<p>Keelee - What you don’t know is HOW GOOD the situation is at these other schools. I’ll admit, I was perhaps being conservative in my previous posts, and Chicago may very well place better than Northwestern, the College at Penn, and Cornell. Do you have any idea how easy it is to get offers at Dartmouth or Columbia though? When the economy is doing well (as it was in say, 2006) the offers are given out there like candy too. </p>
<p>Also, of course the recruiters are going to say something flattering about the school when they visit - you think this doesn’t happen at solid middle ivies like Dartmouth or Columbia? </p>
<p>Yes, when the economy is good, Chicago students get innundated with offers. Don’t think, however, that this doesn’t work the EXACT same way at schools such as Columbia and Dartmouth. I’m sure that same Morgan Stanley VP could’ve gone to Columbia and said, “The only people who know Columbia is great is… EVERYBODY.” Chicago doesn’t get a leg up over its mid-ivy brethren because those schools are so respected on the Street as well. </p>
<p>I’m all about supporting my alma mater, but lets be realistic.</p>