<p>^^ Agreed with Cue7 here.</p>
<p>Chicago still has a ways to go to catch up to HYPS, especially at the undergrad level. Zimmer’s making a good push for Chicago to produce leaders across all fields, but it’s still going to take time. The University is WAY too research- and theory-oriented at the moment to be considered a peer of Harvard or Yale. H and Y can compete with Chicago at the research and theory levels, while Chicago doesn’t even touch H or Y on leader production. Zimmer is trying to fix this by, for instance, creating institutes for engineering and politics.</p>
<p>I will disagree with you in one aspect and classify MIT as a peer. Chicago is to theory what MIT is to engineering. Unfortunately, MIT gets much more attention as many more people find engineering more appealing than theory. Perhaps rightfully so. So even if Chicago/MIT are on equal footing at an institutional level in different aspects, MIT wins via reputation.</p>