My Dad is good friends at work with a recruiter who is very familiar with two elite schools and tracks academic achievement at these two schools for purposes of recruitment. This person gave him some interesting stats in terms of comparing GPA at these two schools
Seniors Median GPA
UChicago: 3.6
UPenn: 3.4
% of Seniors with GPA over 3.9
UChicago: 8%
UPenn: 10%
% of Seniors with GPA over 3.8
UChicago: 22%
UPenn: 20%
% of Seniors with GPA over 3.7
UChicago: 37%
UPenn: 29%
I found the numbers a little surprising and unexpected, so thought I would share it here.