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[quote=Anonymous]I know all three of these schools very well, and for undergrad it would be Chicago, hands down. Undergrads are routinely taking classes with the (equally bright, if not brighter) doctoral students, and they are, far and away, the most intellectually impressive of the three schools.

Providence had always struck me as much sketchier than Hyde Park (U Chicago). The Brown campus is the only one of these three locales (Morningside Heights, Hyde Park) where I’ve ever been harassed and groped (right outside the dorm!), even though I’ve spent far more time in the other two locations.

Brown kids seem far richer and more fashionable than Columbia and Chicago kids, and not in a good way. It very much feels like a prep school in terms of atmosphere / social hierarchies.

Columbia is the natural choice for students with career ambitions that require a NYC location, or who really really love the big city. Hyde Park is set apart from the more urban areas of the city, and Providence feels less like a city than like a dumpy town.

A lot more classes are taught by adjuncts at Columbia and Brown than at Chicago, though doctoral students sometimes teach core classes and one-off courses at Chicago.

Forging relationships with tenured or tenure track professors seems easier and more common for Chicago undergrads, although some departments at Columbia are good about that.

For grad school, of course, you couldn’t lose with any of the three, though Brown would come last.[/quote]

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