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The 5 most prestigious universities in the United States:

Harvard University
Yale University
Princeton University
Stanford University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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A portmanteau of carpe diem, a Latin phrase that means “Seize the Day!” and DM, which stands for Direct Messages. This word means seizing the day via DMs.
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Dude 2: Carpe DM, bro, Carpe DM.
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Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT
i.e. Prestigious American universities.
I know this really smart guy. He got into HYPSM
by PedroFile April 12, 2009
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This stands for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT.
There are plenty of Asians at HYPSM and their peer institutions.
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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.
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 09, 2019
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