Stanford vs. Ivies

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<p>I just want to point out…rankings based on professional school enrollment will be inherently biased against universities with strong engineering departments. While liberal art bachelors will be inclined to go to professional schools after college (or else they would be pretty screwed), undergrad engineers have the option of pursuing masters or Ph. D.'s in engineering. And most engineers will choose that option. </p>

<p>Thus, schools like MIT, Caltech, UC Berkeley, and Stanford won’t rank as well as it’s peers in this ranking (and they don’t). Plus, high GPA’s are a prerequisite for medical and law school admissions, and engineering courses tend to be harder…</p>