<p>Everybody got all sciencey, mathy, wonky…
Funny that no one has mentioned the very different approaches that the schools represent on social issues. Stanford=Hoover Institute/Condi Rice…Harvard=Kennedy School/Cornell West.
Now, before you say that’s too easy an analysis…be honest…these people and institutions give a clue as to what is going on on the campus and how it “feels” for both undergrads and grads. Laid back or otherwise Stanford and Palo Alto are historically way more conservative than Harvard and Cambridge. It is just another piece of a complex comparison, another part of the whole.</p>