<p>Rhg3rd, I think the poster meant the undergrad brands are equal in terms of recognition by med schools. Come now, if this wasn’t the case, how would undergrads from brown dartmouth Williams etc fare against students from hopkins, penn, columbia etc? </p>
<p>If we’re talking about med schools I agree - penn med is probably in the second band (along with wash u, duke, etc.) behind harvard and hopkins. Uchicago is probably a bit farther down than that. Medicine is actually one of chicagos weakest grad subjects. (By “weak” I mean a top 10-15 program, as opposed to law or biz or its other big draws, which tend to be top 5 or so.)</p>
<p>But for undergrad, the brands would be the same. I don’t think penn undergrad is viewed any differently from chicago undergrad. </p>