Univ of Chicago
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Anonymous
Plenty of extremely insecure Penn and Dartmouth alums around, too |
Anonymous
Say whatever you want, but they are nowhere near the level of UChicago/Northwestern/Duke/JHU as exemplified on this forum. I don't recall the last time Columbia, or any ivy alums come out in droves tooting their horns. But for the latter schools it's almost a weekly, or daily thing. |
Anonymous
Examples? I have never seen or met any. It's always the midwestern folks who love to make a big fuss about everything, especially on DCUM. |
Anonymous
You don’t need to take calculus as part of the core at Chicago. http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/mathematicalsciencescore/ You do need to take calculus for economics at Harvard. https://economics.harvard.edu/concentrating-economics |
Anonymous
Columbia and UChicago are tied. |
Anonymous
Columbia has one of the best dining halls in the country. Their takeouts compare to some of the finest NYC restaurants. For this reason alone, Columbia people are pretty complacent. |
Anonymous
Yup. But I agree with this person’s subsequent post that the things that appeal to him/her about UChicago might not be appeal to others — and I would add that they don’t even appeal to others who appreciate UChicago. To me, the stuff pointed out in this post is inaccurate (e.g lots of insecure kids at UChicago, don’t have to be a self-starter — just able to deal with a relentless academic workload) or par of the course at any good Uni (reading primary sources, hundreds of clubs) or effed-up (scheduling parents weekend and midterms simultaneously, quarter system, exams where the medians are shockingly low (either you’re teaching or testing poorly if that happens when your class is full of smart, hardworking students), very short window to sort out courseload, Adm’s repressive posture toward dissent). What I as a parent liked about Chicago was faculty, resources (including funding for non-corporate internships), and focus on academics. My kid liked the idea of a cohort that all agreed (or signed on to a regime that demanded) that being educated meant your couldn’t just be a STEM person who knew nothing about politics or lit or history or arts, or an artist or soc sci or … that knew nothing about science. And DC appreciated the close relations developed with faculty from very early on as well as opportunities to TA. DC also loved the camaraderie/mutual assistance of classmates, the abundance of student-run coffee shops on campus, the Seminary Co-op bookstore, the ability to live off campus (and Hyde Park Produce), and DOC films. These days, UChicago attracts and admits a bunch of different kinds of students for a lots of different reasons. Because faculty (and non-academic reputation) changes slowly, the school remains nerdier than the other elites. For demographic and institutional reasons, the current Administration is working hard (and largely successfully) to make the College look/feel/function more like HYPS. It’s a transitional moment, so both cultures co-exist right now. Our family was mostly attracted by the old. PP’s by the new. |
Anonymous
+1. Find me one kid that turned down HYPS and MIT for UChicago. 
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Anonymous
Literally had lunch with one yesterday. Turned down Harvard for Chicago last year. |
Anonymous
You need to search past threads on this topic; they all go this way. There’s one person in particular who details every thread that mentions U of C. So, don’t read to much into that person’s incessant anti-Chicago posts. There’s plenty of measured and thoughtful critiques of U of C, but there’s a lot of crazy too and I think it’s mostly one person. |
Anonymous
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FWIW, My DH has taught at both Princeton and U of C in a social science. The students at both universities were obviously incredibly bright and diverse and interesting, but he described the Princeton students as leaning towards the ‘future investment banker’ end of the spectrum. A lot more button down and polo shirts, and a lot more students who went to East Coast boarding schools. The Main Line is well represented. Plenty who don’t fit that mold, though.
The U of C students are harder to typecast and more typically want to be academics, but it’s harder to identify a consistent ‘type.’ A surprising number of his undergrads have done crazy things like owned their own business or been an officer in the military (well, those would be masters students). There are some super nerdy kids too, but less than you might think. |
Anonymous
or Columbia/Penn/Caltech for that matter. I doubt there will be that many, especially in DC. |
Anonymous
Are you still salty from your rejection from Columbia SGS? |
Anonymous
Here comes the Columbia hater again under a University of Chicago discussion thread! I wonder which prestigious institution you, or your children went to? |
Anonymous
Agree Columbia and Chicago alums are the most insecure..especially w their paltry endowments |