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<p>I am from Asia, and I concur with science fiction’s assessment. General population of college minded people (students and parents alike) have heard about UCLA and Berkeley - they hear about them all the time. They don’t know much about U Chicago or Columbia. However,the more uppity professional and academic people think highly of U Chicago and Columbia over UCLA and Berkeley. Even so, a friend of mine, who is a faculty at a very well known national university there gave me a blank face when I told her that my son goes to U Chicago. (she is a Sorbone PH.D.
It figures). I had to explain “you know, the school that have most Nobel Prize winners…”</p>
<p>I am talking about far east Asia. I have family members there and I also have extensive professional network in several countries.</p>
<p>Look, I love U chicago very much, and it’s the best $55K a year I could ever spend for my son to be there. But, all this bragging game is getting really silly.</p>