UChicago vs Wake Forest

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Anonymous wrote:I tried to get my kid to apply to Chicago. He thought I was crazy and took a life insurance policy out on him. He was convinced he was going to get shot or at least mugged.

Your kid needs to get out of affluent white suburbs more.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the major?

This is OP. Pre-Law, Economics, Poly-Sci, Government, International Affairs - along those lines.

Easily U. Chicago. Chicago is historically dominant in Economics, has one of the best law schools in the country (although I doubt Pre-law is a major), and is probably strong in the remaining social sciences as well.

I can imagine someone picking Wake Forest but on social life alone. It's Southern, Greek Life dominant, etc. etc. Meaning you have to not only be a wealthy WASP, but a wealthy Southern WASP. Wealthy WASP from DC suburbs does not count.

Curious how pp has personal knowledge one has to be Southern wasp but not wasp from dc?

In reality, Wake has a good number of kids from all over country including g dc suburbs.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is the superior school, by a matter of magnitudes.

Because US News told you so? Wake is an stellar school, with far superior weather and 1000x safer surroundings than the Chicago warzone UofC is in.

Yes, but also because of the number of Nobel laureates in UChicago (at least 94) compared with 0 (?) in Wake Forest.

I hate hearing parents talkginna iut Nobel laureates. You know that in academics, they don’t give you the award until like at least ten years after your significant work. These laureates are old and non teaching. When they reached, they don’t teach intro classes.

And Chicago is better? Why the ranking said so?

Oh yeah, economics. Well, only the ftad program mattered.

So go to Wake Forest, have a good time and if you have beef left in you, go to graduate school. Otherwise, go enjoy cold, windy, crime centered, and super competitive and needy place called UChicago, because youth is wasted if you don’t spend every minute in studying.

Chicago has one of the strongest set of social science departments in the world. Economics for undergrads = Top 4. Political science for undergrads = Top 10. Psychology = Top 15.

And regardless of whether they're Nobel Laureates or not, the "big named" professors DO teach at Chicago.

“Top” according to who? Nobody in real life gives a damn about undergrad program ranks. Most people have never even heard of UChicago. You sound like a College Confidential lunatic. High off your own supply, parroting the same pointless talking points for years on end.

[Anonymous]

If your child is smart, attractive and chill then Wake is a no-brainer. If they’re insufferable and grubby and mum is an insecure striver who obsesses over the US News rankings, give Chicago’s south side ghetto a whirl. Where the college officially warns kids not to walk around on their iPhone. What a dreamy ethos, right.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is the superior school, by a matter of magnitudes.

Because US News told you so? Wake is an stellar school, with far superior weather and 1000x safer surroundings than the Chicago warzone UofC is in.

Yes, but also because of the number of Nobel laureates in UChicago (at least 94) compared with 0 (?) in Wake Forest.

I hate hearing parents talkginna iut Nobel laureates. You know that in academics, they don’t give you the award until like at least ten years after your significant work. These laureates are old and non teaching. When they reached, they don’t teach intro classes.

And Chicago is better? Why the ranking said so?

Oh yeah, economics. Well, only the ftad program mattered.

So go to Wake Forest, have a good time and if you have beef left in you, go to graduate school. Otherwise, go enjoy cold, windy, crime centered, and super competitive and needy place called UChicago, because youth is wasted if you don’t spend every minute in studying.

Chicago has one of the strongest set of social science departments in the world. Economics for undergrads = Top 4. Political science for undergrads = Top 10. Psychology = Top 15.

And regardless of whether they're Nobel Laureates or not, the "big named" professors DO teach at Chicago.

“Top” according to who? Nobody in real life gives a damn about undergrad program ranks. Most people have never even heard of UChicago. You sound like a College Confidential lunatic. High off your own supply, parroting the same pointless talking points for years on end.

DP. If most people have never heard of UChicago, absolutely no one has heard of Wake Forest. It has zero lay prestige and zero academic prestige.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your child is smart, attractive and chill then Wake is a no-brainer. If they’re insufferable and grubby and mum is an insecure striver who obsesses over the US News rankings, give Chicago’s south side ghetto a whirl. Where the college officially warns kids not to walk around on their iPhone. What a dreamy ethos, right.

I will say this for Wake Forest, I spent part of a high school summer in an on campus program there and the students are gorgeous. I went to the U of C and the students are...not (myself included).

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Well, look at Chicago law? It's now ranked higher than Harvard law.

So, to say Chicago isn't prestigious speaks to that person not really being in the know.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is the superior school, by a matter of magnitudes.

Because US News told you so? Wake is an stellar school, with far superior weather and 1000x safer surroundings than the Chicago warzone UofC is in.

Yes, but also because of the number of Nobel laureates in UChicago (at least 94) compared with 0 (?) in Wake Forest.

I hate hearing parents talkginna iut Nobel laureates. You know that in academics, they don’t give you the award until like at least ten years after your significant work. These laureates are old and non teaching. When they reached, they don’t teach intro classes.

And Chicago is better? Why the ranking said so?

Oh yeah, economics. Well, only the ftad program mattered.

So go to Wake Forest, have a good time and if you have beef left in you, go to graduate school. Otherwise, go enjoy cold, windy, crime centered, and super competitive and needy place called UChicago, because youth is wasted if you don’t spend every minute in studying.

Chicago has one of the strongest set of social science departments in the world. Economics for undergrads = Top 4. Political science for undergrads = Top 10. Psychology = Top 15.

And regardless of whether they're Nobel Laureates or not, the "big named" professors DO teach at Chicago.

“Top” according to who? Nobody in real life gives a damn about undergrad program ranks. Most people have never even heard of UChicago. You sound like a College Confidential lunatic. High off your own supply, parroting the same pointless talking points for years on end.

DP. If most people have never heard of UChicago, absolutely no one has heard of Wake Forest. It has zero lay prestige and zero academic prestige.

It's a Division 1 team in a major conference with a pretty successful basketball program of course people have heard of it. Tim Duncan played there. That might no mean anything in terms of whether people care about your degree, but people know the name.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is the superior school, by a matter of magnitudes.

Because US News told you so? Wake is an stellar school, with far superior weather and 1000x safer surroundings than the Chicago warzone UofC is in.

Yes, but also because of the number of Nobel laureates in UChicago (at least 94) compared with 0 (?) in Wake Forest.

I hate hearing parents talkginna iut Nobel laureates. You know that in academics, they don’t give you the award until like at least ten years after your significant work. These laureates are old and non teaching. When they reached, they don’t teach intro classes.

And Chicago is better? Why the ranking said so?

Oh yeah, economics. Well, only the ftad program mattered.

So go to Wake Forest, have a good time and if you have beef left in you, go to graduate school. Otherwise, go enjoy cold, windy, crime centered, and super competitive and needy place called UChicago, because youth is wasted if you don’t spend every minute in studying.

Chicago has one of the strongest set of social science departments in the world. Economics for undergrads = Top 4. Political science for undergrads = Top 10. Psychology = Top 15.

And regardless of whether they're Nobel Laureates or not, the "big named" professors DO teach at Chicago.

“Top” according to who? Nobody in real life gives a damn about undergrad program ranks. Most people have never even heard of UChicago. You sound like a College Confidential lunatic. High off your own supply, parroting the same pointless talking points for years on end.

It's not the case that nobody gives a damn about how undergrad programs rank. Employers often do. A UChicago grad with a major in economics will be looked upon differently from a WF grad with the same major, for instance. It would be patently false that most people have never even heard of UChicago. Even my friends and family outside the country have heard of it, and hold the university in high esteem.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the major?

This is OP. Pre-Law, Economics, Poly-Sci, Government, International Affairs - along those lines.

Easily U. Chicago. Chicago is historically dominant in Economics, has one of the best law schools in the country (although I doubt Pre-law is a major), and is probably strong in the remaining social sciences as well.

I can imagine someone picking Wake Forest but on social life alone. It's Southern, Greek Life dominant, etc. etc. Meaning you have to not only be a wealthy WASP, but a wealthy Southern WASP. Wealthy WASP from DC suburbs does not count.

Curious how pp has personal knowledge one has to be Southern wasp but not wasp from dc?

In reality, Wake has a good number of kids from all over country including g dc suburbs.

Wake has a huge number of international kids - HUGE

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is the superior school, by a matter of magnitudes.

Because you went to both?

They're in the same tier. Both full of smart rich kids. The end.

I spit out my coffee at this take.

The academic rigor at Chicago is multiples of WF.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is the superior school, by a matter of magnitudes.

Because US News told you so? Wake is an stellar school, with far superior weather and 1000x safer surroundings than the Chicago warzone UofC is in.

Yes, but also because of the number of Nobel laureates in UChicago (at least 94) compared with 0 (?) in Wake Forest.

I hate hearing parents talkginna iut Nobel laureates. You know that in academics, they don’t give you the award until like at least ten years after your significant work. These laureates are old and non teaching. When they reached, they don’t teach intro classes.

And Chicago is better? Why the ranking said so?

Oh yeah, economics. Well, only the ftad program mattered.

So go to Wake Forest, have a good time and if you have beef left in you, go to graduate school. Otherwise, go enjoy cold, windy, crime centered, and super competitive and needy place called UChicago, because youth is wasted if you don’t spend every minute in studying.

Chicago has one of the strongest set of social science departments in the world. Economics for undergrads = Top 4. Political science for undergrads = Top 10. Psychology = Top 15.

And regardless of whether they're Nobel Laureates or not, the "big named" professors DO teach at Chicago.

“Top” according to who? Nobody in real life gives a damn about undergrad program ranks. Most people have never even heard of UChicago. You sound like a College Confidential lunatic. High off your own supply, parroting the same pointless talking points for years on end.

DP. If most people have never heard of UChicago, absolutely no one has heard of Wake Forest. It has zero lay prestige and zero academic prestige.

It's a Division 1 team in a major conference with a pretty successful basketball program of course people have heard of it. Tim Duncan played there. That might no mean anything in terms of whether people care about your degree, but people know the name.

Also Chris Paul

And in more recent years, Wake has gone to a few decent Bowl Games for football (we went to ZERO when I was there)

I have no idea how people can say it has no prestige - it is pretty well ranked nationally. It costs 4X what I paid now, which is ridiculous.

I don't know if the type of students who go have changed since I went, but most of the people I went with had also applied to places like Vandy, Duke, UNC, Richmond, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have to even ask, you don't deserve to go to UChicago. Give up the spot to someone more deserving.

God you sound insufferable and I have no connection to either place. Stereotyping any school is so stupid in this age anyways

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is the superior school, by a matter of magnitudes.

Because US News told you so? Wake is an stellar school, with far superior weather and 1000x safer surroundings than the Chicago warzone UofC is in.

Yes, but also because of the number of Nobel laureates in UChicago (at least 94) compared with 0 (?) in Wake Forest.

I hate hearing parents talkginna iut Nobel laureates. You know that in academics, they don’t give you the award until like at least ten years after your significant work. These laureates are old and non teaching. When they reached, they don’t teach intro classes.

And Chicago is better? Why the ranking said so?

Oh yeah, economics. Well, only the ftad program mattered.

So go to Wake Forest, have a good time and if you have beef left in you, go to graduate school. Otherwise, go enjoy cold, windy, crime centered, and super competitive and needy place called UChicago, because youth is wasted if you don’t spend every minute in studying.

Chicago has one of the strongest set of social science departments in the world. Economics for undergrads = Top 4. Political science for undergrads = Top 10. Psychology = Top 15.

And regardless of whether they're Nobel Laureates or not, the "big named" professors DO teach at Chicago.

“Top” according to who? Nobody in real life gives a damn about undergrad program ranks. Most people have never even heard of UChicago. You sound like a College Confidential lunatic. High off your own supply, parroting the same pointless talking points for years on end.

Um, ok....

Top according to any list of rankings you can find? I don't care if you don't like Chicago or not, but it is absolutely the case that the College is strong in the social sciences and some people do care about that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your child is smart, attractive and chill then Wake is a no-brainer. If they’re insufferable and grubby and mum is an insecure striver who obsesses over the US News rankings, give Chicago’s south side ghetto a whirl. Where the college officially warns kids not to walk around on their iPhone. What a dreamy ethos, right.

I will say this for Wake Forest, I spent part of a high school summer in an on campus program there and the students are gorgeous. I went to the U of C and the students are...not (myself included).

Gorgeous enough to star in a reality tv dating show.. oh wait.