Top Tier 2 Schools

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Always lots of talk about top tier 1 schools, for obvious reasons. I don't have the experience to make a legitimate shot at those schools...yet. So curious about top tier 2 schools, or maybe bottom tier 1 is another way to look at it. Solid schools but maybe lacking in one way or another.

I prefer Asia, but willing to hear opinions for other regions too.