MIT vs. Stanford

[phrontist]

What do you care what other people think?

Visit the schools, make up your own mind. Don't discount schools because they lack a "reputation". Where you went to school matters much less then what you do there. As long as they're accredited in whatever feild you intend to study, the only differences between schools are ones of a highly subjective nature; something you wouldn't want to take someone else's word for.