What's available at Chicago vs. colleges in general

newmassdad
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:42:45 +0000

idad,

The article talked about one no-luck period, late 2006. So what? Harvard had no Rhodes winners in 06 and 02 (awards made November of the year before).

And idad, surely you understand the difference between the Fulbright Scholarship and the Fulbright-Hays? I’ll give you a hint: One is sponsored by State and administered by the Institute of International Education. The other is sponsored and run by DOE.

I don’t see any purpose in arguing about the content of a Maroon article. You are welcome to think what you want.

Personally, I think Chicago has a fine track record with national level honors and does a fine job in supporting its undergrads. It has been doing so for years. Maybe the problem is that, by definition, these honors are for the top few percent of the College student body, so most students will have no idea what the advising staff does in this regard, including the Maroon staff, who I don’t think has had a winner of any top honors in quite a few years. (Go ahead: take the challenge. Prove me wrong. I would love to see the data…)