What are the dream colleges and universities for parents vs. students?
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Parents and their children tend to disagree a lot of the time. When it comes to a decision about what college the student will attend, the tension ramps up. The Princeton Review looks at which are the top 10 schools favored by the parents, and which ones are the students’ choices.
No. 10 Dream School
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Students’ pick: University of Texas-Austin.
Parents’ pick: UCLA.
No. 9 Dream School
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Students’ pick: University of Michigan.
Parents’ pick: Brown University.
No. 9 Dream School
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Students’ pick: Columbia University.
Parents’ pick: University of Michigan.
No. 7 Dream School
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Students’ pick: University of Pennsylvania.
Parents’ pick: Yale University.
No. 6 Dream School
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Students’ pick: Princeton University.
Parents’ pick: Duke University.
No. 5 Dream School
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Students’ pick: UCLA.
Parents’ pick: MIT.
No. 4 Dream School
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Students’ pick: NYU.
Parents’ pick: NYU.
No. 3 Dream School
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Students’ pick: Harvard College.
Parents’ pick: Stanford University.
No. 2 Dream School
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Students’ pick: Stanford University.
Parents’ pick: Harvard College.
No. 1 Dream School
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Students’ pick: MIT.
Parents’ pick: Princeton University.
