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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Old-line Chicagoan here. I think the long-standing general perception used to be that UChicago was a fantastic option for grad school, but Northwestern was the more prestigious (and frankly more fun) option for undergrad. Although I attended college on the east coast, I have many people in my extended family who attended both UChicago and Northwestern, and the running joke in my family is the UChicago alums wishing that they had gone to Northwestern instead. The deprecatory self-perception of UChicago has changed quite dramatically under the stewardship of Pres. Zimmer and VP Nondorf as one PP has noted, and UChicago now matriculates hordes of kids from the east coast prep schools by the boatload. It's really been one of the most drastic turnarounds in the history of higher education.

This is all to say that unlike most universities, it is virtually useless to ask pre-2010 alums about their experience of UChicago because it is functionally a totally different college now.[/quote]

What has changed exactly besides the east coast prep schoolers?[/quote]

In my opinion, I don't think one can over-estimate the impact of the Chicago Statement (2014?) and the national attention received in 2016 by the letter sent by the Dean of Students to the incoming freshman class of 2020 affirming the free speech principles in the Chicago Statement.  UChicago's committment to free speech and exposing students to diverse and opposing viewpoints and ideas is a true distinctive among the elite schools.  It has come under assault during the past year and fingers crossed it can hold now that Pres. Zimmer is leaving. [/quote]

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