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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're very close with two young gals that recently graduated from Northwestern and their experience seemed far more state school than elite private. [b]If it weren't for US News, the crazy tiger parents from the coasts wouldn't be anywhere near so obsessed with it.[/b] It's a good college if you're in the Chicago burbs or in the Midwest and your kid can take a train there and back -- but it's truly not anything to obsess over.[/quote]

I think there is some truth to it.

What about UChicago? How does it compare to NU?[/quote]

Peer schools with a lot in common. NU has Big Ten sports (some kids might be into football and basketball), Chicago doesn't. Their grad programs are stellar, I don't think very many people are super impressed to see NU or UChicago undergrad. Quintessential "good school(s)" -- but certainly not jumping off the page like an Ivy, MIT, Duke or Stanford.[/quote]

I’m the person who’s been around Northwestern and UVA. I think that Duke is a fine, well-known school that (like Northwestern, and UVA out-of-state) is absurdly hard to get into. But, outside of the South, it’s about at the same level, in terms of raw prestige, as Northwestern, UVA, Wash. U, the University of Texas or Emory.

I think the University of Chicago is in a slightly different image category. To me, it seems to be the place where liberal arts majors who are too bright and wonky for the Ivy League schools go.

My impression is that a place like the University of Indiana might be a lot like Northwestern and UVA, in terms of academic atmosphere, and that the University of Chicago is more like William and Mary. I feel as if the University of Chicago and William and Mary might be places where a higher percentage of the students want to drink from the cup of knowledge, not just learn what they need to get a good job. [/quote]

Absolutely. Please just pay attention to YOUR lovely son or daughter. These schools are all great. Their vibe is different. Please just pay attention to fit. [/quote]

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