<p>couple things.
a) Chicago is heavily recruited by i-banks…however, caveat emptor, FOR THE CHICAGO OFFICES.
upside: better hours than NYC offices.
downside: chicago i-banking is what in Liar’s Poker was smugly called Equities in Dallas. i.e., backwater. it is still great, but you are less likely to hit up the insane NYC salaries and hedge fun/PE opportunities. less likely, not impossible.</p>
<p>b) 6 kids from my school applied to UChicago. 5 got in. 4 of them are ■■■■■■■ who studied their entire lives, did nothing but prep for SAT, and probably will never make successful i-bankers.</p>
<p>personal experience. part of the reason i didn’t apply. i lost all respect for UChicago when i realised that it was less selective than USC Marshall…and that was with our school having a very chummy relationship with the USC admission dean. (they hold their local information session at our school)</p>