<p>Suciu, in terms of the great professors comment, I absolutely agree. However, one thing which may be the selling point about Chicago is the accessibility of the professors (Its student:faculty ratio is 4:1, and I’m pretty sure only the very tiny (comparably) CalTech beats it with 3:1). Therefore, I think that although both may have great professors, I’d venture a guess and say that at Chicago you might have a closer contact with them, but since I haven’t attended both, I really don’t know. Also, I don’t know how Stanford’s is like, but I do know that many major research universities somewhat force their graduate and PhD students to teach at the undergrad level - not Chicago! So if you do end up having a TA in a class or in a section, he will very likely be doing that because he enjoys the subject very much, which I think is also a plus… I dunno, just another factor to consider… I just thought of this 'cause I have a few friends at Harvard college right now and they bitterly complain about the fact that their thrown TAs left and right… so I think you ought to consider the strength of the faculty AND their accessibility.</p>