Best target schools for normal people

For sports + fun + target status:

Duke, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Stanford

Not in the same tier as above but also:

Michigan, UVA, USC, Vandy

Michigan, UVA, IU Kelly, basically any big state school with a great finance program. Best advice I could give you is to get in, rush a frat, be a hardo with your GPA, join investment clubs, network with frat alumni and club alumni and you'll be able to land something reputable if you keep up your gpa and practice for interviews. Get involved and go to fraternity events and be an active brother and you will have a blast doing so. But whatever semester you plan to rush give yourself the easiest course load possible, so you can keep your gpa up during the "education" period.  

Most of the people in this thread are pretty spot on with the larger schools being more fun. honestly, nw isnt that fun honestly, and stanford is alright.

from what i gather, penn is pretty great, especially if you are in greek life. The top frats are pretty great for connections as well (which will be prevalent at other colleges as well). Sports is another thing, but thats the tradeoff youd make with most ivy league schools. 

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Went to UVA, partied hard, got a good offer. I recommend it highly

Dartmouth and northwestern are the first that come to mind. Stanford but that’s not exactly the same. Different but good vibes

Duke Northwestern and Dartmouth are your best bets.

I’d argue that college is a blast at most target schools minus some exceptions. With athletics, DEI, legacies, and wealthy students making up a huge chunk of all top schools, you really do have a ton of “normal”, fun loving people to hang out with. 

I can confidently say that I’ve heard positive things about Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT (people don’t expect it but there’s a huge Greek scene here), Penn, Duke, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell (non-STEM), Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Georgetown, USC, UMich, UVA, and UCLA.

Plenty of Harvard and Wharton kids are into sports and partying lol wtf even is this question.

Not sure how nobody has mentioned it but Texas should probably be near the top of this list.

Best all around athletics department in the nation

Placement is very good and only gets better year over year

Great Greek life and plenty of stuff to do in Austin

UChicago, MIT, CMU, RPI, Brown, IU Kelley, NYU Stern, UMich Ross, you're welcome

Duke,Vanderbilt,Northwestern,UCLA,UNC,UT & UMich are pretty good.

if you are transferring from community college, then cornell and georgetown have storied cc transfer programs. 

those cc transfer kids from rural america sure know how to party!