"people also searched for..." (Overlap in college searches)

<p>I’ve noticed for a while now that if you search for a university on google, it gives you a ton of detailed information about that university. Included in this information is cross-university searches. i.e., what people who search for one university, tend to search for with another university. </p>

<p>I excluded professional schools of universities (e.g. boalt hall.) These universities aren’t listed in any formal order.</p>

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<p>Observations:</p>

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<li><p>HYPSM are the most cross searched for universities (unsurprisingly.)</p></li>
<li><p>Duke seems underrepresented based on its prestige. While it has its strongest showing in the south and a strong showing in the east, its virtually absent from the west coast universities, HYPSM, and the rest of the ivies excluding Dartmouth.</p></li>
<li><p>Wake forest is only listed by two other universities in the list. And both of those universities are part of the other two in its research triangle. It’s reputation, it seems, falls far short of its US NEWS rank.</p></li>
<li><p>Michigan places very well among several universities across different coasts. Although its only listed in MIT of HYPSM,</p></li>
<li><p>UCLA and Berkeley also place very well, although their placements are somewhat hard to predict. UCLA for example, is the only (American) public university cross searched with Harvard (something i won’t deny brought a grin to my face) although its absent from Yale and MIT searches.</p></li>
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<p>I’m too tired to make any more observations, but chime in with any interesting tidbits or conjectures you might have. This is meant to be more fun than serious.</p>

<p>Wake Forest is not part of the Research Triangle. That area (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) has three well-known research universities (NC State, Duke, and UNC, respectively) as well as a number of other smaller universities and colleges. Wake Forest is farther west, in Winston-Salem, and is in the Triad region (Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point).</p>