<p>Idad, Chicago’s demographic may not be terribly different from Harvard’s student body. Please look here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/ir/baccorsum1995-2004.pdf[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/ir/baccorsum1995-2004.pdf</a></p>
<p>Approximately 15% of Chicago’s graduates go on to graduate school, and about 13% of Harvard’s graduates go on to graduate school. This doesn’t seem to be that significant a difference.</p>
<p>My biggest frustration for Chicago is that for finance, for rhodes scholarships, and for PhD programs, Chicago basically does JUST as well as ANY of its peer schools. What I want to change, however, is the fact that Chicago trails its peers significantly for law school and (I’m assuming) for medical school as well. </p>
<p>To be blunt, I want the options for Chicago graduates to mirror the options available to Harvard, Stanford etc. grads across ALL fields - including law and medicine. I think Chicago grads probably end up applying to law and med schools in roughly similar rates to grads from Harvard and Stanford. No reason for the Chicago grads to trail their peers in this area, if Chicago can do just as well for PhD programs and awards.</p>