They just said that they were more interested in the social atmosphere…and I doubt Greeklife there will diminish that much unless you speak of “quality” (whatever that means).
I detect shade from someone and I’m sure what they said is the only explanation as to why Chicago performs near the other super elites when it comes to post-grad success and placing former undergraduates into academic positions among many other things. Has anyone ever thought that the types that choose places like MIT, Chicago, Princeton, Caltech, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, etc. are indeed happy and feel as if the school is giving them what they want despite the extra academic stress/challenge? Seems stress at many of those schools leads plenty of the students to success (no doubt many more come out such places thinking at higher levels and able to handle a bit more). The schools mimic the world after college a bit more (especially many challenging work environments that require high level cognitive tasks all the time. And yes, the workload and intellectual challenge and even your social life will be “grey” at times, but such is the case for life as an adult). The students that select these schools may not have the same thing in mind as those at others for a college experience and we should come to terms with that.