UChicago Vs. Stanford Vs. Yale

OneMoreToGo2021
Sat, 11 Apr 2020 01:06:11 +0000

Great problem to have for sure! Congrats to your son!

I know Yale exceedingly well, and have long experience with Stanford. And I have even enjoyed some time eating Harold’s fried chicken near to Chicago and have a decent feel for that university as well.

Obviously, they are all outstanding. In terms of intellectual “milieu” - for lack of a better word - Chicago > Yale > Stanford, at least for the subject your son is interested in.

Neighborhood? Unless you hate manicured faux-Mission suburbia (and, really, who can hate that?) Stanford > Yale = Chicago. Proximity to downtown Chicago obviously is a plus, but there are worse ways to spend two hours than on the New Haven Line to Grand Central Station I guess. And then you are in NYC.

Weather? Well, that is easy. Stanford > Yale > Chicago.

On balance, my vote would be for Yale. Unless your son is a cyclist, then Stanford. And if the $80K is very important to your family, then Chicago. Hmmm, maybe that wasn’t too helpful after all…

Best of luck choosing, he really cannot go wrong here, and in the end 90%+ of his college experience is going to flow from the attitude he has going in anyway. Again, congrats to your son.