[Vigilanteman]

Plus the only left coast school is Stanford, which is private and very competitive to get into.

Need I also mention that it is also the Alta Mater of Thomas Sowell, arguably the greatest economist alive today, and home to the Hoover Institue, one of the great conservative think tanks?

[PapaNew]

Right, but the Hoover Institute is not associated with Stanford University other than its physical locale on campus.