Three questions. Question 1: What universities are also recognized as Harvard of the

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<p>Three questions. Question 1: What universities are also recognized as Harvard of the South (or whichever direction) or MIT of the West (or whichever direction)? </p>

<p>Due to my limited knowledge in this area, I list only 4 examples and the list, which may be expanded as per your suggestions/comments, is shown as follows: </p>

<p>Harvard of the South: Tulane or Duke(?)</p>

<p>Harvard of the West: Stanford</p>

<p>MIT of the South: GA Tech or Rice(?)</p>

<p>MIT of the West: Caltech</p>

<p>Question 2: Do you know where these recognitions come from (who, when, or why )?</p>

<p>Among HYPSM, I heard people say, “Harvard is Stanford of the East” (You may know who said it). I also heard people mention that: “Harvard, Princeton and Yale are Big 3 of the ivy league.” </p>

<p>Question 3: What is your school (or school that you are familiar with) “also known (recognized) as”? </p>

<p>Any answers to and/or comments on any of the statements/question(s) mentioned above will be appreciated.</p>

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<p>is it just me or is this kinda pointless</p>

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<p>They come from graduates of those schools who are trying to impress others with the place that they went to college.</p>

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<p>For Stanford, being called as “Harvard of the west” does not make it more prestigious or less prestigious.</p>

<p>Same for Caltech, being called “MIT of the west” does not make it more prestigious or less prestigious. </p>

<p>But for those schools called Harvard of the south or midwest, you might wonder: “are they really that good?”.</p>

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<p>Harvard of the south typically refers to Vanderbilt</p>

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<p>Oh my goodness, when people say that X is the Harvard of Y, it is a JOKE and should never be done except in an ironic, ha-ha, winking-at-you type of sense. No one takes it seriously, modelingliao, unless they are a total dork.</p>

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<p>Harvard is the Harvard of the Harvard. It’s #1 in the nation. Period.</p>

<p>That being said, many students in Southern California where I live consider Stanford their dream school, yet don’t apply to Harvard or other Ivies. It’s probably just geographical proximity, familiarity with the school, etc. People made a bigger deal about a student admitted to Stanford EA this year than they did last year when a girl got into Harvard on a track&field scholarship. </p>

<p>Caltech is definitely more selective than MIT, though. The entire student body has <1000 students, so naturally their admission rate is lower. I don’t know much about the programs at either schools, though. I’m a humanities person ;)</p>

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<p>Yes. Because prestige is regional, and dream schools are regional.</p>

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<p>The Harvard of the North, South, East, and West is Harvard. There is only one Harvard and it has students from all across the country.</p>

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<p>I couldn’t say which schools are the "Harvard"of the south or west but I’ve heard that our local community college has been referred to as the “Harvard of Rockville Pike”.</p>

<p>Hope that helps :slight_smile: !</p>

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<p>I heard Harvard is the Mississippi State of Massachusetts. I assume that has as much validity as other similar reckonings.</p>

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<p>Harvard is the WUSTL of the east…</p>

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<p>Actually Harvard is the Northwestern of Cambridge.</p>

<p>(To get the joke fully, both Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert are Northwestern alums in real life, though Stephen’s “character” went to Dartmouth.)</p>

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I totally agree. And MIT is more selective than Harvard since Harvard has more students than MIT does, as it clearly showed in the early admit rates:</p>

<p>1.) MIT (EA) 11.3%</p>

<p>2.) Stanford (REA) 12.8%</p>

<p>3.) Georgetown (EA) 15.0%</p>

<p>4.) Yale (SCEA) 15.7%</p>

<p>5.) Chicago (EA) 17.6%</p>

<p>6.) Harvard (SCEA) 18.2%</p>

<p>7.) Brown (ED) 19.0%</p>

<p>8.) Columbia (ED) 20.4%</p>

<p>9.) Princeton (SCEA) 21.1%</p>

<p>10.) Duke (ED) 24.5%</p>

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<p>I disagree. It should be Harvard is Harvard of the Harvard of the Harvard… to infinite. It can not be ended with a period. And it can not be #1! Which one we are talking about? The first Harvard or the second Harvard?</p>

<p>P.S.: Where my logic is wrong?</p>

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<p>When I attended Pomona College, they T-shirts that said “HARVARD – THE POMONA COLLEGE OF THE EAST”</p>

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<p>The following is compiled from the web site of Urban Dictionary:</p>

<p>Harvard of the Midwest: Notre Dame, Northwestern (?), Chicago (?), Michigan (?)
Harvard of the South: Vanderbilt
Harvard of the Southwest: Arizona (?)
Harvard of the West Coast: Claremont Colleges</p>

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<p>^ The source is Urban Dictionary? Seriously, you are using that as your reference point? I think as the responses to your initial question indicate, there is no valid way to answer your post without it being opinion.</p>

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<p>Whatever happened to “the Princeton of the Prairie”?</p>