<p>Phuriku said that, in comparison to Dartmouth:</p>
<p>“Chicago is the more respected brand name among employers and highly-educated people in general.”</p>
<p>As a loyal UChicago grad, I highly disagree with this statement. I think UChicago and Dartmouth are in that next band of schools after Harvard, Stanford, etc. where, at the college level, they are certainly peers. The cultures are different (Dart has a much stronger “finance” culture in the college, where at UChicago, while this is growing, it’s a bit more muted), but you’d have roughly the same opportunities coming from either school. </p>
<p>Again, I think it’s ridiculous to try to differentiate between schools like this. There’s Harvard, Stanford, etc. and then, in the next band, you have a group of schools that are all roughly equivalent. Dart and UChicago are in this next band.</p>