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Top schools used by Americans in the US: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT.
However, schools like Berkeley and Caltech are equal to or more well-known than Princeton in terms of prestige and clout internationally and arguably domestically.
However, schools like Berkeley and Caltech are equal to or more well-known than Princeton in terms of prestige and clout internationally and arguably domestically.
Princeton kids say, “yeah, I go to HYPSM,” or “oh, I go to the number 1 school on USNews,” but never say that “they go to Princeton” when abroad directly to college bound folks because HYPSM is more well known and not accurate.
by RegretfulPrincetonStudent June 9, 2019
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