<p>@jak321 – UChicago and NU have traditionally had a very filial relationship. Both are excellent schools, and although extremely different in more ways than one, they both serve Chicago and the surrounding areas. In a lot of ways, they are academic rivals, but there’s more than plenty of mutual respect both among the faculty and the student bodies (I’m a NU student, so I’m mostly speaking for the Northwestern community, but I have my fair share of UChicago friends and the respect seems to be mutual). I have never once heard a NU student talk lowly of UChicago, except for the very occasional mention of how UChicago is stereotypically a sad/boring place for college students.</p>
<p>Northwestern and UChicago, if anything, benefit a lot from each other’s presence. They’re both incredibly great schools, arguably the finest in the Midwest (which isn’t to understate their national and international prominence).</p>
<p>That being said, NU has no place bashing UChicago, or really any other school, whether they are perceived to be of our caliber or not. It’s not what NU is about.</p>