<p>@Ricraz, I’m a little taken aback by the first part of your statement that “you’re not going to realistically meet people who are as smart as those at Stanford/MIT/Harvard…” I don’t know who you’ve been hanging out with at Swat, 
but I must disagree based on having one child graduate from Swat and one who is a current upperclassman. They would certainly disagree with you, too. But, I do agree that Swat students will receive an education equal to or better than your other named universities. As for students majoring in the social sciences/humanities, whether you need a “bigger brand name” is also questionable, but is probably based on what you are looking to do right out of school. I have a family member who is a professor at HBS and he has told me that his Swat students are absolutely brilliant. I can also tell you that my S1 was a social science major at Swat and was accepted to one of the top Ph.D. programs in his field. </p>