<p>Sran, are you referring to U Chicago’s astro program in particular, or to how well U Chicago’s physics program prepares you for astro grad school? In terms of pure astro, Chicago is certainly very good but I can’t see it being put anywhere near the likes of UCB, Caltech, Harvard, and Princeton.</p>
<p>By the way, didn’t you get into Caltech EA? Listen, Chicago is a nice school and all but if you really want to be an astronomer, I can’t fathom how you would ever even consider choosing it over Caltech. No matter how nice Chicago’s astro may or may not be, it simply cannot be compared to Caltech’s.</p>