Why is that Yale n Harvard became very prestigious schools?
80731
Because you have to have a high grade point average to get in. So if you go to one of those schools everyone would know you are a very smart person.
871341
I'd make Harvard my 1st choice. Yale, Princeton, and Stanford would be close runners-up, in that order.
665055
He dropped out of Harvard.\n\nHe is a multibillionaire and he DID get years of formal education, just not a degree.
496434
Depends on what you want to study.  Some schools have good reputations due to research, but turn out not to be good schools for students, as the people with reputations don't do much teaching.  Some schools have reputations that were made 4-5 years ago and the reputations are no longer valid.  Yes, the Ivy League schools have good reputations, as do many others.  There are enough universities that you should be able to find one that does a good job teaching in your area of concentration and is right for you.
379561
Harvard College of Medicine, Mass., is ranked #1 by most credible polls.  It is also the school with the highest ratio of "accepted students who enroll" and one of the "toughest ratios" of applicants to admitted students.\n\nI am an MD and PHD, Yale alum, and my advice: ignore the rude comments by other person who has answered; study hard; learn all you can, and good luck!! \n\necl, md, phd
964515
Of course it is.  My aunt graduated with a theater degree and ended up going to a prestigious law school in California.  True, you probably won't get into Harvard or Yale, but any decent school will accept you if your grades are right and you have the right amount of references and extracurricular activites.
91668
i am not exactly sure but there is probally some kind of formula.  Like class size, test scores, incidents stuff like that.  Also the amount of graduates that get jobs there is probbally a myriad of things that go into it.  A schools are probbally more Ivy league also   ie more money and prestigous
844496
"Best" for what?\n\nThere are some rankings for schools (such as the US News college rankings) and they DO make a difference. High ranked schools generally have better facilities, more famous teachers, higher level students, and their reputations will open many doors. \n\nPerhaps a few of the things noted by the rankings experts will point out the difference.  Schools with high rankings have a lot of teachers with few students. So, you get to be in small classes where you can interact with really smart, international experts in the subject. Also, the high ranking schools tend to retain more students - it is common for 95+% of the freshmen who start at top schools to return for their sophomore years, this indicates that they were happy there and thought they were getting a good deal. Also, the alumni of the top ranked schools give a lot of money. I think that is one of the best ways to grade a school. If the people who went there are so loyal that they will voluntarily give donations to keep the school going, that is a strong indication that they think it did a good job with their education. So, top schools generally have a very high percent of their graduates giving back money.  And, top schools graduate a high % of their students within 4 years. In some universities only a small % of the kids can graduate in 4 years... \n\nPeople who attend large "factory" schools usually just don't know what they missed. And it is true that is you are very dedicated you can get a good education at almost any school. But a lot of smart people think that it is worth it to hand over $40,000 or more a year to send their kids to elite schools.
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Hi, I'm a student at Harvard, so DEFINITELY HARVARD!\n\nBut really, they're both great schools, which will support your studies in any field. I believe that Harvard and Yale are pretty comparable in the humanities and liberal arts, especially at the undergraduate level. Other aspects, such as the previously mentioned law school, won't affect you at all as an undergrad, unless you decide to take advantage of the other resources in the area. For this reason, you might choose Harvard, because Boston is a much more developed city, with a great number of resources.\n\nI chose Harvard over Yale despite a research stipend offer from Yale because Yale is located in New Haven, known to be a rather unsafe location once you're a few blocks away from the campus. Cambridge, on the other hand, is rather safe (and has places to go to.)\n\nAlso, if you are truly interested in the humanities and liberal arts, you would want to apply to a liberal arts college, and not a research university like Harvard and Yale.\n\nSide note: the Harvard-Yale football game is November 18. Maybe you can base your decision on whoever wins! (I'll be there.)\n\nAnd one more thing....if your family qualifies for financial aid, I believe both schools will give you a decent amount. Harvard fully subsidizes families with income below $60k, and nearly covers everything for families with income below $80k.
366547
To show them the opportunities they'll have in life if they attend an elite college. This will help because elite colleges give lots of importance to the curriculum of the student, specially AP courses. Telling them the opportunities they might achieve in an Ivy or Elite college, might help.
483364
High quality education is available though different types of universities.  "Ivy League" are just expensive schools that have a history in America, JUST AS CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD do in the UK.  Why does the UK have Cambridge and Oxford?  Same reason.  They're still more prestigious than some other schools, but that doesn't mean there aren't more outstanding universities outside the Ivy League system.  \n\nStandardized testing is generally just in high school, as a way for colleges to admit more qualified applicants.  Also...even schools not in the "Ivy League" consistently rank higher than many universities elsewhere in the world, and even many of the universities in America that we do not consider to be the greatest, rank much higher than other worldly institutions.  For example, Berkeley, or UC Berkeley as we know it, is a part of a system of 8 other schools apart of the University of California, which are not Ivy League schools, but still prestigious.
66864
Try US-Reports.com. Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Penn, Duke, Stanford, and so on. Just one opinion, but at least they have their reasons. \nhttp://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc/tier1/t1natudoc_brief.php
914663
Harvard because that's where my dad went to get his masters in business. Got his bachelors from Duke\n\nlast name ABBOT\nbelieve he was class of 63 or somewhere there abouts
470475
Well, it's not one school system, it's many.  Some are very poor, and some are very good.  I graduated from a school system that sends many students on to Ivy League schools and has a very strong academic reputation.  I taught in a school system that has a very poor reputation and has many students who struggle with remedial classes at the local colleges.
389807
rich men by private tutors.  then Q then is who educated the tutors.  well, the tutor families also were educated so they could educate the rich men and they knew when they were young their job would be to educate the rich.  if you were good at what you did, you got into a richer family = prestige
948685
It is prestigious academically.  Many lecturers also write books in their field of specialization.  The pay isn't the best because today's world just doesn't seem to care as much about knowledge as other areas (like sports).
507470
I don't study at Harvard, but I do attend Columbia University which is in the Ivy League (along with Harvard.)  If you have any questions that you think I may be able to answer feel free to ask.