What's available at Chicago vs. colleges in general

newmassdad
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:02 +0000

idad,

Not exactly true. U. Chicago has a pretty good track record with Rhodes. In fact, since 1998, Chicago is #3 (15), behind Harvard(34) and Yale (23). Not a bad track record.

One reason Chicago does well in winning national scholarships and fellowships is because of the advising system. It may not be quite the same as the House system at Harvard, but it still seems to be pretty good at spotting and encouraging talent to apply for the Goldwaters, Trumans, Marshalls and such.

And yes, they had three winners last fall. One was still in the college (graduated in June, thank goodness…), one a year out attending law school at Yale and one working in DC. All great kids.