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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dp- Don’t know about UChicago but alums do very well for themselves anecdotally. And Northwestern is flush with recent big name alums, especially in media and the arts. Not sure what your point is, to the unhappy and jealous PP above…[/quote]

Have you checked Chicago ROI?   It’s pretty low, around $60,000.  It’s about a few thousands more than UVA - but at a hefty price tag. No thanks. [/quote]
Measuring ROI solely by salary is stupid.[/quote]

Oh, is that what’s going on here? So PP is saying 60K is the average starting salary of a (recent?) UofC grad? Couldn’t figure out what it meant to express ROI as anything other than a percentage. Cracks me up how people who are obsessed with ROI don’t even know how to calculate it. And, of course, even if you believe ROI is the/an appropriate metric for choosing a college, then averages don’t matter — you care about what you’re actually investing and what kind of career DC is likely to embark upon. That’s before we even get to the point about salary not being the only return.[/quote]

A lot of what people think about Chicago is an illusion.  Their ROI is consistently not what an $80,000+ a year university is expected to produce.  There's a disconnect between their perception of themselves and their performance.  It's like a beautiful woman who achieved her looks through plastic surgery still making an ugly baby.  [/quote]

Great universities don’t achieve (or sustain) their greatness through ROI. Their goal isn’t to improve the earning power of undergrads. I understand that/why some parents care about ROI, especially now that college costs are mind-bogglingly expensive, but while that may be a legit way to think about how to allocate family assets among competing needs/desires, it’s just not what university education should be about. [/quote]

The only problem with your argument is you can get UChicago-level covid/remote education through Youtube videos - for free.  [/quote]

If you can’t tell the difference, then stick with YouTube videos! [/quote]

Do you have comprehension issues?  PP said a Chicago degree at $80,000/year lands you a $60,000 job. Those jobs aren’t too hard to get with a free HS degree. [/quote]

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