<p>I don’t know if I’m very qualified to answer this, but I’ll try. The professors are amazing here, just like a liberal arts school- my humanities course as a first year was 8 other students; my professor was a Rhodes scholar, and though it was his first year teaching he was absolutely amazing. You’re going to get a lot of research opportunities here since it’s a major research university, and again I’m not very qualified to say this but I believe it’s superior to Brown/Pomona. I know of a lot of students who chose UofC over Pomona (some said there was excessive drug use there, this is only hearsay though) and Brown (many said Brown wasn’t serious enough about academics). Prestige wise, I don’t think you should really factor this into your decision if you’re accepted to all 3 as they’re all good schools. The career advising here has really improved from what others have said, and if you’re interested in a certain profession they’ll have specific programs (UChicago Careers in Healthcare, Science/Tech, Business, etc). I don’t know about housing but the residential house system is very homey and makes you feel like part of a small community. I live in a house of just 40 people and it’s really great, definitely choose a smaller dorm if you go here. Hopefully that helped a bit! Good luck.</p>