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Message: [QUOTE="dayooper, post: 1769798, member: 3859"] This a gray area. Technically, they were still AAU, but it was known they were on their way out. The Big10 presidents knew it as Michigan and Wisconsin led the vote to do so. It may not matter anymore anyway. I still go back to the University of Chicago leaving the CiC. The reason given was branding, but who, except university admins, professors, grad students and us CR nerds know what the CiC really is. Who are they branding to and why couldn't the University of Chicago be part of it? Chicago is still a partner, participating in the CiC in everything but the grad school transfer program. Since all the full members of the Big10 are part of it, any student would have access to U of Chicago's grad programs without being accepted into U of Chicago. It's fine if they are coming from another AAU school, but maybe not from a lesser ranked grad program. If the Big10 told them they were looking to bring in a non AAU school, Chicago may have balked and asked to leave that program. Mind you, I think that UConn would fit right in with the other Big10 schools, but I'm not a grad school elitist looking down on those that aren't in the private AAU club. [/QUOTE]