<p>‘you state that you love how Chicago is, and that’s great, but do you really not see that there are certain areas where Chicago definitely needs to improve?’
I really don’t see how, given the economic circumstances of today, Chicago can continue to be “the teacher of teachers”, with all that it implies regarding academic rigor and the intellectual pursuit of knowledge, AS WELL AS be a college that" magically opens doors based on it’s name alone and who goes there, and who their parents were etc, etc" that apparently is a big factor in why so many students apply to HYPS, and not to Chicago. Sometimes you have to make a choice, based on what is most important to the institution. The uneven, non transparent way that financial aid decisions are made, even after the new FA program was instituted, is yet another reason that Chicago falls short in landing HYP type kids compared to so many other peer universities. Now, if money were no object…</p>