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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)[/quote]

Can I ask why?  I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago.  Evanston is a suburb.  Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.[/quote]

It's an annoying hike if you live on a coast. Frequent complaint from both NU and UChicago families who don't live in the Midwest. And Notre Dame has football to fly in for ... a college like Boulder has gorgeous mountains ... if you're from a major coastal city, what's a draw about metro Chicago? Not much. Go watch the Northwestern football team get clobbered?[/quote]

The only draw is that they can't get into better schools, duh. But somehow they always needed to frame it in a way that doesn't sound overly embarrassing, like "oh I picked Chicago because of the academics" or "DS picked Northwestern because he really loved the coastline or the journalism/music/biomed program." That's how things were 9 out 10 times. [/quote]

Again, you sound really sad and bitter, and none of what you say actually reflects reality. Where did you go to school?[/quote]

I went to an HYPSM, duh. All other schools are inferior in either outcomes or reputation. We are legion and you are not. [/quote]

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