Does Chicago win head to heads vs any Ivys?

[Anonymous]

All of the Chicago students from my DC's Big 3 class, were rejected from the Ivys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicago didn’t lie; you glossed over the qualifier in its statement. It said a higher percentage than any *university’s* college — LACs and specialized schools don’t fall into this category. That’s consistent with 3/4 of the rankings Reed presented. The most recent NSF data I could find isn’t consistent with either school’s claim (Rice edges Chicago by .1% for first in the university category) but it’s annual and limited to science PhDs granted in the US. So not directly commensurable. Without better sourcing, it’s hard to tell which school’s presentation is accurate — could be either, neither, or both.

I’m done with this discussion.

Harvard and Princeton are both above UChicago...

[Anonymous]

I doubt that is recent information, given how ridiculously low the regular admittance rate was for U of C this past year.

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Anonymous wrote:Does fun go to die at any Ivy? If so - where does it die first- chicago or the Ivy?

You've obviously seen the tee shirt.

When I went to UofC back in the '90s, our tee shirts had the school seal, and underneath it said, "Hell does freeze over." So Chicago definitely wins in that regard. I doubt hell freezes over at any Ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the Chicago students from my DC's Big 3 class, were rejected from the Ivys.

At our Big 3 they had HYP and lower Ivy acceptances in hand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the Chicago students from my DC's Big 3 class, were rejected from the Ivys.

At our Big 3 they had HYP and lower Ivy acceptances in hand.

And they chose Chicago over HYP?!? Can't have been more than 1-2 kids. Happens extremely rarely on east coast prep schools. My recent (within the last two years) experience at a Big 3 for one kid and a New England boarding school for the other was that students choose an ivy over Chicago most of the time, unless the ivy is Cornell. In that case the split was more even.

[Anonymous]

Mostly over the lower Ivies in particular Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell. A few over Princeton and Yale. Harvard always wins!

[Anonymous]

I dont think it is that surprising if Chicago loses to HYP, loses slightly to Penn and Columbia and goes neck and neck or wins over Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell.

[Anonymous]

Very different kids apply to UChicago vs Penn so I doubt there's any real contention there. The new UChicago vs Columbia...juries out on that one. My guess is that they'll end up head to head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very different kids apply to UChicago vs Penn so I doubt there's any real contention there. The new UChicago vs Columbia...juries out on that one. My guess is that they'll end up head to head.

From my experience a good number applies to both, especially now that Chicago is trying to look more like an ivy. I know many who did Penn ED and Chicago EA. I agree though the overlap is much smaller compared to Columbia vs Chicago. I don't think it is going to be head to head. Columbia has the location, the (slightly) stronger name and the ivy league prestige. At least in DCs prep-school Columbia wins by far.

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Anonymous wrote:I dont think it is that surprising if Chicago loses to HYP, loses slightly to Penn and Columbia and goes neck and neck or wins over Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell.

I think you're delusional. Any child that would choose UC over Dartmouth or Brown should have their head checked and deserves their four-year sentence in south Chicago. Good riddance.

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Anonymous wrote:Very different kids apply to UChicago vs Penn so I doubt there's any real contention there. The new UChicago vs Columbia...juries out on that one. My guess is that they'll end up head to head.

From my experience a good number applies to both, especially now that Chicago is trying to look more like an ivy. I know many who did Penn ED and Chicago EA. I agree though the overlap is much smaller compared to Columbia vs Chicago. I don't think it is going to be head to head. Colummbia.bia has the location, the (slightly) stronger name and the ivy league prestige. At least in DCs prep-school Columbia wins by far.

I would have loved my kid to apply to Columbia. New York and the Ivy brand. Much to our family chagrin, DC preferred a campus near the city , not in, and was not impressed by Ivy for it's own sake. I think he was more mature than me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the Chicago students from my DC's Big 3 class, were rejected from the Ivys.

Same. Even Cornell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very different kids apply to UChicago vs Penn so I doubt there's any real contention there. The new UChicago vs Columbia...juries out on that one. My guess is that they'll end up head to head.

[Anonymous]

^ I agree the Penn/Chicago overlap is decent. Penn wins in our private and other schools in the area that we know of.

I imagine if you looked at privates in the midwest, Chicago would only lose to HYP and win over the other ivies.