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

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Anonymous wrote:Carleton for a LAC, Chicago/Northwestern for a university. Notre Dame is a good school and it’s hard to get into, but it is lacking the prestige factor because it is so Catholic that it feels limited in its appeal.

Agree 100%. Chicago and Northwestern on top w/Carlton the top LAC.

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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.

Completely inaccurate. ND is very hard to get into.

And has disappointing parties

[Anonymous]

Notre Dame claims it has the greatest geographical reach/representation in its student body in the country. In a recent year the class was 35 percent midwest, 24 percent East Coast, 19 percent West/Southwest, 14 percent South and 7 percent international. I don't know if that's the "greatest," but it pretty impressive and lays to rest any claim that the school has "limited appeal."

It's also 20 percent non-Catholic.

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Anonymous wrote:Carleton for a LAC, Chicago/Northwestern for a university. Notre Dame is a good school and it’s hard to get into, but it is lacking the prestige factor because it is so Catholic that it feels limited in its appeal.

Agree 100%. Chicago and Northwestern on top w/Carlton the top LAC.

It's spelled Carleton. and yes Chicago no. 1 for universities

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Anonymous wrote:Not even comparable. Chicago with an 11% admission rate is far more selective than Notre Dame at 20%. In my Yale law school class there were a lot of Chicago undergrads - none from Notre Dame

Well, they're there now (and so are students from Rockhurst and U of Oklahoma):

https://law.yale.edu/admissions/profiles-statistics/entering-class-profile

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Anonymous wrote:Wait:

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

or

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

Exactly, PP! My family, from the Midwest and all college graduates, all think that the lead is Notre Dame, followed by Creighton. State schools like Nebraska and Michigan are in the mix for top 10 as well as Rice. U of Chicago isn't even in the top 50 or 100.

Winner of the dumb post of the day. Creighton? Rice (which is in Houston)? Chicago not in the top 100 in the Midwest? Quite sure your family of college grads would rather you stop speaking for them.

Have you ever been to the Midwest, PP? No one (well I am sure there is someone, but not most) aspires to go to University of Chicago; that would be like someone in the DMV preferring NOVA CC to Harvard.

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

Me either!

No one in the Midwest cares about it. It is a weird DC phenomenon. I have my theories about why.

Because Midwest is uber conservative, which is the opposite of Oberlin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait:

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

or

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

Exactly, PP! My family, from the Midwest and all college graduates, all think that the lead is Notre Dame, followed by Creighton. State schools like Nebraska and Michigan are in the mix for top 10 as well as Rice. U of Chicago isn't even in the top 50 or 100.

Winner of the dumb post of the day. Creighton? Rice (which is in Houston)? Chicago not in the top 100 in the Midwest? Quite sure your family of college grads would rather you stop speaking for them.

Have you ever been to the Midwest, PP? No one (well I am sure there is someone, but not most) aspires to go to University of Chicago; that would be like someone in the DMV preferring NOVA CC to Harvard.

DP. You are insane. It is by far the #1 school in the Midwest and everyone knows it. It is just where fun goes to die, so if you are not up for a very rigorous experience, go to Penn State or whatever.

[Anonymous]

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

Me either!

No one in the Midwest cares about it. It is a weird DC phenomenon. I have my theories about why.

Because Midwest is uber conservative, which is the opposite of Oberlin

Not really.

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Iowa for journalism (Northwestern a close second)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait:

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

or

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

Exactly, PP! My family, from the Midwest and all college graduates, all think that the lead is Notre Dame, followed by Creighton. State schools like Nebraska and Michigan are in the mix for top 10 as well as Rice. U of Chicago isn't even in the top 50 or 100.

Winner of the dumb post of the day. Creighton? Rice (which is in Houston)? Chicago not in the top 100 in the Midwest? Quite sure your family of college grads would rather you stop speaking for them.

Have you ever been to the Midwest, PP? No one (well I am sure there is someone, but not most) aspires to go to University of Chicago; that would be like someone in the DMV preferring NOVA CC to Harvard.

DP. You are insane. It is by far the #1 school in the Midwest and everyone knows it. It is just where fun goes to die, so if you are not up for a very rigorous experience, go to Penn State or whatever.

Whatever. We would never waste a dime on it but you do you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pittsburg is def in the Midwest. PA is pretty big and extends beyond the east coast

It's in one of the original 13 colonies. Not Midwest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait:

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

or

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

Exactly, PP! My family, from the Midwest and all college graduates, all think that the lead is Notre Dame, followed by Creighton. State schools like Nebraska and Michigan are in the mix for top 10 as well as Rice. U of Chicago isn't even in the top 50 or 100.

Winner of the dumb post of the day. Creighton? Rice (which is in Houston)? Chicago not in the top 100 in the Midwest? Quite sure your family of college grads would rather you stop speaking for them.

Have you ever been to the Midwest, PP? No one (well I am sure there is someone, but not most) aspires to go to University of Chicago; that would be like someone in the DMV preferring NOVA CC to Harvard.

DP. You are insane. It is by far the #1 school in the Midwest and everyone knows it. It is just where fun goes to die, so if you are not up for a very rigorous experience, go to Penn State or whatever.

Whatever. We would never waste a dime on it but you do you!

Something tells me you would never have the opportunity.

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Anonymous wrote:Pittsburg is def in the Midwest. PA is pretty big and extends beyond the east coast

It's in one of the original 13 colonies. Not Midwest.

Western PA is definitely part of the Midwest (aka Pensatucky)

[Anonymous]

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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.

Completely inaccurate. ND is very hard to get into.

And has disappointing parties

Right? It's the opposite of a party school (except for tailgating once up on a time).