<p>Univ of Chciago is know for its economics department – a BS academic discipline that has been discredited over the last decade or so. Chicago is relatively weak in STEM and that means it is not as comprehensive a school as Stanford. Stanford competes for faculty and students more with Harvard, CalTech, MIT, Berkeley, Yale (in health sciences) and Princeton (in physical sciences) than all other top tier unviersities. Although Chicago is an excellent university, it is just not in the same league.</p>