I’m sure there are some students that would choose Chicago over the top Ivies but the yield numbers show it’s not many. It’s a great school it has a number of drawbacks compared to the Ivies. First of all it’s in a relatively bad location in Chicago. Secondly it has no school spirit because of weak D3 sports. Thirdly it has no conference identity. Here in coastal CA the all Ivies but Cornell are generally preferred to Chicago though I think the gap has narrowed in recent years because of the marketing effort that has greatly reduced the admission rate to Ivy levels. Having been through the cycle with five kids I have not seen a single student choose Chicago over any of the upper Ivies though I’m sure it happens.