Stanford more prestigious? I don't think so.

swingtime
Tue, 22 May 2012 13:02:48 +0000

Only on College Confidential does this supreme idiocy manifest itself! Really, ONLY here do people argue about whether one top ten university is more prestigious than another. Or, attempt to quantify their assessments with meaningless data sets. The persons perpetuating the debates probably never went to any of these schools. Persons fortunate to attend schools of this caliber DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT, have these kind of arguments over relative prestige. Why, because they are either busy pursuing their extraordinary educational opportunities, or doing something meaningful with the degrees thus earned. When I was at UChicago in the 1980s NO ONE CARED where the school ranked! When I was at Harvard earning a Ph.D, NO ONE CARED!!! If one is fortunate enough to attend ANY of the schools at this level, one is always grateful for the opportunity, and spends his or her time making real MEANING of the experience while in school, and later in life.

To anyone thinking of applying to any one of these exceptional schools, ignore those on any of these threads or forums who would attempt to diminish your aspirations toward one or the other with utterly meaningless arguments over relative prestige. Just consider what school best fits your educational and personal needs! These persons are nothing more than bored neurotics and/or intellectual frauds.