<p>^^Please don’t re-start the argument.</p>
<p>As for the main point of the thread, I think Stanford and Princeton have two of the best undergraduate programs in the world. First, it largely depends on what you want to study. Stanford is probably better at engineering while Princeton is probably better at math. You should probably visit the schools and ask students studying what you want to study how the department is. How big are classes? Do professors care? Is it research-intensive? Is it more theoretically or practically oriented? etc. (You could also message someone who’s in the department of that school and just ask them that way. Maybe use Facebook or something.)</p>
<p>As for the campuses, Stanford and Princeton are both beautiful, but in different ways (the former I know from experience, the latter from stories). They’re both in kind of a rich, not-very-college-friendly town. Princeton is more undergrad-focused, but Stanford allows you to take advantage of the resources of its grad schools (e.g. take classes, do research, etc.). The main reason I decided against Princeton was the air of elitism I perceived (eating clubs and the like). Stanford, despite being a very elite institution, manages to remain incredibly quirky, down-to-earth, and friendly.</p>