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[quote=Anonymous]Since most people live in the real world and not academia,  all you have to do is look at career outcomes of Penn versus Chicago grads.  Penn blows Chicago away.

It’s clear that Chicago know that this is a weakness and is trying to become more of a pre professional school. If you go to any of their college admissions talks one of the main things they discuss is their career  services.

[quote=Anonymous]Chicago is absolutely a better university than Penn. There is no question. (I am an academic fwiw.) But of course most kids who are gunning for highly selective schools would rather go to Penn. This comes back to the branding: Chicago once had a very distinct brand (unapologetically intellectual with conservative leanings, etc.) and now it is trying to compete directly with Ivies that are not peers in academic terms but have more perceived prestige. It's a weird strategy but I guess they think it works. I know lots of people who went there a 25 years ago who think joining the Common App was the turning point.

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