Which is better Harvard, Princeton or Yale?

This is one of those questions that I suspect is endlessly debated among the high-achievers at the after-school SAT prep course and, I would argue, is really pretty meaningless. read more

If you want to compare USNews rankings, for undergraduate engineering program ranking Princeton is #11; Harvard is #27. For graduate engineering program ranking Princeton is #18 while Harvard is #24. If you really care about engineering training and you have to choose between Harvard and Princeton, then choose Princeton. read more

Yale 43 Princeton 32 Harvard 25 Northwestern 19 Dartmouth 15 And the per-capita ranking (when adjusted for the number of alumni): 1. Yale, 2. Princeton, 3. Washington and Lee, 4. Harvard, 5. Dartmouth. Yale has a more relaxed atmosphere than Harvard, and they dont have pretentious eating clubs and finals clubs like Harvard and Princeton. read more

Use this comparison to decide whether Harvard or Yale is your number one. read more

If you like collegiate gothic, then Princeton and Yale, if you like American Georgian colonial, then Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, if you like Beau Arts, then Columbia, if you like a hodgepodge, the Penn or Cornell. read more

Well, I was kind of in the same situation as you, as Yale, Princeton, and Harvard were my top three choices. But by the time my senior year rolled around, Yale became my first choice, and I applied early. read more