University of Chicago: what kind of student does best?

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of other schools where the students work hard and like learning. It's just that on top of having fun doing that, they also have fun doing the normal things people do in college -- like going to parties. And, yes, of course, they go to movies, play sports, go to a capella concerts, etc., but, really most young people also enjoy parties. The complete lack of that kind of social life is why fun goes to die at UofC.

There are lots of parties here. There are frats. There are dorm parties. There are apartment parties. There are less people who like partying, but the people who do party as much as people at any other school. I said this in my original post.

[Anonymous]

Shh. "Where fun goes to dies" is a motto designed to send 13:53/15:32 and like-minded folks running in the opposite direction. So we're all good -- to each his/her own!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of other schools where the students work hard and like learning. It's just that on top of having fun doing that, they also have fun doing the normal things people do in college -- like going to parties. And, yes, of course, they go to movies, play sports, go to a capella concerts, etc., but, really most young people also enjoy parties. The complete lack of that kind of social life is why fun goes to die at UofC.

There are lots of parties here. There are frats. There are dorm parties. There are apartment parties. There are less people who like partying, but the people who do party as much as people at any other school. I said this in my original post.

It's great that you like Chicago, but I've talked to quite a few current students and recent grads who have a very different view of the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a first year at UofC (from the DC 'burbs). The students that are happiest here are nerdy, love working hard because they love learning, and tend to be less into partying.

Of course there are people who don't fit that mold (as a PP said, there are more and more people who fit the pre-professional bent and there is much more of a party culture here than our "where fun comes to die" t-shirts suggests) but many of them seem to have come for the US News ranking and regret it. I'll put it this way - the nerdy ones who are here to learn because learning is great never talk about transferring out. The ones who want to party more and are here as a stepping stone for a career talk about it quite a bit. There is also a bit of a culture war between the dorms. The UChicago you see in Snitchcock, Breck, and BJ is not the same UChicago in South and Max P. The Ivy-Leaguing of UChicago is restricted to the newer dorms with less close knit houses.

Would you please explain what you mean by the Ivy-Leaguing? And thanks for your informative post.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a first year at UofC (from the DC 'burbs). The students that are happiest here are nerdy, love working hard because they love learning, and tend to be less into partying.

Of course there are people who don't fit that mold (as a PP said, there are more and more people who fit the pre-professional bent and there is much more of a party culture here than our "where fun comes to die" t-shirts suggests) but many of them seem to have come for the US News ranking and regret it. I'll put it this way - the nerdy ones who are here to learn because learning is great never talk about transferring out. The ones who want to party more and are here as a stepping stone for a career talk about it quite a bit. There is also a bit of a culture war between the dorms. The UChicago you see in Snitchcock, Breck, and BJ is not the same UChicago in South and Max P. The Ivy-Leaguing of UChicago is restricted to the newer dorms with less close knit houses.

Would you please explain what you mean by the Ivy-Leaguing? And thanks for your informative post.

Is it totally random as to which House you are assigned to?

[Anonymous]

The idiot who keeps posting 'where fun goes to die' is clearly not an alum. The phrase is 'where fun comes to die', and it is not the school's motto by any stretch of the imagination. It's just a silly thing to put on t-shirts.

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of other schools where the students work hard and like learning. It's just that on top of having fun doing that, they also have fun doing the normal things people do in college -- like going to parties. And, yes, of course, they go to movies, play sports, go to a capella concerts, etc., but, really most young people also enjoy parties. The complete lack of that kind of social life is why fun goes to die at UofC.

There are lots of parties here. There are frats. There are dorm parties. There are apartment parties. There are less people who like partying, but the people who do party as much as people at any other school. I said this in my original post.

It's great that you like Chicago, but I've talked to quite a few current students and recent grads who have a very different view of the school.

It's great that you've talked to people, but there is not a 'complete lack of that kind of social life' at Chicago. As you said, young people like to party. Those who want to party can do so at Chicago. You're acting like Chicago students aren't 'normal'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's great that you like Chicago, but I've talked to quite a few current students and recent grads who have a very different view of the school.

Incredible. Practically everyone I talk to is a current student and I actually go here. I'm so impressed that you, random person who does not attend this school, manages to have a better idea of whether there is partying here than me.

Anonymous wrote:Would you please explain what you mean by the Ivy-Leaguing? And thanks for your informative post.

People who are more pre-professional, care about prestige, party more (in a frat/giant party where everyone gets wasted way instead of just a drinking in your dorm while talking about life way), less nerdy, etc. etc.

Side note: they are incredibly lax about alcohol in the dorms here. It's completely allowed as long as it is not in public areas.

Anonymous wrote:Is it totally random as to which House you are assigned to?

You can choose the dorm, but you are put in a random house in the dorm.

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of other schools where the students work hard and like learning. It's just that on top of having fun doing that, they also have fun doing the normal things people do in college -- like going to parties. And, yes, of course, they go to movies, play sports, go to a capella concerts, etc., but, really most young people also enjoy parties. The complete lack of that kind of social life is why fun goes to die at UofC.

There are lots of parties here. There are frats. There are dorm parties. There are apartment parties. There are less people who like partying, but the people who do party as much as people at any other school. I said this in my original post.

It's great that you like Chicago, but I've talked to quite a few current students and recent grads who have a very different view of the school.

It's great that you've talked to people, but there is not a 'complete lack of that kind of social life' at Chicago. As you said, young people like to party. Those who want to party can do so at Chicago. You're acting like Chicago students aren't 'normal'.

Absolutely not -- I never said that. But it's misleading to suggest that students at other schools don't love learning. That's just bogus.

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of other schools where the students work hard and like learning. It's just that on top of having fun doing that, they also have fun doing the normal things people do in college -- like going to parties. And, yes, of course, they go to movies, play sports, go to a capella concerts, etc., but, really most young people also enjoy parties. The complete lack of that kind of social life is why fun goes to die at UofC.

There are lots of parties here. There are frats. There are dorm parties. There are apartment parties. There are less people who like partying, but the people who do party as much as people at any other school. I said this in my original post.

It's great that you like Chicago, but I've talked to quite a few current students and recent grads who have a very different view of the school.

It's great that you've talked to people, but there is not a 'complete lack of that kind of social life' at Chicago. As you said, young people like to party. Those who want to party can do so at Chicago. You're acting like Chicago students aren't 'normal'.

+100 I actually went to UChicago. And sure, the contingent of "non-party" kids is probably bigger at UChicago than say, UVA. But there ARE parties. There ARE people who participate in that typical aspect of college life. If you want to party, you can do that there. Perhaps less "intensely" than at many schools, but it's not Brigham Young for God's sake.

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of other schools where the students work hard and like learning. It's just that on top of having fun doing that, they also have fun doing the normal things people do in college -- like going to parties. And, yes, of course, they go to movies, play sports, go to a capella concerts, etc., but, really most young people also enjoy parties. The complete lack of that kind of social life is why fun goes to die at UofC.

There are lots of parties here. There are frats. There are dorm parties. There are apartment parties. There are less people who like partying, but the people who do party as much as people at any other school. I said this in my original post.

It's great that you like Chicago, but I've talked to quite a few current students and recent grads who have a very different view of the school.

It's great that you've talked to people, but there is not a 'complete lack of that kind of social life' at Chicago. As you said, young people like to party. Those who want to party can do so at Chicago. You're acting like Chicago students aren't 'normal'.

+100 I actually went to UChicago. And sure, the contingent of "non-party" kids is probably bigger at UChicago than say, UVA. But there ARE parties. There ARE people who participate in that typical aspect of college life. If you want to party, you can do that there. Perhaps less "intensely" than at many schools, but it's not Brigham Young for God's sake.

+1000. I probably have a few years, most likely, decades on you. I lived in Little Pierce and though we studied quite a bit, I and the roommates threw our share of parties. I have quite (smirk) eye raising memories of the Lascivious Ball though I kept my clothes on. Do I need to say more?

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of other schools where the students work hard and like learning. It's just that on top of having fun doing that, they also have fun doing the normal things people do in college -- like going to parties. And, yes, of course, they go to movies, play sports, go to a capella concerts, etc., but, really most young people also enjoy parties. The complete lack of that kind of social life is why fun goes to die at UofC.

There are lots of parties here. There are frats. There are dorm parties. There are apartment parties. There are less people who like partying, but the people who do party as much as people at any other school. I said this in my original post.

It's great that you like Chicago, but I've talked to quite a few current students and recent grads who have a very different view of the school.

It's great that you've talked to people, but there is not a 'complete lack of that kind of social life' at Chicago. As you said, young people like to party. Those who want to party can do so at Chicago. You're acting like Chicago students aren't 'normal'.

+100 I actually went to UChicago. And sure, the contingent of "non-party" kids is probably bigger at UChicago than say, UVA. But there ARE parties. There ARE people who participate in that typical aspect of college life. If you want to party, you can do that there. Perhaps less "intensely" than at many schools, but it's not Brigham Young for God's sake.

+1000. I probably have a few years, most likely, decades on you. I lived in Little Pierce and though we studied quite a bit, I and the roommates threw our share of parties. I have quite (smirk) eye raising memories of the Lascivious Ball though I kept my clothes on. Do I need to say more?

It's that old? Wow, I had no idea.,,

[Anonymous]

Alum here and I wish I had gone during the Lascivious Ball years! But it was Pierce, not Little Pierce. And that PP was clearly a male, as Pierce was all male back then.

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of other schools where the students work hard and like learning. It's just that on top of having fun doing that, they also have fun doing the normal things people do in college -- like going to parties. And, yes, of course, they go to movies, play sports, go to a capella concerts, etc., but, really most young people also enjoy parties. The complete lack of that kind of social life is why fun goes to die at UofC.

There are lots of parties here. There are frats. There are dorm parties. There are apartment parties. There are less people who like partying, but the people who do party as much as people at any other school. I said this in my original post.

It's great that you like Chicago, but I've talked to quite a few current students and recent grads who have a very different view of the school.

It's great that you've talked to people, but there is not a 'complete lack of that kind of social life' at Chicago. As you said, young people like to party. Those who want to party can do so at Chicago. You're acting like Chicago students aren't 'normal'.

+100 I actually went to UChicago. And sure, the contingent of "non-party" kids is probably bigger at UChicago than say, UVA. But there ARE parties. There ARE people who participate in that typical aspect of college life. If you want to party, you can do that there. Perhaps less "intensely" than at many schools, but it's not Brigham Young for God's sake.

Me thinks the Phoenix doth protest too much.

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Not really. Gotta love the DCUM dynamic where someone says something harsh and untrue but when anyone steps in to rebut they're accused of protesting too much. Kinda damned if you do, damned if you don't.