<p>Wow. So much negativity. I have no idea where those stats come from about placement into top grad schools (if they are real) but I have found the opposite from my personal experience. If you do well at Chicago, you will have all doors open to you, any program, anywhere. I was lucky enough to have a good GPA at Chicago so I was able to interivew at most top med programs that I was interested in. However, the fact that Chicago is not known for grade inflation helps you even if you dont have a high GPA. Grad programs understand this, believe me. In terms of law schools or business schools, i have friends who have had no problems. Obviously, it is still a numbers game and a lot of it involves the individual but schools have formulas that add points to gpas from certain schools ( i know they do this at MIT as well). I found my advisors extremely helpful. Because of the small nature of Chicago, you can get a lot of personal attention but it is still up to you to seek it out. In terms of CAPs, i didnt use it that much but do know people who found it very helpful to find potential employers. You only use CAPs to find jobs; advisors in each field are used for grad/professional school placement. If you are interested in economics, all of the best firms come and recruit. In short, it is no different at chicago than at many other schoosl in the country. You get what you put into it. No one is going to a hand a top job or top grad school placement to you on a silver platter.</p>