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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]UChicago[/b] and [b]Northwestern[/b] are fine colleges but [b]they're no kid's first choice[/b], which by definition does NOT make them elite. If you offered 12th graders the choice between: Northwestern, UChicago, Columbia or Penn. [b]99% would choose Penn or Columbia[/b]. Therefore, not elite -- and their flyover geography certainly doesn't help.[/quote]

Bingo![/quote]

Funny, I actually personally know two different kids who chose Northwestern over Columbia, and several UChicago kids who chose it over UPenn. They must be part of the 1%. /s[/quote]

There's always going to to be some who choose NW over Cokumbia, Harvard, Yale, Princeton.  And this is NEWS precisely because it's unexpected. Once you look, it's probably a financial issue. No FA from HYPC - full-ride merit from NW, etc.

NW is a fine school. Its boosters are rightfully to be proud of their alma mater. And there's a place for schools like NW, RICE, Vandy, Wash, USC, BU, BC...  Ivies are lottery schools. Schools just below them, less so. Even then, I’d need a back up to back ups as nothing is guaranteed. [/quote]

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