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

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago is for grad school not undergrad.

May have been true in the 1980s/1990s, but not today. I had a great experience as a Harvard undergrad, but my kid is having an even better one as a UChicago undergrad!

It's not clear here how a lot of people here are defining prestige, but I think this thread is about external reputation, not the students' experience or the quality of the teaching.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we need 16 pages on this? It's obvious U. of Chicago. https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/2018-university-rankings/top-25-best-colleges-midwest-2018-rankings/

That’s right. If College Raptor says so, it must be. Glad we cleared that up!

Third in the U.S. for Universities after Princeton and Harvard. If you don't know Chicago's reputation there is just something wrong with you. U.S. News & world report. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we need 16 pages on this? It's obvious U. of Chicago. https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/2018-university-rankings/top-25-best-colleges-midwest-2018-rankings/

That’s right. If College Raptor says so, it must be. Glad we cleared that up!

Third in the U.S. for Universities after Princeton and Harvard. If you don't know Chicago's reputation there is just something wrong with you. U.S. News & world report. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

Chicago has a fine reputation. I just don’t understand the notion that a for-profit magazine is the arbiter of what the best colleges are.

[Anonymous]

Notre Dame hasn't won a national championship in football for 30 years. And it is way more selective, endowed, and prestigious now than it was when it ruled the football universe. Kids are going there for a lot more than just football. For one thing, it's generally regarded as having the number one undergraduate business school in the country . . .

Get with the times, folks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we need 16 pages on this? It's obvious U. of Chicago. https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/2018-university-rankings/top-25-best-colleges-midwest-2018-rankings/

That’s right. If College Raptor says so, it must be. Glad we cleared that up!

Third in the U.S. for Universities after Princeton and Harvard. If you don't know Chicago's reputation there is just something wrong with you. U.S. News & world report. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

Chicago has a fine reputation. I just don’t understand the notion that a for-profit magazine is the arbiter of what the best colleges are.

You're one of the Catholics boosting for Notre Dame, right? Seriously, the answer for any guidance counselor is Chicago. Just go and compare GPA and test score to get in. This is not brain surgery.

[Anonymous]

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You're one of the Catholics boosting for Notre Dame, right? Seriously, the answer for any guidance counselor is Chicago. Just go and compare GPA and test score to get in. This is not brain surgery.

I've never heard a guidance counselor talk about"prestige". Typically, they have more important things to worry about. Since you asked, US News ranking of High School Guidance Counselors:
#11 Chicago, tied with Duke, Penn, Georgetown
#15 (the next number) Notre Dame, tied with Rice, Berkeley, Vanderbilt.
#19 (the next number) NU, tied with Caltech, Carnegie Mellon.

Not much difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame hasn't won a national championship in football for 30 years. And it is way more selective, endowed, and prestigious now than it was when it ruled the football universe. Kids are going there for a lot more than just football. For one thing, it's generally regarded as having the number one undergraduate business school in the country . . .

Get with the times, folks.

Don't you know, that the most elite undergraduate programs don't offer business degrees? That's so...preprofessional. An econ degree is more prestigious than a business one.

[Anonymous]

nice trolling 17 pages lolz

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame hasn't won a national championship in football for 30 years. And it is way more selective, endowed, and prestigious now than it was when it ruled the football universe. Kids are going there for a lot more than just football. For one thing, it's generally regarded as having the number one undergraduate business school in the country . . .

Get with the times, folks.

Don't you know, that the most elite undergraduate programs don't offer business degrees? That's so...preprofessional. An econ degree is more prestigious than a business one.

I have spent my career in finance/investment banking and am very familiar with the recruiting practices of these firms. In terms of hiring, a degree from Mendoza is looked at very favorably.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we need 16 pages on this? It's obvious U. of Chicago. https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/2018-university-rankings/top-25-best-colleges-midwest-2018-rankings/

That’s right. If College Raptor says so, it must be. Glad we cleared that up!

Third in the U.S. for Universities after Princeton and Harvard. If you don't know Chicago's reputation there is just something wrong with you. U.S. News & world report. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

Chicago has a fine reputation. I just don’t understand the notion that a for-profit magazine is the arbiter of what the best colleges are.

You're one of the Catholics boosting for Notre Dame, right? Seriously, the answer for any guidance counselor is Chicago. Just go and compare GPA and test score to get in. This is not brain surgery.

Why is the assumption that the booster is Catholic? I'll tell you why...you have an issue with Catholics.

[Anonymous]

Many elite colleges don’t have engineering programs either. That does not mean that MIT isn’t elite.

Notre Dame holds its own with virtually any university in the country outside of the top five. To suggest otherwise is to be decades behind the times. Or to be an anti-Catholic bigot . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many elite colleges don’t have engineering programs either. That does not mean that MIT isn’t elite.

Notre Dame holds its own with virtually any university in the country outside of the top five. To suggest otherwise is to be decades behind the times. Or to be an anti-Catholic bigot . . .

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame hasn't won a national championship in football for 30 years. And it is way more selective, endowed, and prestigious now than it was when it ruled the football universe. Kids are going there for a lot more than just football. For one thing, it's generally regarded as having the number one undergraduate business school in the country . . .

Get with the times, folks.

Don't you know, that the most elite undergraduate programs don't offer business degrees? That's so...preprofessional. An econ degree is more prestigious than a business one.

OMG the snobbery is too much. Or maybe it’s just ignorance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we need 16 pages on this? It's obvious U. of Chicago. https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/2018-university-rankings/top-25-best-colleges-midwest-2018-rankings/

That’s right. If College Raptor says so, it must be. Glad we cleared that up!

Third in the U.S. for Universities after Princeton and Harvard. If you don't know Chicago's reputation there is just something wrong with you. U.S. News & world report. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

Chicago has a fine reputation. I just don’t understand the notion that a for-profit magazine is the arbiter of what the best colleges are.

You're one of the Catholics boosting for Notre Dame, right? Seriously, the answer for any guidance counselor is Chicago. Just go and compare GPA and test score to get in. This is not brain surgery.

Why is the assumption that the booster is Catholic? I'll tell you why...you have an issue with Catholics.

Oh FFS. I’m Catholic. ND is an excellent education. On par with Georgetown. But Chicago is a different league. If you are trying to impress the 60 year olds in your neighborhood, go ND. If you are trying to impress grad schools and employers, choose Chicago.

Not an alum of either school. No kid at either school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we need 16 pages on this? It's obvious U. of Chicago. https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/2018-university-rankings/top-25-best-colleges-midwest-2018-rankings/

That’s right. If College Raptor says so, it must be. Glad we cleared that up!

Third in the U.S. for Universities after Princeton and Harvard. If you don't know Chicago's reputation there is just something wrong with you. U.S. News & world report. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

Chicago has a fine reputation. I just don’t understand the notion that a for-profit magazine is the arbiter of what the best colleges are.

You're one of the Catholics boosting for Notre Dame, right? Seriously, the answer for any guidance counselor is Chicago. Just go and compare GPA and test score to get in. This is not brain surgery.

Why is the assumption that the booster is Catholic? I'll tell you why...you have an issue with Catholics.

Oh FFS. I’m Catholic. ND is an excellent education. On par with Georgetown. But Chicago is a different league. If you are trying to impress the 60 year olds in your neighborhood, go ND. If you are trying to impress grad schools and employers, choose Chicago.

Not an alum of either school. No kid at either school.

There is no meaningful difference in the way employers and grad schools view UChicago and Notre Dame and anyone who tries to suggest there is is very off base.