U Chicago - Experience?

[Anonymous]

Hello Parents of DCs currently enrolled at U Chicago. Anything you can share about the experience? Stressful? Fun? How did it compare with DC/MD/VA area high school stress levels? Are your DCs enjoying the experience?

[Anonymous]

My son loves it there.
He was in a private school and he said the load is more manageable than his high school.
He goes to downtown every week or other and enjoy the city.super easy commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son loves it there.
He was in a private school and he said the load is more manageable than his high school.
He goes to downtown every week or other and enjoy the city.super easy commute.

What's he studying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son loves it there.
He was in a private school and he said the load is more manageable than his high school.
He goes to downtown every week or other and enjoy the city.super easy commute.

yes, what is he studying??

[Anonymous]

Lots of DMV kids go to Chicago (Dc, especially). Some parental reflections on their experience would be nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello Parents of DCs currently enrolled at U Chicago. Anything you can share about the experience? Stressful? Fun? How did it compare with DC/MD/VA area high school stress levels? Are your DCs enjoying the experience?

Consider asking in some other forums, e.g.:
https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/c/colleges-and-universities/university-of-chicago/
https://www.reddit.com/r/uchicago

[Anonymous]

I have no personal experience. I’ve heard it’s a better experience for boys rather than girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son loves it there.
He was in a private school and he said the load is more manageable than his high school.
He goes to downtown every week or other and enjoy the city.super easy commute.

It’s 30 minutes each way Uber or 1 hour each way by public transport — through some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the US. Easy? What exactly motives an alleged parent to lie about this?

[Anonymous]

DC loves it there. Not stressed at all. Yes, a lot of work, but with good time management it's totally doable. Coming from a MD private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son loves it there.
He was in a private school and he said the load is more manageable than his high school.
He goes to downtown every week or other and enjoy the city.super easy commute.

It’s 30 minutes each way Uber or 1 hour each way by public transport — through some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the US. Easy? What exactly motives an alleged parent to lie about this?

lol, +1

[Anonymous]

It is hardly dangerous to go from Hyde Park to the loop, Near North, Wicker Park, Lincoln Park, etc. If you say otherwise, you are simply parroting what you *think* you know from inside some right wing bubble that thinks Chicago is some dangerous hell scape.

Our niece is there and she is having a great time. (Went to a private outside Philadelphia). She reports some classes are difficult, but manageable. Only dislike is the pace of the quarter system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is hardly dangerous to go from Hyde Park to the loop, Near North, Wicker Park, Lincoln Park, etc. If you say otherwise, you are simply parroting what you *think* you know from inside some right wing bubble that thinks Chicago is some dangerous hell scape.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son loves it there.
He was in a private school and he said the load is more manageable than his high school.
He goes to downtown every week or other and enjoy the city.super easy commute.

It’s 30 minutes each way Uber or 1 hour each way by public transport — through some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the US. Easy? What exactly motives an alleged parent to lie about this?

lol, +1

It is not 30 minutes by uber; more like 15-20 to most places students would do. Public transport is more like 30 minutes. The campus is safe; some of the surrounding neighborhoods are a bit sketchy but student learn where to go and not to go.

[Anonymous]

It's not known as "the place where fun goes to die" for nothing. It's competitive and intense, and the students tend to embody these characteristics. Top notch education for highly motivated and focused people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not known as "the place where fun goes to die" for nothing. It's competitive and intense, and the students tend to embody these characteristics. Top notch education for highly motivated and focused people.

I've heard intense but not sure I have heard competitive. Tends to attract students who want to learn and want to be with other people who do. Not to compete but to have a peer group...