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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve observed with increasing interest that the two main universities in the Chicago area, Northwestern and Univ. of Chicago have exploded both in popularity and general awareness but also seem to be climbing the rankings steadily. What are these colleges doing right? Niece is interested in both and a ton of her friends have either or both of those two schools on their wish-lists.[/quote]

Getting back to the title of the original poster….

This whole thread starts with the supposition that America’s third largest city, located in the Midwest, has two highly rated universities in its metropolitan area that really should not be there. If they were on the coasts, then the OP never would have mentioned either one. [/quote]

Dimwitted alcoholic Big Ten alums control the city of Chicago. Notre Dame kids don't bother going to Chicago after graduation anymore; almost all of our son's friends are headed to Manhattan and the District. I say that to say, Chicago is fine if you grew up within a few hundred miles of it and you were a frat boy or sorority girl at some Big Ten degree mill. Otherwise you're going to feel like and be considered an outsider.[/quote]

I know precisely no one that fits this description, that when to UChicago.  My niece graduated from there a few years back, and I know her friends fairly well.  They range from child of a cab driver, to international student from Asia.  Not a single frat boy or sorority girl, and less than 50/50 on being from IL or nearby.[/quote]

Yeah these are just weird, tired stereotypes from ignorant Virginia backwater folks who've somehow gotten into their heads that they're of a superior class.[/quote]

Probably living in Appalachia.  [/quote]

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