<p>I think I posted on this thread already, but I think it merits posting again.</p>
<p>When I read a post that says “I want to be an i-banker. Which one of these great schools will be best for me?” a little part of me dies (not the fun part). Though I’m sure the question is honest and well-intended, it seems to be quite misguided as to what the undergraduate experience-- and in particular, what the Chicago experience-- is like.</p>
<p>If I read, “I want to have long debates about politics, meet awesome people, read a few batty philosophers, be challenged in my classes, go to Bar Night at Alpha Delt, and maybe go into investment banking after graduation,” I would have much more sympathy towards the poster.</p>
<p>Simply choosing a school and spending four years of your life working towards a goal that you don’t even know you will reach (or, using what is at best fuzzy, anecdotal evidence to demonstrate that Y school is better than X school for Z job) is a surefire way to make you miserable. The reason that the poster in the other forum was unhappy, I gather, was that he chose us based on our hazy reputation in one particular field without thinking about his other options, his ideas of what college life should be like, or where he would find himself happiest. </p>
<p>Sam Lee: if you were a recruiter (or an employer), would you see a difference between a Duke, Chicago, Dartmouth, Columbia, Northwestern grad simply from the name of the school? I wouldn’t. I would probably search for more telling aspects on the resume and in recommendation letters and in interviews to help give me a sense of each applicant.</p>