10. Caltech (California Institute of Technology)
- Acceptance Rate: 13% (2011 data)
- Location: Pasadena, California
- Enrollment: 2,175 (967 undergraduate)
- School Type: Small private university with engineering focus
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9. University of Pennsylvania
- Acceptance Rate: 12% (2011 data)
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Enrollment: 25,007 (11,940 undergraduate)
- School Type: Private comprehensive university (Ivy League)
- Penn admissions profile
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8. Dartmouth College
- Acceptance Rate: 12% (2011 data)
- Location: Hanover, New Hampshire
- Enrollment: 6,141 (4,248 undergraduate)
- School Type: Private comprehensive university (Ivy League)
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7. MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Acceptance Rate: 10% (2011 data)
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Enrollment: 10,566 (4,299 undergraduates)
- School Type: Private university with engineering focus
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6. Columbia University
- Acceptance Rate: 10% (2011 data)
- Location: New York, New York
- Enrollment: 25,208 (7,950 undergraduates)
- School Type: Private comprehensive university (Ivy League)
- Columbia admissions profile
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5. Brown University
- Acceptance Rate: 9% (2011 data)
- Location: Providence, Rhode Island
- Enrollment: 8,705 (6,318 undergraduates)
- School Type: Private comprehensive university (Ivy League)
- Brown admissions profile
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4. Princeton University
- Acceptance Rate: 8% (2011 data)
- Location: Princeton, New Jersey
- Enrollment: 7,724 (5,142 undergraduates)
- School Type: Private comprehensive university (Ivy League)
- Princeton admissions profile
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3. Yale University
- Acceptance Rate: 8% (2011 data)
- Location: New Haven, Connecticut
- Enrollment: 11,701 (5,310 undergraduates)
- School Type: Private comprehensive university (Ivy League)
- Yale admissions profile
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2. Stanford University
- Acceptance Rate: 7% (2011 data)
- Location: Stanford, California
- Enrollment: 19,535 (6,940 undergraduates)
- School Type: Private comprehensive university
- Stanford admissions profile
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1. Harvard University
- Acceptance Rate: 6% (2011 data)
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Enrollment: 27,594 (10,265 undergraduates)
- School Type: Private comprehensive university (Ivy League)
- Explore the Campus: Harvard University Photo Tour
- Harvard admissions profile
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