<p>Phuriku:</p>
<p>I think this study (of Penn’s 2010 College Grads) is one of the best available, and one UChicago should emulate:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/CAS_2010cp.pdf[/url]”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/CAS_2010cp.pdf</a></p>
<p>As you can see, 1183 of the 1546 graduating students completed the survey, or about 77% of the class. </p>
<p>According to CAPS data for the UChicago class of 2010:</p>
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<p>There were 1008 survey responders. I believe UChicago now graduates between 1200-1300 students a year, so the response rate was about 80% - not far off the Penn mark.</p>
<p>Further, the real important fact is that the Penn survey includes some really detailed analysis and statistics on what the various graduates went on to do - the numbers at specific graduate schools, paths based on certain majors, numbers placed with the biggest employers, etc. </p>
<p>Can UChicago do something similar? </p>
<p>On a related note, Phuriku, you need to relax in your support of UChicago. Again, I’m an alum, and I love the school, but I don’t know if I could say UChicago is “significantly outperforming” Penn, or any of UChicago’s other peer schools.</p>
<p>Fact of the matter is, whether 88% of UChicago grads are employed after graduation, or 83% of Penn grads, or whatever, these schools are all tightly clustered. You’d be advised to stop trying to make the gradations appear larger than they actually are. Unless you want to parse really finely, these will all be peer schools for quite some time.</p>