Colleges similar to UChicago?

JHS
Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:28:31 +0000

I meant to mention Macalaster, too. But it’s in St. Paul, not Minneapolis. For those who care.

Two other places to look are Canadian public universities University of Toronto and McGill University – two world-class universities located in the middle of vibrant, international cities. They are both way bigger and more bureaucratic than Chicago, and they educate a much wider range of students, but because they are the premier universities in Canada they get their share of top Canadian students plus a good number of U.S. students and other internationals, so the best students are as good as you could find anywhere. Toronto has a longstanding residential college tradition, with some of the colleges being quite distinct (and a good way of shrinking the university a bit).