What do people consider the most prestigious college in the Midwest?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicago for sure.

Oberlin for small liberal arts undergrad.

Lol

[Anonymous]

What is the major?

[Anonymous]

What is with the fixation on prestige?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame? Northwestern? Michigan?

I grew up in the Midwest and went to Northwestern and have never actually seen the University of Chicago campus, but, clearly, the University of Chicago.

I'm sure that Notre Dame is a great university, and it might rank higher than I think it does in all sorts of ratings, but it wouldn't have occurred to me till I saw this post to think of Notre Dame as being in the same class as these other schools.

I think of the University of Chicago as being for extreme intellectuals, Northwestern as a school for bright people who to be corporate executives, Michigan as a fine all-purpose school, and Notre Dame as a school with great sports teams and great parties.

You know nothing about Notre Dame. Plenty of kids who get into Northwestern wouldn't get into Notre Dame. (And vice versa, at that level of admissions)
But yes, Chicago is the correct answer.

[Anonymous]

Among Midwesterners or the country as a whole? I ask this because I spent half my career in Chicago (MBB consulting firm...) and I met far more grads from NU, Michigan, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Indiana etc. than I did UChicago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the major?

Exactly! If you're studying engineering, the answer is Illinois-Urbana. If you want to study music, the answer is Indiana University.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago.

For undergrad? No chance. How can something be prestigious if most have never even heard of it. And household income of undergrad students at Chicago is low. It’s just not a place very many rich and prestige conscious families target.

[Anonymous]

My dad's entire side of the family went to UChicago. I went to Illinois. I would say that probably the "most prestigious" would be Northwestern, but I would be sure to point out that I don't think that "most prestigious" means "best education." Just "snobbiest."

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Anonymous wrote:Among Midwesterners or the country as a whole? I ask this because I spent half my career in Chicago (MBB consulting firm...) and I met far more grads from NU, Michigan, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Indiana etc. than I did UChicago.

Clearly stats wasn't your forte.

[Anonymous]

I think Northwestern edges out Chicago. Better area, more fun, more traditional college experience, better med school. Chicago made a fatal error leaving the Big 10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad's entire side of the family went to UChicago. I went to Illinois. I would say that probably the "most prestigious" would be Northwestern, but I would be sure to point out that I don't think that "most prestigious" means "best education." Just "snobbiest."

Kids all over country legit shoo ins for Ivies go to Notre Dame.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dad's entire side of the family went to UChicago. I went to Illinois. I would say that probably the "most prestigious" would be Northwestern, but I would be sure to point out that I don't think that "most prestigious" means "best education." Just "snobbiest."

Kids all over country legit shoo ins for Ivies go to Notre Dame.

Okay. I don't know what that has to do with anything.

[Anonymous]

If you're Catholic, ND is fine, but if you're not...it wouldn't be considered a target for many students even in the midwest.

[Anonymous]

Chicago
Then Northwestern and Notre Dame
Michigan for state schools
No one cares about Oberlin. LOL.

[Anonymous]

I'm from the Midwest and honestly never heard of Oberlin until I started reading DCUM!