Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2012

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Rank		Score (Elo points)	Matchups (Student decisions)	Peer Colleges
1	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2542	468	Yale University Stanford University Princeton University
2	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2494	282	Yale University Stanford University Cornell University
3	Stanford University Stanford, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	2480	294	Yale University Harvard University Princeton University
4	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2462	408	Princeton University Harvard University Stanford University
5	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2444	427	Columbia University in the City of New York Cornell University Princeton University
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2421	153	Princeton University Stanford University Caltech
7	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO Nearby: Colorado Springs	2410	51	United States Naval Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
8	Pomona College Claremont, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2279	131	Claremont McKenna College Amherst College Williams College
9	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2274	48	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvey Mudd College Carnegie Mellon University
10	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2258	261	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University
11	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2235	76	Williams College Amherst College Haverford College
12	Williams College Williamstown, MA Nearby: Pittsfield	2147	75	Amherst College Swarthmore College Middlebury College
13	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2145	300	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
13	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	2145	235	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
15	Barnard College New York, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2113	55	Wellesley College Smith College Bryn Mawr College
16	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2083	41	United States Air Force Academy United States Military Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
17	United States Military Academy West Point, NY Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2078	35	United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy United States Coast Guard Academy
18	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland	2077	92	Middlebury College Colby College Bates College
19	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2052	82	Smith College Barnard College Bryn Mawr College
20	Amherst College Amherst, MA	2047	83	Williams College Swarthmore College Bowdoin College
21	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	2041	290	University of Pennsylvania Princeton University Brown University
22	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2035	232	University of Pennsylvania Brown University Duke University
23	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	2022	344	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
24	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	2018	297	Northwestern University Columbia University in the City of New York University of Pennsylvania
25	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	2003	201	Washington University in St. Louis Johns Hopkins University Vanderbilt University

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