College Ranking

1a Johns Hopkins - really depends on major

1b Vanderbilt

2a Georgetown

2b UNC-Chapel Hill

3. Colgate

4. Washington and Lee

Hey maybe skim through the resumes for 10 seconds each, your majesty, and dont assume “all else equal”.

Yeah, how about looking at their qualifications and experience instead of splitting hairs between their school name?

Resumes are never equal. Someone always has an edge whether it be GPA, test scores, WE, Technical skills (coding, billingual). So, none of these candidates would win out strictly because of school. 

What is the question was phrased as

-which college would you recommend to your little brother assuming he got into all of them and cost would be relatively the same?

Yeah I don't think Vandy is as good as Hopkins/Gtown (still a good school tho)

It's obvious Vanderbilt doesn't have the prestige of Georgetown/Hopkins when you see how Vandy gets little presence at top grad schools/banks compared to Gtown/Hopkins. Gtown blows Vandy out of the water at top law schools like HLS/YLS as well as Wall St recruiting while Hopkins is unrivaled for an undergrad experience that is super focused on the medical field. Putting Vandy on the same level of either is criminal bias imo

Vandy definitely is the most well-rounded tho - as Gtown is super humanities/finance focused (Gtown is not the place for STEM) while Hopkins is superb for STEM/Medical-related fields (but not the place for finance/humanities)

However Vandy is a classic jack of all trades master of none 

Mine is:

1) Georgetown / Hopkins 

2) Vandy (Good school but I haven't met anybody from here that lives up to the reputation some Vandy proponents give to the school except for occasional STEM hardos) 

3) Colgate (Solid school and has good/loyal alum network) 

4) UNC / W&L (Solid places and kids here know their stuff / UNC could def be bumped up to Vandy's level with Morehead) 

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I’m sorry, but you could not possibly make the argument that JHU nor Vanderbilt outplaces Georgetown in IB nor MBB. That’s a joke. Look at the career surveys for all the schools, look at linkedin, look at any ranking on finance placement.

Also, georgetown absolutely outplaces vandy/JHU at yls/hls/cls and at hbs/wharton/gsb. Literally just look at the numbers. Whoever said those stats above was right. For 2019-2020, gtown had 13 at YLS vs. 4 from vandy.

This thread is a joke — clearly being skewed by some overly proud vandy grads.

I would generally consider candidates from JHU, Vanderbilt, and Georgetown the same, and then UNC, and then W&L/Colgate. Also, you're obviously just using this in guise to figure out your college commitment decision. Take Georgetown or Vanderbilt, you'll have a good time.

1. Vandy - I went there, in recent years it sounds like people are more into studying which kind of sucks, but on the flipside might bode well for you needing competent employees. I'd say you'll get well rounded people who will work hard since the money you pay them is instrumental in funding their cocaine addiction.

2. Colgate - My brother went there 10 or so years ago and I visited him - had a killer time though worth considering that the candidates you look at might have drinking problems.

3. UNC - Know nothing about the school but have to imagine it's pretty fun and candidates are chill, it gets gentleman's third here.

4/5/6. Georgetown/Johns Hopkins/Washington and Lee - Gross, shred resumes immediately.

I went to 2 of these schools, my sister goes to a different one of these. I'm also a STEM major + MD turned business person, so I can comment pretty well. 

If you're talking about sum of all parts STEM + Business + everything else (campus life included), it would go:

1. Vandy - by far the most well rounded, you have the resources to do well in any career path

2. Hopkins / Georgetown - each is elite in 1 area and not the other, and neither are as fun as Vandy

3. UNC - The individual undergraduate professional schools are top tier (business, public health, journalism), but the College of Arts and Sciences is kind of meh. Honors college and scholarship kids are very bright, but in-state kids are not

4. Colgate - Solid overall school, doesn't carry as much prestige

5. Washington and Lee - don't know much about it 

For business: Georgetown tops the list followed by UNCs undergrad business school and then Vandy

For medical stem: Hopkins > Vandy > UNC > Georgetown

For non-medical stem: Vandy > Hopkins > UNC > Georgetown

Can confirm that Colgate "punches well above its weight," despite being a small school. I'm surprised at how many alumni from the school have founded companies in commercial real estate across the country--more so than most other top-LACs. As for the others, W&L is another top LAC that shouldn't be glossed over. For those that know, it is a very well-respected school. Very hard to get into all of these schools. Great options across the board ceteris-paribus....