<p>@JamieBrown et. al.</p>
<p>I’m going to jump to phantasmagoric’s defense here: He isn’t ABSOLUTELY wrong, because the strength of the humanities departments at Stanford are, taken together, stronger than those at Princeton. [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>It’s not that one individual department is better than another. Their <em>total</em> strength at Stanford is better than at Princeton, despite individual differences in departments.</p>
<p>As a recent cross-admit between Stanford and Princeton, I’m definitely leaning toward Stanford because of the aggregate strength of their humanities programs (in addition to a range of other factors).</p>