<p>Collegekid, Stanford is more prestigious overseas than domestically. Its sports somewhat shadow its outstanding academics (to an extent). Although Stanford is definitely equivalent to the top ivies in terms of academics, the average person, domestically, usually doesnt put stanford at the level of HYPM (Stanford is much more prestigious in California than outside of California, however, it is still regarded as an outstanding school, just not “Harvard” quite yet). This isnt meant to be offensive, thats just from what I have seen and and from the opinions of those I have met. The first question that pops up if you are heading off to Stanford in AZ is “were you recruited?” </p>
<p>majay - most LACs have no national recognition, in the average public anyways.</p>