Is U Chicago worth cost over in-state UVA?

[Anonymous]

I’d rather spend four years in Charlottesville than four years in Chicago. Others might disagree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top-tip: "prep schools" is not synonymous with five NE boarding schools you cherry-picked to force your point.

Handsome polished rich kids flock to Duke. Unfortunate homely strivers flock to Chicago.

When a kid gets into Chicago EA/RD and then Duke or Columbia RD (or off the waitlist), they end up at Duke or Columbia. I'm sorry this triggers you, it's a fact.

Look at every single ranking of private HS’s. The NE boarding schools cited in this thread are always at the top.

Ignoramus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top-tip: "prep schools" is not synonymous with five NE boarding schools you cherry-picked to force your point.

Handsome polished rich kids flock to Duke. Unfortunate homely strivers flock to Chicago.

When a kid gets into Chicago EA/RD and then Duke or Columbia RD (or off the waitlist), they end up at Duke or Columbia. I'm sorry this triggers you, it's a fact.

Columbia and UChicago have some overlap (core, big cities, research focus) but Duke doesn't share these attributes. Again, a student simply applying to the "top 15" and choosing to attend "the best" is a fantasy construction of an ignorant observer. The vast majority of successful applicants (and their parents who pay substantial sums) know what particular attributes of a school they are seeking and what fits with their ambitions and objectives. I don't believe the cross-admit data that has been asserted here without reliable sourcing. These students are among the brightest and most accomplished and best prepared in the world - is it really believable that one might apply to a midwestern research university with a core and a reputation for intense academics, but no Greek life to speak of and no athletic program, and located in Chicago; while at the same time apply to and hope to attend a southern university with a reputation for emphasizing social life (Greek etc.), an obsession with sports culture, and a different emphasis on academics. These are apples and oranges; and it's what makes the application process so important - i.e. to match students' skills and aspirations with the institution that can b est support, develop and enhance the student. Find some real data on who applies to both and who is accepted at both - UChicago doesn't want anyone who is keen to attend Duke and the corollary is likely true as well. These institutions want students who find a unique connection between what they offer and what the student seeks - that's it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d rather spend four years in Charlottesville than four years in Chicago. Others might disagree.

How many tiki torches do you have, and how many times have you wept while reading Mein Kampf?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top-tip: "prep schools" is not synonymous with five NE boarding schools you cherry-picked to force your point.

Handsome polished rich kids flock to Duke. Unfortunate homely strivers flock to Chicago.

When a kid gets into Chicago EA/RD and then Duke or Columbia RD (or off the waitlist), they end up at Duke or Columbia. I'm sorry this triggers you, it's a fact.

“Prep school” = couldn’t get into “boarding school”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top-tip: "prep schools" is not synonymous with five NE boarding schools you cherry-picked to force your point.

Handsome polished rich kids flock to Duke. Unfortunate homely strivers flock to Chicago.

When a kid gets into Chicago EA/RD and then Duke or Columbia RD (or off the waitlist), they end up at Duke or Columbia. I'm sorry this triggers you, it's a fact.

“Prep school” = couldn’t get into “boarding school”

Huh? Prep schools can be boarding or day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d rather spend four years in Charlottesville than four years in Chicago. Others might disagree.

How many tiki torches do you have, and how many times have you wept while reading Mein Kampf?

That's totally inappropriate and you know it. UVA had nothing to do with that tragic incident. Since it, it has taken every step possible to make sure no one like that can march on campus again.

[Anonymous]

Geez this is a bad thread.

[Anonymous]

Yes, yes, yes. It’s worth extra the cost.

[Anonymous]

Anyone can search for UChicago admitted student groups on facebook and then discover many teens' bios say Duke and Columbia. As in, they were admitted to UChicago, joined the admitted students group, then later got into Duke or Columbia, and turned down UChicago.

Stanford and all the Ivies pop up in bios too, but most common, by far, are Duke and Columbia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone can search for UChicago admitted student groups on facebook and then discover many teens' bios say Duke and Columbia. As in, they were admitted to UChicago, joined the admitted students group, then later got into Duke or Columbia, and turned down UChicago.

Stanford and all the Ivies pop up in bios too, but most common, by far, are Duke and Columbia.

Wait -- you're trolling admitted student groups on FB (most of which are secret) and then going through the profiles of 18-22 year olds?

1. I call BS because, as I said above, most of those groups are secret.

2. You're creepy as crap.

[Anonymous]

Search, sort by new, and scroll != "trolling"

It's the most accurate cross-admit info there is -- unless you think 100s of kids are "trolling" with phony bios. But bless your heart for trying to divert with ad hominem attacks when called out on your shameless and desperate homerism that has no basis in reality.

Duke > Chicago
Columbia > Chicago

Have fun obsessing over your striver dork college nobody has ever heard of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Search, sort by new, and scroll != "trolling"

It's the most accurate cross-admit info there is -- unless you think 100s of kids are "trolling" with phony bios. But bless your heart for trying to divert with ad hominem attacks when called out on your shameless and desperate homerism that has no basis in reality.

Duke > Chicago
Columbia > Chicago

Have fun obsessing over your striver dork college nobody has ever heard of.

Except you've heard about it enough to motivate you to troll against (does one "troll against"?) UChicago on at least three different online fora every couple of days for at least of two months now. Seriously, lady. You seem to have an issue!

[Anonymous]

+1. Total psycho.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Search, sort by new, and scroll != "trolling"

It's the most accurate cross-admit info there is -- unless you think 100s of kids are "trolling" with phony bios. But bless your heart for trying to divert with ad hominem attacks when called out on your shameless and desperate homerism that has no basis in reality.

Duke > Chicago
Columbia > Chicago

Have fun obsessing over your striver dork college nobody has ever heard of.

Only in STD rates and dumb sorority sluts. Also you are indeed a Stalker. Finally, I dare you to post proof of your ridiculous theory. Till then nobody here believes your racist rants.