<p>Where would you rank UChicago (for undergraduate study) among these colleges?</p>
<ul>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Georgetown</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>UPenn</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>UCB</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins</li>
<li>UMichingan (Arbor)</li>
</ul>
<p>How about for studying Economics?</p>
<p>For economics, we are technically tied with Harvard for 1st but I’d say we give the better education :)</p>
<p>For undergrad education as a whole, the Princeton Review ranked UChicago a couple years ago as having the “Best Undergraduate Experience.” Personally, I would put UChicago under Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford, about the same as Columbia and Brown, and higher than the rest.</p>
<p>USNWR: 8th in US
QS World University Rankings: 3rd in US
College Crunch: 1st in the US</p>
<p>Me: Academically second to none.</p>
<p>Chicago is pretty friggin highly regarded no matter where you look.
Economics is top in the world. The only schools that can come close to its econ department are like London School of Economics, Harvard, MIT, etc.</p>
<p>Solely in terms of academics, I don’t think Chicago loses to any other university in the world.</p>
<p>You do realize that when you ask where U of C ranks on a U of C forum, you might possibly get some unobjective opinions?</p>
<p>That’s why I listed some of the “objective” rankings. :)</p>
<p>Let’s put it this way–U of C ranks high enough that rank isn’t an issue.</p>
<p>Regardless of # of applications, % admitted, and yield, for the students that really care, it ranks high enough: can’t beat Magistra Magistrorum (with a ten foot pole, gravy on top). 
(seriously)</p>
<p>J’adoube, I’m not familiar with the term “Magistra Magistrorum.” Perhaps you made it up? Perhaps it is a common term? Not really sure. It should be “Magister Magistrorum” or “Magistra Magistrarum,” the first being masculine, the second feminine. </p>
<p>Sorry for being a nerdy Latin kid…</p>
<p>Teacher of Teachers is the idea. My previous nerdy Latin kid “phone a friend” reference must have failed almost miserably. However, Magistra, in reference to the university, is feminine because somehow "school’ or "university’ is feminine in Latin but teachers can be male or female, so magistrorum or magistrarum would technically be correct.</p>
<p>Yeah, I understood what you meant, I just thought it was odd that you used two different genders… well declensions, technically. </p>
<p>But I guess you could argue that the teacher in question (i.e. the teacher who is the teacher of teachers) is a woman, thus feminine, however the teachers she is amongst are partly men and partly women, thus masculine.</p>
<p>I Think it should be Magister Magistrorum as magister would also include female teachers.</p>
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<p>This is a website that “objectively” ranks, among other things, ONLINE colleges (e.g. DeVry University, University of Phoenix, etc.).</p>
<p>They are all nonsense, that is why objective is in quotes.</p>
<p>iamtbh// Well, fine. Just go with the USNWR. It’s still #8. If that’s not good enough, well, I don’t know what to say.</p>
<p>if u were going to compare University of Notre DAME to u of c, would u think it is worth it to go to u of c where I would come 50,000 into debt(loans) after 4yrs. or would I receive just as good of an experience at notre dame where I would only have 15,000 in loans after 4 yrs? I do not know what I want to do with my life and I am contemplating law school or getting my mba both of which would cost a lot, should I go to u of c and take on an enormous debt, an then go into more debt for grad school? help please!!!</p>
<p>Where do you come up with such a substantial difference in debt? Both schools are top private schools where tuition is going to be insane either way. The masses know Notre Dame, but there’s no questioning that Chicago is an academic juggernaut. If you’re just going to go to grad school and take out another $100-200k of loans, what difference does another 35k make?</p>
<p>CollegesGirl, I would definitely go to Notre Dame. A 35K difference is a HUUUUUUUGE debt that you wouldn’t want to incur. 15k you can deal with. Use that 35k for graduate school, medical school, or whatever else you pursue after college. Yes, Chicago provides the best undergrad education - arguably - in the nation. But ND is also quite amazing. You would have an amazing experience there. I have a couple of friends who love it tremendously.</p>