<p>UChicago doesn’t attract quite the same caliber students that Stanford does although it has very smart students. Stanford blows the doors of Chicago in terms of Rhodes/Marshall Scholar production and undergrad placement into top 5 law/biz/med school. In addition, Stanford’s OCR is much stronger than UChicago’s as top-flight firms like Deloitte and McKinsey don’t even recruit at the latter.</p>
<p>I think what Cue has said all along rings true: UChicago’s alums over the past 4-5 decades have been disappointed in the school and there was a feeling of low morale at that time while a college like Dartmouth is known for having incredible alumni loyalty and tradition. This may seem trivial but it explains why consulting firms and investment banks recruit much harder at Dartmouth-the alumni simply pull more strings for Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Hopefully, the current cohort of UChicago’s students/alums feel a greater sense of affinity with their alma mater.</p>