<p>Yeah in terms of acceptance rates and SAT scores the differences between the two are trivial. </p>
<p>When your teacher said that you would receive a much better education at Princeton, he/she was probably saying that because Princeton is much more undergrad focused than Stanford is. I know I’m going to get super-flamed for saying this on the Stanford thread but I’m saying what I think is true. At Stanford, you’re going to have a lot of intro classes that are taught by TAs rather than professors. Many of the top professors at Stanford barely even spend any time in the classroom. They are either conducting research or somewhere else giving lectures or doing other work. The same is true with Harvard; it is not undergrad oriented. This is unheard of at Princeton. You will not have classes taught by TAs there. You will have classes taught by professors with TAs assisting, as they are supposed to.
That being said HYPSM graduates probably have an equal playing field when looking for jobs or internships because all are prestigious schools so some people don’t care that Stanford isn’t as undergrad focused as Princeton or Yale.</p>
<p>Note: I do not go to Princeton. I am not going to go to Princeton. I also believe that Stanford is just about the best graduate school for any field related to math, science, or engineering.</p>