Searching for "Second Ten" Universities

tokenadult
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:33:31 +0000

Let’s assume for the sake of discussion that everyone knows what the top ten universities are in all of their favorite subjects. Let’s also assume that many other things being equal, it’s pretty hard to get into a “top ten” university but might be somewhat easier to get into a “second ten” university. What the “second ten” universities that students should consider adding to their college application lists?

For mathematics, I suppose MIT and a few other colleges are indisputably in the top ten. What colleges would be quite good, perhaps better than any in-state college for students from most states, but not as awesomely hard to get into as MIT is?

Same question for computer science.

Same question for physics.

Same question for economics.

Thanks for all of your suggestions. See

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/437362-looking-good-college.html

for a broader list of colleges that may help bring to mind what the “second ten” colleges are in various fields.