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 Princeton University Harvard University
4	Yale University New Haven, CT Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport	2462	408	Princeton University Stanford University Harvard University
5	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland	2444	427	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University Cornell University
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2421	153	Princeton University Stanford University Cornell University
7	Caltech Pasadena, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	2274	48	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Harvey Mudd College
8	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
9	Brown University Providence, RI Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	2145	300	Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
9	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Nearby: Claremont	2145	235	Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Princeton University
11	Duke University Durham, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	2041	290	Princeton University Brown University University of Pennsylvania
12	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	2035	232	Brown University University of Pennsylvania Duke University
13	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN Nearby: South Bend, Elkhart, Mishakawa	2022	344	Vanderbilt University Northwestern University Duke University
14	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
15	Rice University Houston, TX Nearby: Houston, Baytown, Huntsville	2003	201	Johns Hopkins University Vanderbilt University Dartmouth College
16	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Nearby: Ithaca, Cortland	2001	464	Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brown University
17	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Nearby: Charlottesville	1974	310	Virginia Tech James Madison University College of William and Mary
18	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Nearby: Nashville, Davidson, , Murfreesboro, , Columbia	1971	259	Duke University Dartmouth College Johns Hopkins University
19	Georgetown University Washington, DC Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia	1959	218	Dartmouth College Brown University George Washington University
20	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1950	635	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Southern California
21	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Nearby: San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland	1946	674	University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University University of California, San Diego
22	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City	1925	433	University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania Brown University
23	Tufts University Medford, MA Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester	1921	188	Northeastern University Boston College Amherst College
24	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Nearby: Raleigh, Durham, Cary	1895	228	Duke University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University
25	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside	1885	599	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego

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