<p>You better add a safety school. No one is a shoo-in for the schools you have listed. The 5 schools you are considering are all very different. Columbia doesn't have a strong campus feel. It's campus is NYC. At UChicago the most popular intramural sport is broomball. Stanford has the best weather, a real campus, and an intercollegiate sports scene. Don't know much about UPenn and Northwestern. I have driven by UPenn, though, and it seems very urban. Stanford is more suburban so if living in a city is what you want it would not be a good choice.</p>