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<p>Actually, Stanford is ranked in the top 5 across all broad disciplines and nearly always ahead of Princeton: humanities, arts, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, and health sciences. Stanford always outranks Princeton in the humanities. For example, most recently Stanford came in #1 in the world for humanities, ahead of even Harvard.</p>
<p>[Top</a> Universities for Arts & Humanities 2011-2012](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/arts-and-humanities.html]Top”>http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/arts-and-humanities.html)</p>
<p>In English lit and comp lit, the two are pretty much identical:</p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings Overview: English Language and Literature - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/article/NRC-Rankings-Overview-English/124728/]NRC”>http://chronicle.com/article/NRC-Rankings-Overview-English/124728/)
[NRC</a> Rankings Overview: Comparative Literature - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/article/NRC-Rankings-Overview-/124718/]NRC”>http://chronicle.com/article/NRC-Rankings-Overview-/124718/)
[Best</a> English Programs | Top Humanities Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/english-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/english-rankings)</p>
<p>Also, regarding GPA, Princeton isn’t much different - since it instituted its grade deflation, its average GPA has gone down from 3.46 to 3.39, not really different. Stanford hasn’t released average GPA info in a long time, but I imagine that the two are about the same.</p>