<p>For what it’s worth, I agree with Cue7. As among Columbia, Brown, and Chicago, a rational person could make any choice; each of them has advantages and disadvantages vis a vis the others, and they are pretty much peers. Both of my kids ranked Chicago far above Brown, and they split on Columbia. As between Harvard and Chicago . . . well, a rational person could certainly muster some arguments in Chicago’s favor, including that it may actually provide many/most students a meaningfully better educational experience. But somehow 99%+ of apparently rational people facing that choice choose Harvard, and I don’t think it’s because they became suddenly irrational.</p>