Chicago = best school in the Midwest

phuriku
Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:48:45 +0000

the best in term of what? it’s definitely not the most selective school in the midwest i can tell you that. northwestern and wustl are both more selective and possibly carleton.



Depends on what you mean by selective. If you mean having a higher admit rate, you’re right. If you mean picking the best students, wrong.

Even if you go by the opinion that the best students are the ones with the highest SATs, you’re still wrong. Last time I checked, UChicago had higher SATs than Northwestern, Notre Dame, and Carleton, and loses only to WUStL in that battle (and then, only slightly). Then again, that argument is flawed anyway.

I definitely don’t agree with the opinion that UChicago is definitively the best in the midwest, but there’s no reason to make quick, fallacious statements.