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(Source: New York University)

Come again?

NYU?

Kidding, right?

Nope. NYU is the top choice for students "dreaming" about colleges, according to the Princeton Review. Harvard is second.

Parents had a slightly different take, however, naming Stanford first among the dreamy. Funny that few parents dream of their kids landing at NYU; it didn't crack their top 10.

Here are the full results:

Q: What would be your "dream" college? What college would you most like to attend (or see your child attend) if chance of being accepted or cost were not an issue?

Answers, from students:
1) NYU
2) Harvard
3) Stanford
4) Princeton
5) Columbia
6) Yale
7) UCLA Brown
9) Georgetown
10) Penn

Answers, from parents:
1) Stanford
2) Princeton
3) Harvard
4) Brown
5) Notre Dame
6) Boston College
7) MIT Northwestern
9) Yale
10) Georgetown

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(Source: New York University)For the second straight year, New York University headed The Princeton Review's list of "dream colleges." Harvard, Stanford, Yale and Princeton rounded out the top five.

NYU?

From Bloomberg.com:

"Over the last five to eight years, urban schools have had an incredible renaissance with college students," said Robert Franek, Princeton Review's publisher and vice president of admissions services.

"Young people want to be in cities because they can do things in a city they can't do in the wilderness," said New York University spokesman John Beckman. "They can get a taste of what their career might be like, they can do interesting jobs as they go to school."Makes sense. But Columbia happens to be in the same city, and didn't make the top five, even though it has a better academic reputation. Evidently, NYU's marketing machine is pumping out the right messages to students.

Parents had a slightly different top five. They ranked Stanford as their first choice, followed by Harvard, Duke, Princeton and Yale. It looks like parents don't want their kids roaming the streets of New York, great internships notwithstanding.

On the Web: The Princeton Review

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