<p>^ agreed.</p>
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<p>Not sure which is worse, that or “Stamford.” (By comparison Cal students misspelling it as “Stanfurd” is cute.)</p>
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<p>I don’t think so - in a Gallup poll in the US, Stanford and Yale tied for 2nd for most prestigious (obv. behind Harvard) in the eyes of the general public, and Stanford and Harvard are equally prestigious in the eyes of those with college educations, with all other schools falling far behind the two. In an international survey, Stanford came out top 5, roughly equal to Oxbridge (depending on how much error there is). And of course, other surveys - like the peer assessment score in the US News ranking - place Stanford at the very top.</p>
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