<p>In terms of admissions:
- Upper ivies (HYP), MIT, Stanford are all more difficult to get into than UChicago and almost always win cross-admits.
- Lower ivies and Duke are more difficult to get into and usually win cross-admits.
- Northwestern, JHU, WashU, Emory, Georgetown are as difficult to get into but don’t win many cross-admits (well, Northwestern does)</p>
<p>In terms of prestige:
- Prestige within academic community UC beats everybody except upper ivies, MIT and may be Stanford and Cornell (ties with all of those).</p>
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<li><p>Prestige among employers - varies depending on the industry, overall somewhere along lower ivies, JHU</p></li>
<li><p>Prestige on the street - virtually unknown even to relatively educated people (e.g. college graduates)</p></li>
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