The Journal ran a long piece today listing the top 500 US colleges. I looked thru the list of names, looking for colleges that I and my family attended to see where they ranked today. Looks like we all attended pretty highly ranked colleges.
1 and 2. Harvard and MIT. I lived 9 years in Cambridge MA , used to rent to Harvard and MIT students, walked both campuses, very scenic.
7 Brown University in Providence RI. I applied there, many years ago. Did not get in.
9 Cornell in Ithaca NY . My cousin Andrew graduated there.
12 Johns Hopkins, Baltimore MD. My daughter graduated there. Majored in international relations, minored in Russian, both stood her in good stead when she did a 2 year tour with the Peace Corps in Kirghistan.
15 Columbia NYC My brother and his daughter (my niece) both graduated there.
24 Wellesley, Wellesley MA. My mother graduated there.
30 Tufts, Medford MA. My sister in law graduated there. Her older daughter, my other niece also graduated Tufts.
35 Middlebury, VT my other brother graduated there.
91 Franklin and Marshall, Lancaster PA. I graduated there. BA in history
148 University of Delaware, Newark DE. I graduated there with a BS in electrical engineering after my 6 year tour in USAF.
176 St Olaf College, Northfield Minn. My brother in law graduated there.
217 Drew University Madison, NJ. My oldest son graduated there. Majored in theater.
237 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY. My youngest son graduated there, BS in Mechanical Engineering.
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