Is Chicago Numero Uno?

newenglandparent
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:12:43 +0000

The WSJ may rank Yale as #2 for graduate school placement, but I live next to Yale and know the secretary of their graduate schools and she told me that they prefer U of Chicago graduates for their graduate schools over almost any other university or college( and this was told to me with great enthusiasm and excitement when I told her that my child attended the U of Chicago). On the other hand, I love New Haven and Yale as well as Chicago. The schools are somewhat different and their locations are quite different as well. If you are lucky enough to get into both, check them both out, stay overnight, talk to students and make your own mind up. By the way, only Chicago and Stanford had three students who got Rhodes scholarships this year (Yes one is now at Yale law school, but she attended Chicago undergraduate).