Having Wharton on your resume will open doors anywhere.

By the way, I don’t know how you can say Stanford is one of the best universities and Penn is not. These are two of the best universities in the world. Penn ranked fourth (after Harvard, Princeton, and Yale) in 2006 by US News, higher than Stanford’s sixth. In addition, Wharton probably has a bigger domestic and international reputation than Stanford.

Basically both of these schools are among the best, and both school’s undergraduate business programs are among the best (Stanford’s undergraduate business didn’t make the top 25 because Stanford doesn’t have a undergraduate business program).

Best of luck to you. I hope you make it into both.

Between Stanford and Penn, go with whatever school you liked better as far as where you’ll feel most comfortable. They’re comparable schools.

Washington’s a great school too, but not as prestigious as the others.

If you’re definitely going on to an MBA program, Washington will still allow you to get into any MBA program provided you have a strong GPA and GMAT. If you’re stopping at undergrad and planning a career in a big corporation, look at the first two schools.

These kinds of “which is the best” questions come up all the time. No one but YOU can decide which school is “best” for you. Those rankings you refer to should be taken with a grain of salt. Undergraduate education is very similar no matter where you go to school. What you need to do is go and visit the schools you are interested in, ask questions and decide if that school is right for YOU. If you are still stuck between two or three schools, you can use rankings to make the final decision, but keep in mind that those rankings are made by for profit companies who are only interested in selling those lists to anxious kids applying to schools. In the end, the answer of which school is “best” comes down to you.

Good luck!

Coming out of Stanford will look good on a resume for sure but its really who you know and what connections you make while in college. Make the choice based on several factors: reputation, location, and most importantly…beer and chicks…hahah just kiddin.

dont put so much faith in rankings. and try to restrain your ego,. seriously “Top Ranked, or High Reputation of being the best” …haha yes i know what top ranked means… do you think youre the best or something? oh, are you the best person in the entire world??! is that what you want people to tell you? no one should give a **** about rankings or ratings. if you want to know what really is the best for you then yes i agree visit the schools dont pick by princeton ******* review or us news.

All those schools are really good. But where are YOU specifically going to excel? You won’t do well at a school that is not well matched to you in other ways. That’s why people say, apply and then VISIT.