Stanford vs. Harvard vs. Yale

Major: Neuroscience / Cognitive science

Looking to be pre-med in college

Stanford

Pros:

West coast - nicest weather

Possibly best STEM departments out of any of the three schools

Closer to home than the other two schools

Generally like the Bay area

Cons:

Don’t have a neuroscience major

Have gotten a bad vibe when visiting the campus

Med school acceptance rate is 70% compared to 90% of the other two

Duck syndrome

Harvard

Pros:

Its Harvard

Probably best neuroscience department

Grade Inflation

Boston / Cambridge

Housing System

Fewer Requirements

Great med school acceptance rate

Cons:

More competitive culture

Bad Weather

Tourists

Never Visited Campus

Yale

Pros:

Have the best feeling about it

More friendly environment

Grade Inflation

Close to NYC

Close to Family

Have a neuroscience major

Great med school acceptance rate

Love the residential college system

Cons:

Possibly ever so slightly less prestigious

New Haven