<p>The rankings are calculated solely on objective numerical stats such as faculty–student ratio and percentage of classes with < 20 students. All these schools have quality of life and value-added aspects that the rankings have ignored - Georgetown has DC and its great social and internship opportunities, NW has the lakefront and Big Ten athletics, Chicago is perhaps the most intellectually-focused university on a dazzling campus. Consider the three to be academic equals and focus more on those subjective elements.</p>