Where Fun Goes to Die - UChicago?
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Anonymous
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Have heard UChicago's culture is extremely intense and that it is "where fun goes to die." Hard to get a read on that, especially when visiting a campus during the summer. Is this accurate? |
Anonymous
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Yes.
- Chicago Grad |
Anonymous
| Yes, kind of. I'm the parent of a recent grad. It is kind of a work hard, play hard place. There is a lot of work, but it's not really true that young people who share common interests don't have fun together. |
Anonymous
| Were most people happy there? Recently it seems very popular with people who didn't get into their top choices, amongst the DCUM crowd anyway. The Big 3 even pushed ED2 there to a degree. I always wonder how the kids end up liking school when they get a particular nudge. |
Anonymous
| Chicago remains a very good place for intellectual kids, not so much for others. Kids who pick it only for prestige often regret it. |
Anonymous
| My friend who went to Chicago says that isn't true. She says that she had lots of fun. It was nerdy fun, but fun. |
Anonymous
| My husband went there for law school and thought the motto was true. |
Anonymous
| uChicago seems like a perfectly nice school but if my child had to pick it would’ve been Northwestern over Chicago. |
Anonymous
| We have received at least 25 postcards from UChicago. None from Northwestern... |
Anonymous
Chicago is infamous for clever marketing. Means nothing if you receive fyi |
Anonymous
| The quarter system (ie trimester instead of semesters) can be very intense. Add to that the general quirkiness historically of UChicago undergrads and you get a different college experience. |
Anonymous
| My niece and her friends say that it's true. They generally agree that the school is arbitrarily difficult. My niece said that if her kids wanted to go there, she would dissuade them. |
Anonymous
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What would it be like for a super smart but decidedly not quirky kid? More of a preppy, mainstream, "bro", sports watching kind of guy?
is there any of this there? kid could hack it academically (many from his private school attend) and loves the idea of Chicago. |
Anonymous
| I went to college and grad school there. I guess it depends what your definition of fun is. I hate sports and big sports schools with massive sports related parties. So that wouldn’t be fun for me. I had fun. But yes, it was quirky/nerdy fun. I am quirky and nerdy. |
Anonymous
No. I wouldn’t do Chicago for that kid. The ones who are happiest there are like the immediate PP. -former grad student at U of C, taught undergrads, family went there for undergrad |