufts Syndrome”: **over-qualified applicants who ultimately attend more academically selective schools absolutely cannot count on being accepted at Brown. **

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@Dad2

You sound like a strong applicant, certainly more than qualified to excel at Brown; **B. is highly unpredictable, however, whether it’s “Tuft’s syndrome” <a href=“i.e.%20snubbing%20students%20who%20they%20predict%20will%20go%20elsewhere”>/B</a> or being tough on certain high schools and being cozy with others depending on historic yield, etc.

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