<p>I think UChicago is a lot more well known than Northwestern academically, but that Northwestern's sports are more prominent.</p>
<p>"There was actually a time when the University of Chicago was a member of the Big 10."</p>
<p>-And there actually was a time when Army and Navy were in the Ivy League.....</p>
<p>I think UChicago is a lot more well known than Northwestern academically</p>
<p>-I disagree; I would argue that in academic circles, the two schools bear equal weight.</p>
<p>Not really. In academic circles Northwestern is known as a sports school but UChicago is reknowned for the nerdiness of the student body. Chicago students work almost as hard as people from MIT and Caltech.</p>
<p>"In academic circles Northwestern is known as a sports school"
Care to explain where you get that impression? In most grad school polls, the two schools came out rather even academically.</p>
<p>Btw, I graduated from two Big Ten schools years ago. I've never thought of Northwestern as a sports school! Which sports are they famous for?</p>
<p>I've never heard anything about Northwestern sports.</p>
<p>Northwestern is definitely a bigger "name," for what that's worth. I had never heard of U Chicago until last spring when a girl from my school got accepted.</p>
<p>hehe....U chicago is fundemental to economics subject.....;)</p>
<p>northwestern can be considered a "bigger sports school" because it has DI sports. U of C is only DIII. HOWEVER U of C also plays in the best DIII conference, including emory, nyu, case western, and a few others in new york, new england area.</p>
<p>I do not know much about the U of C, and Northwestern, but what I have heard from my father, who knows quite a few people who attended there and/or taught there, that U of C is a more graduate inclined school. I do not know much about Northwestern, other than they are purple, and somewhere near chicago, and they are DI</p>
<p>Personally I heard more about UChicago in high school than I heard about Northwestern. That could be because I come from California.</p>
<p>U chicago is the only school that is undefeated against ND. They played them once a long time ago before they were moved to a different conference.</p>
<p>If it truly is a "rivalry", it cannot, by definition, be lobsided. Here are some excellent rivalries. I know I am missing a few:</p>
<h1>1 Michigan Woverines vs Ohio State Buckeyes (Michigan leads 57-38-6)</h1>
<h1>2 Auburn Tigers vs Alabama Crimson Tide (Alabama leads 38-29-1)</h1>
<h1>3 Texas Longhorns vs Oklahoma Sooners (Texas leads 55-39-5)</h1>
<h1>4 Army vs Navy (Army 49-48-7)</h1>
<h1>5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs USC Trojans (Notre Dame leads 42-29-5)</h1>
<h1>6 Michigan Wolverines vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Michigan leads 18-13-1)</h1>
<h1>7 Florida State Seminoles vs Florida Gators (Florida leads 28-19-2)</h1>
<h1>8 Florida State Seminoles vs Miami 'canes (Miami leads 29-20)</h1>
<h1>9 Tennessee Volunteers vs Florida Gators (Tennessee leads 19-15)</h1>
<h1>10 Miami 'canes vs Florida Gators (Miami leads 28-25)</h1>
<h1>11 Florida Gators vs Georgia Bulldogs (Georgia Leads 45-35-2)</h1>
<h1>12 Texas Longhorns vs Texas A&M Aggies (Texas leads 72-34-5, the most lobsided)</h1>
<h1>13 Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Oklahoma Sooners (Okpahoma leads 41-37-4)</h1>
<h1>14 Harvard vs Yale (Yale leads 64-49-8)</h1>
<h1>15 Stanford Cardinal vs Cal Bears (Stanford leads 49-39-10)</h1>
<h1>16 Lehigh vs Lafayette (Lafayette leads 73-62-5, most played rivalry)</h1>
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Stanford Law and Stanford Business rival Yale and Harvard respectively for the top slot. Stanford Medical is unquestionably elite. As far as professional schools are concerned, Stanford crushes Berkeley with no mercy. Harvard and Stanford have the best professional schools out of every college in the world. </p>
<p>In terms of PhD programs Berkeley might be very slightly better. But the Stanford name still makes the Stanford PhD more marketable than the Berkeley PhD. It's just like how a Harvard PhD is more marketable than a Johns Hopkins PhD even though Johns Hopkins might have some stronger departments.
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<p>Then why does Berkeley consistently have just as good, if not better placement of its grad students? And one could easily make a case for UCSF being a better medical school than Stanford. </p>
<p>Stop trolling.</p>
<p>Morganjc--athletic conferences obviously vary in strength on a sport-by-sport basis, but overall I'd say that NESCAC is probably the strongest.</p>
<p>Uberguy, keep you'r college rivalries limited to what you know, namely, community college. If you have any thoughts on the rivalry between your community college and the other 10 that are probably within 20 miles of you, then please share them. Otherwise, let the people with a little experience have their say. thanks</p>
<p>Lobsided is not a word. It's lopsided. Carry on...</p>
<p>Funny, I wanted to say that, but I thought it was glaringly obvious enough to just ignore.</p>
<p>Thank you, though.</p>
<p>Stanford- UCB is definitely not lopsided. UCB has one of the best grad schools in the world, as does Stanford. This isn't Stanford and SF State here. Berk would crush Stanford in many departments (Chem, English, etc.) as Stanford would likewise crush Berk in others (prof schools, etc.). On the graduate level, they are on equal ground. If we are only judging by Professional schools, then maybe we should have made this a "Professional School rivalry" instead of just "school rivalries". Don't listen to all the Stanford trolls on this board.</p>
<p>Oh yeah.. isn't ubermensch at some community college?</p>
<p>There was a time when the Ivy League was the premier college sports league inthe nation</p>
<p>greybeard: yes, and the first player ever awarded the heismann trophy played for the U. Chicago Maroons</p>
<p>This is by far the most ridiculous thread ever. Rivalries between schools are only born out of sports contests, so MIT and CIT is total crap. Cal Stanford is huge, but students at either school will tell you that they respect the other's academic programs. UCB and Stanford just serve different student bodies (stanford's is by far richer, whiter, and comes from more far-away states.) The rivalry between the schools is partially socioeconomic in that sense, which is a difference I just don't see in Princeton-Penn or Boston U.-Boston College (hockey, anyone?)</p>
<p>Students at NU and Chicago just dont spend a whole lot of time worrying about the other school.. they're incredibly different student bodies and schools.</p>
<p>Duke-Carolina-best rivalry in any sport.</p>