<p>Truth123:</p>
<p>I meant as schools overall. If you define elite school very narrowly - as in, a place where ideas are generated and research is created, then sure, U of C is probably on roughly equal footing with these other schools.</p>
<p>I, however, choose to define the purpose of elite schools much more broadly. Elite schools should prepare its constituents to be leaders across all spectrums - in research, industry, government, etc., and also possess a wealth of resources. UChicago does very well with research, but it’s hardly on equal footing with these other schools on the other metrics.</p>
<p>Again, I’m a UChicago alum and I had a great experience, but if I had the choice today to go to, say, Yale over UChicago, I’d do that in a heartbeat. Yale does better overall with the metrics I provided above. </p>
<p>I never understood why UChicago folks got so flustered when people would “dare” to say that x school has more of this or that than UChicago. Some schools out there are better - and I can only shrug indifferently when people gather arms and excitedly rise to UChicago’s defense.</p>