top 15 most prestigious universities

[Cervantes]

<p>lol I like the way you think. Out of curiosity, MITpwnsnoobs69, did you apply/get accepted to Stanford?</p>

[atcq123]

<p>all im gonna say about all this is that on saved by the bell there was a college fair and Harvard was the most sought after until Zack Morris got that guy to be a fake representative from stanford and then everybody was all over the stanford guy. </p>

<p>Although I assume Bayside High School was in California so that might have an impact, this episode upped Stanford’s prestige in my eyes.</p>

<p>This proves 2 things

1. Stanford is in the same realm of prestige as Harvard and to some even more.
   2)Zack Morris is a baller</p>

[UCBChemEGrad]

<p>^ LOL! </p>

<p>You have it exactly opposite. The recruiter was from “Stansbury” and Zac got a fake Harvard recruiter to come in and recruit Jessie Spano. </p>

<p>The “Stansbury” recruiter was surprised to see a Harvard rep. </p>

<p><em>Don’t ask me how I recall this ;)</em></p>

[45_Percenter]

<p>^ Too late, Dude–you’ve thoroughly outed yourself as a SBTB Freak. :p</p>

[Phead128]

<p>^ LOL. SBTB knowledge junkie :-)</p>

[piccolojunior]

<p>wait so MITpwnsnoobs, you’re saying Linus Pauling > MJ? That’s a tough call, I could see it going either way…</p>

[Cervantes]

<p>Well one likes to sleep with children while the other is MJ. Had to put a Craig Ferguson joke in there, for those who get it. :)</p>

[MITpwnsnoobs69]

<p>

@Cervantes

Out of curiosity, MITpwnsnoobs69, did you apply/get accepted to Stanford?

nah, i visited but decided i’d rather go there for grad school. but it definitely struck me as the best overall school in the nation.</p>

[TourGuide446]

<p>Hard to believe usual take-the-high-road types like MollieBatMIT(now Harvard), my good Willamstown friend Sam Lee, and burn-a-flag-on-State-Street Hoedown have lowered themselves to partake in this thread. You’d think each of them would have something better to do (Mollie preparing for an MIT cheerleader hazing, Sam throwing junk food at Dan White’s cell, and Hoedown getting all her galpals together for a protest that the U of M ice hockey team isn’t diverse enough).</p>

<p>I still say the cushy faux hacienda milieu of Stanford and the faux ancient Gothic in the all-too-non-faux ghetto setting of Yale are for second-raters who can’t hack the climate of a serious Northern school or Harvard, respectively. Go Caltech!</p>

[nocousin]

<p>a LOT of top schools got busted for HYPER grade INFLATION a few years ago. Stanford among them. At Stanford’s MBA program they figured out that the entire graduating class had 4.0’s. “EVERYONE GETS AN “A” BECAUSE WE ARE STANFORD!” Whatever.</p>

<p>Sometimes prestige is all in the admissions selectivity.</p>

[molliebatmit]

<p>Tourguide is, as usual, correct, although I can’t haze the new cheerleaders this year – I’m going to be the coach! (Heaven help us all.)</p>

[corruptbargain]

<p>after skimming through this thread i would gather the consensus as follows:</p>

<p>Level 1: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT, Princeton</p>

<p>Level 2: Columbia, Brown, Penn, Duke</p>

<p>That definitely seems to be the top 9 level 3 prob should include 8-10 schools so the cutoff is higher than 15</p>

<p>Level 3: Cornell, Gtown, JHU, N’western, UChicago, UVA, Cal, Notre Dame</p>

[yournamehere]

<p>i think columbia should be in level one. where did dartmouth go? ^ cornell up</p>

[TourGuide446]

<p>Mollie, I used to have the utmost respect for those selfless souls who advise college extra-curricular activities. But the Fort Hays debate team advisor has burst my bubble. Let’s hope we don’t see you in a similar UTube video soon.http:
And if you do end up on a similar video, I hope your hair is a little more tidy than these two combatants’.</p>

[MITpwnsnoobs69]

<p>why do you think it is that Stanford doesn’t have the name brand recognition that Harvard does? i have to admit, i’ve noticed this also…</p>

[Cervantes]

<p>

a LOT of top schools got busted for HYPER grade INFLATION a few years ago. Stanford among them. At Stanford’s MBA program they figured out that the entire graduating class had 4.0’s. “EVERYONE GETS AN “A” BECAUSE WE ARE STANFORD!” Whatever.</p>

<p>Sometimes prestige is all in the admissions selectivity.

</p>

<p>Oh really, have any proof for that erroneous claim? I’m pretty sure Stanford does not release its business school grades and if they do certainly not in the traditional 4.0 version. And, in the extremely slim off-chance that it is true, you do realize that MBA programs regularly give high grades (as they also serve the purpose of networking almost as much as actual education-remember your educating businessmen here), whether they be Stanford, Harvard, Penn or Podunk U. Stanford is not grade inflated, at least relative to its peers and even other schools. If you don’t believe this I can show you a few courses I plan to take this fall and tell me you can get a 4.0 before you come around posting stupid things on CC.</p>

[MITpwnsnoobs69]

<p>yeah i find it hard to believe that stanford would give everyone a 4.0</p>

[Cervantes]

<p>nocousin’s claim is complete bull actually (as expected)-this is how they grade students at the business school</p>

<p>

H: An honors performance, typically received by 10 percent of the students in a course.</p>

<p>HP: A high pass performance. The percentage of students receiving H and HP combined typically will be no more than 35 percent total.</p>

<p>P: An average passing performance. The percentage of students receiving P, HP, and H combined typically will be no more than 75 percent.</p>

<p>LP: A passing performance, but one at the low end of the distribution of passing grades.</p>

<p>U: A failing or unsatisfactory performance. The student does not receive credit for the course.</p>

<p>I: Incomplete. Given only if a substantial part of the course work is completed with satisfactory grades and with valid grounds for not completing required work.

</p>

<p>and</p>

<p>

Grading
Since one of the goals of the program is to encourage students to stretch themselves and take risks intellectually, our grading system is not the traditional A, B, C. Rather, our faculty evaluates student performance with H (honors), HP (high pass), etc. Honors connotes performance that is distinguished, work that is of markedly superior quality.

</p>

<p>Some how I don’t see a 4.0 figure in here and even if we equate H-with 4.0 (which it most certainly isn’t) I don’t see how 100% of the kids can receive a mark only 10% of the class can get. Fuzzy math eh? Get your facts straight before posting bull.</p>

<p>[Grades:</a> Sloan Program: Stanford GSB](<a href=“http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sloan/academics/grades.html]Grades:”>http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sloan/academics/grades.html)</p>

<p>[Grading</a> & Programs: CMC: Stanford GSB](<a href=“http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cmc/overview/grading.html]Grading”>http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cmc/overview/grading.html)</p>

[kwu]

<p>

If you don’t believe this I can show you a few courses I plan to take this fall and tell me you can get a 4.0 before you come around posting stupid things on CC.

</p>

<p>With work and skill, I can’t imagine it’s very difficult to earn a 4.0.
What’s your point?</p>

[Cervantes]

<p>My point is “A” grades aren’t handed out willy-nilly (like to everyone like nocousin postulated) and you’re also incorrect to assume that work and skill alone (save something extreme) can get you a 4.0 at Stanford. Maybe at some other schools (which I even doubt) but not Stanford. If so, more people would be getting 4.0’s. This isn’t high school buds.</p>