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Northwestern
University of Chicago
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
Harvey Mudd
UC Berkeley

Can someone one rank these colleges by prestige?

btw, I am going to major math/physical science

I want unbiased and objective responses- plz don't mention schools I didn't mention here such as HPYS.

Thanks.

By Cornellian07 (Cornellian07) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 01:22 am: Edit

Just for prestige:

1. Cornell/Columbia
3. Berkeley/Duke
5. Chicago/Northwestern
7. Harvey Mudd

They are all within a very close margin though.

By Oops (Oops) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 01:35 am: Edit

Prestige is a tricky thing. For example, among most scientists, I would say that prestige woudl go like this:

1. Harvey Mudd
2. Berkeley
3. Cornell
4. Chicago
5. Columbia
6. Duke
7. Northwestern

So yeah, among students applying for college, everyone would have heard of Berkeley and Cornell would gain prestige points just by being in the Ivy League. But "prestige" in terms of getting into grad school or getting a job may be different, and closer to the list above for math/physical science.

So there you go.

By Oops (Oops) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 01:36 am: Edit

P.S.

That ranking is just for undergraduate programs.

By Nerdboy (Nerdboy) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 01:41 am: Edit

Not for all of them.

By Saramago60 (Saramago60) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:09 pm: Edit

(1) Columbia
(2) UC Berkeley
(2) U. Chicago
(4) Cornell
(5) Duke
(6) Northwestern
(7) Harvey Mudd

This is pretty objective. Harvey Mudd is not at all a worse school than any of the others, but not everyone knows about it.