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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UChicago as an institution has many achievements (and the marketing department to boot) but is grossly overhyped generally, and its alumni tend to be terribly insecure about their place in the world. I've had good experiences with Northwestern alumni.[/quote]

They were just being polite. [/quote]

Pardon? You think trolling anonymous internet boards aggressively touting the school and spamming DCUM with ranking lists that favor UCHicago is "being polite"? You think loudly proclaiming that "UChicago is the new Harvard" and insulting anyone who might disagree with you is polite behavior? [/quote]

+1  The more this U Chicago person posts the less regard I have for the school.  At this point my regard is in the negative single digits but it could slide even more.  If you're going to boost something at least try to have panache.  This person is so out-of-control that she is making everyone at her school look like a fool because it was a school that accepted her.[/quote]

Rich parents just do not care this much about overhyping their kid's college; they're confident, secure, they have lives. Seems like it's a few insecure middle class striver moms whose kids are getting or got generous financial aid from UC or NU after getting rejected by all the rich elite schools in the top 25. Their kid only went to UC or NU because they were essentially bribed to attend.

As for the creepy lists about all the prep schoolers attending UChicago, why would that concern some striver mom? It's not like those kids will ever let your other-side-of-the-tracks child in their orbit.[/quote]

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