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[Consolation]

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I think Rice has a better national presence when it comes to where a degree is from, so does Northwestern. UChicago and WashU - although strong schools - aren’t generally known to the common public as being just as strong academically as Rice and Northwestern.

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<p>Hmm, I have to disagree. In my experience, The University of Chicago has the strongest purely academic rep of these schools, with Northwestern a very close second, followed by Rice and Wash U.</p>

<p>As to music, that isn’t a strength of the U of C, but Chicago–the city, that is–has enormous resources in terms of music and teachers.</p>