top 15 most prestigious universities

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<p>You still haven’t proven why Fordham is “awesome.”</p>

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<p>Yes, because I currently attend one of these five schools. If you’re curious which one, feel free to PM me and I’d be happy to email you from my school account.</p>

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<p>Most of my family (on my mom’s side) live or have lived in NYC at one time or another. The Lower East Side seems like a cool place to live, but I wouldn’t say I’m jealous. I can understand why you think that “living in NYC is not all its cracked up to be.” Nannies and au pairs there can be quite expensive to hire…</p>

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<p>In that case, prodigalson, you are certainly arrogant and superficial on this forum.</p>

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<p>You really should try addressing my arguments instead of calling me names…</p>

<p>Didn’t you take any logic courses at Northwestern???</p>

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<p>Fordham isn’t close to making this list (especially not over Dartmouth!), in my opinion. And yes, I’ve been to the school.</p>

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<p>@ Jaddua: I would also add UPenn and Brown to your list of schools that aren’t internationally prestigious. Yes, they are Ivy League schools, but most people abroad confuse UPenn with Penn State (now if you mention Wharton, that’s a different story) and haven’t even heard of Brown.</p>

<p>The only internationally prestigious universities, in my opinion, are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, Oxford, Cambridge, IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Michigan, Berkeley, and Cornell.</p>

<p>Also, I believe most of these above universities are prestigious internationally mainly because they crank out so much research. Michigan, Berkeley, and Cornell also have large alumni bases around the world since they are huge schools. In my opinion, there are many schools that offer an overall better undergraduate education and experience than these above listed universities (such as Amherst, Williams, Pomona, and many other LACs), but unfortunately they are unknown in internationally.</p>

<p>My point: international prestige does not mean it is the best place to go to school. Yes, it may help initially if you plan to work overseas, but I don’t think prestigious schools offer the best education possible.</p>

<p>I completely agree with Phead and IBClass06… people hear are making such a big deal nitpicking the differences between already outstanding universities. I can also see why IBClass06 has left CC… this discussion has been debated TOO MUCH often times by the same posters (you know who you are). Most of us are attending/have attended universities that USNWR always ranks within the top 25. Can’t we just live with the fact that most of the universities ranked in this echelon are all outstanding universities and open our eyes to other “hidden gems” that are not often worshipped by USNWR and Princeton Review?</p>

<p>I used to care so much about prestige in high school, but I now realize as I am in the midst of college that prestige doesn’t matter as long as it provides a solid education. What is most important is finding the university that fits you best socially and academically, not prestige. My guidance counselors were right all along… they are truly the wise ones.</p>

<p>I am glad that there are many people on CC who see beyond the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT…kudos to you.</p>

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<p>Nor are they domestically prestigious…</p>

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<p>I think you forgot about MIT. If somebody has heard of IIT, they’ve surely heard of MIT.</p>

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<p>IIT is not as prestigious as Caltech, let alone MIT…</p>

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<p>guys, how about you get into these prestigious colleges first before debating about them? I attend one of them and I can tell you the people here are so over arguing which school is more prestigious than the other. That’s the work of somebody who is likely NOT going to a prestigious school in the first place.</p>

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<p>Yeah, you’re “so over” arguing about school prestige that you started this thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/830565-rank-top-20-national-universities-terms-lay-prestige-based-your-region.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/830565-rank-top-20-national-universities-terms-lay-prestige-based-your-region.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yea, I didn’t argue about anything in that thread. Didn’t post my thoughts either.</p>

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<p>Instigating conflict is arguably worse than participating in it.</p>

<p>Some people don’t like to get their hands dirty even though their hands aren’t clean…</p>

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<p>I find prestige differs from generation and region too. I see many posts don’t have Stanford on them but any west coaster would vehemently support stanford’s prestige. My list in order: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, CAL, Cornell</p>

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<p>Hey guys all the universities are good but I think still we have some more universities which are good like San Jose university.</p>

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<p>hmm… HYPSM, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Chicago, Northwestern, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, JHU, Caltech… basically the USNWR top 15. I guess I’ve been brainwashed.</p>

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<p>Why does everyone forget to put Washington University in St. Louis on these lists? It should definitely be ranked in the top 15. It is ranked in USNWR as number 12. Its acceptance rate is 17% according to the FISKE guide book 2010. Just wanted to say that WashU shouldn’t be brushed off anyone’s shoulders.</p>

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<p>^ lol I think WUSTL is either overrated on USNWR or underrated here~</p>

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<p>Wash U is a very prestigious University. I would say that and NU are the Harvards of the Midwest. NU edges it a little in my mind (Illinois bias… lol) but they are essentially equal.</p>

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<p>^^^Chicago is better than those two.</p>

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<p>“Its acceptance rate is 17% according to the FISKE guide book 2010. Just wanted to say that WashU shouldn’t be brushed off anyone’s shoulders.”</p>

<p>Not this again!</p>