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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Chicago, Wash U, Northwestern and Notre Dame are all prestigious. [/quote]
I grew up in the Midwest, and [b]no one would rank ND[/b] in the same class as UChicago and Northwestern.

It's interesting, though. Discussions about where to apply here on DCUM always include UChicago and UMich. Northwestern is barely mentioned...a[b]nd Wash U and ND almost never. Not sure what that means...
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But I would pick UChicago and UMich overall. UIUC for engineering only. Purdue for engineering, but lower than the other three.

Grinnell and Carleton for LACs.[/quote]

It means ND is a Catholic school so only Catholics rank it high.  It's like saying BYU is the best in the mid-west/Utah area.  Yes, it's a premier destination for those in the faith but not so much for others.[/quote]

This is such complete BS.  There is no comparison between BYU and ND, just as there is no comparison between Catholics and Mormons in the US.  There are more than 20 self-identified Catholics in this country per Mormon -- Catholicism is by far the largest single religion in the US and has a very diverse membership.  Unlike BYU, ND is also by every quantifiable measure, one of the elite undergraduate institutions in this country.  Its endowment, admissions statistics, and geographical distribution of its students are top 10-15 -- its endowment is larger than Chicago, Cornell, Duke and Wash U.  MIT isn't attractive to most non-STEM students.  Does that mean that MIT isn't a "premiere institution?"

I smell bigotry . . .

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