@Sam-I-Am I’m from NYC and always assumed Chicago was called the “Second City” because it’s second in importance or something.
Took a boat tour in Chicago a couple of years ago and it turns out it’s called that because the entire city burned down in a fire and was rebuilt - the second city to stand on that spot.
Who knew?
Regarding Amherst and UofC and international reputation @Chrchill …all I’ll say on that is that liberal arts colleges don’t really exist outside the US so the model is unfamiliar to many international families.
Yet here in the US they are among the oldest and most respected institutions of higher learning.