Is UChicago now a target for big5 kids? Up there with HYPS?

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago is a good school. Go there because it's a good school and it has the program you are looking for. But don't go there because you imagibe it's already HYPS or because Gates' kid goes there. That's for people who need a constant pat on the back for going to HYPS.

I googled for the announcement that Rory Gates would attend U Chicago and the only place I saw this was on reddit. Not the most reliable source. And there’s another Reddit thread that has him attending Vanderbilt.

Daddy just bought a $1.5m pad near the college. It's on all the Chicago dailies.

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Anonymous wrote:As tough to get into these days yes but not nearly as enjoyable once you get there. A total joyless grind.

Very true for those who think college is about sports, drinking and bs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago is a good school. Go there because it's a good school and it has the program you are looking for. But don't go there because you imagibe it's already HYPS or because Gates' kid goes there. That's for people who need a constant pat on the back for going to HYPS.

I googled for the announcement that Rory Gates would attend U Chicago and the only place I saw this was on reddit. Not the most reliable source. And there’s another Reddit thread that has him attending Vanderbilt.

Another fake news spread by desperate Chicago alums.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As tough to get into these days yes but not nearly as enjoyable once you get there. A total joyless grind.

Very true for those who think college is about sports, drinking and bs

Chicago is Division 3. Their idea of sports is touch football and freeze bees.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As tough to get into these days yes but not nearly as enjoyable once you get there. A total joyless grind.

Very true for those who think college is about sports, drinking and bs

Chicago is Division 3. Their idea of sports is touch football and freeze bees.

Which is great news to folks going to college for, wait, learning

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As tough to get into these days yes but not nearly as enjoyable once you get there. A total joyless grind.

Very true for those who think college is about sports, drinking and bs

Chicago is Division 3. Their idea of sports is touch football and freeze bees.

Which is great news to folks going to college for, wait, learning

Division 1 schools like Harvard, Yale, Princeton must be only for he-man muscle jocks who can't read.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As tough to get into these days yes but not nearly as enjoyable once you get there. A total joyless grind.

Is that a current, 2018, characterization of campus or slightly dated? My daughter wants to apply ED1 this fall and that's what we're worried about. But I read they hired a man from Yale or Harvard to curate a more Ivy-like ethos.

Dated. My kid’s there now. If you can, have your daughter visit — she’ll quickly know whether it’s what she’s looking for.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As tough to get into these days yes but not nearly as enjoyable once you get there. A total joyless grind.

Very true for those who think college is about sports, drinking and bs

Chicago is Division 3. Their idea of sports is touch football and freeze bees.

Which is great news to folks going to college for, wait, learning

Recreational sports and, wait, lots of recreational drugs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As tough to get into these days yes but not nearly as enjoyable once you get there. A total joyless grind.

Very true for those who think college is about sports, drinking and bs

Chicago is Division 3. Their idea of sports is touch football and freeze bees.

Which is great news to folks going to college for, wait, learning

Recreational sports and, wait, lots of recreational drugs.

Lol, Chicago must be another wanna-be Reed and Oberlin. Kind of like Donny Osmond trying to imitate Travolta.

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard many students move off campus at U Chicago - and not necessarily next to the campus. Doesn't indicate a vibrant student community to me.

“Off campus” housing is often as close or closer to classes as dorms. More space, less money, and the lure of independence. Also, after first year, undergrads retain house membership (so access to facilities and activities), so the social aspect is still there if you want it. My kid is moving off campus after two (happy) year’s in dorms. Really excited about living with a friend, getting a pet, adulting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard many students move off campus at U Chicago - and not necessarily next to the campus. Doesn't indicate a vibrant student community to me.

“Off campus” housing is often as close or closer to classes as dorms. More space, less money, and the lure of independence. Also, after first year, undergrads retain house membership (so access to facilities and activities), so the social aspect is still there if you want it. My kid is moving off campus after two (happy) year’s in dorms. Really excited about living with a friend, getting a pet, adulting.

Just another commuter and suitcase college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have heard many students move off campus at U Chicago - and not necessarily next to the campus. Doesn't indicate a vibrant student community to me.

“Off campus” housing is often as close or closer to classes as dorms. More space, less money, and the lure of independence. Also, after first year, undergrads retain house membership (so access to facilities and activities), so the social aspect is still there if you want it. My kid is moving off campus after two (happy) year’s in dorms. Really excited about living with a friend, getting a pet, adulting.

Just another commuter and suitcase college.

Lol! Right. Lots of night school classes, everybody drives in from the burbs after work. There’s open enrollment, affordable tuition, and it’s easy to go part time.

Seriously, it’s great that such colleges exist. UChicago is just not one of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have heard many students move off campus at U Chicago - and not necessarily next to the campus. Doesn't indicate a vibrant student community to me.

“Off campus” housing is often as close or closer to classes as dorms. More space, less money, and the lure of independence. Also, after first year, undergrads retain house membership (so access to facilities and activities), so the social aspect is still there if you want it. My kid is moving off campus after two (happy) year’s in dorms. Really excited about living with a friend, getting a pet, adulting.

Just another commuter and suitcase college.

Better than the shithole called Duke though. Now that school is for the real bottom feeding HYPS rejects

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Anonymous wrote:Dour comments can be applied to any of the schools including HYPS. While at H, the tour guides had nothing but bad things to say about their own school, Princeton kids were stressed and rude, Y was great but their math program was terrible, S was corporate. And there were also great things about each school.

Not sure what your point is. HYPS sucks too, so Chicago is in good company? Yet, Chicago can't hang with them to begin with.

Point is that just because people have negative things to say, doesn't mean there isn't great too if people would stop letting assumptive vision affect their mindset. Why does it seem impossble for HYPS boosters to have a balanced perspective? UChicago has been hanging with H before YPS were a thing. The ironic thing is that most people doing the critiquing probaby won't get an option for their kid to attend their legacy school or UChicago or any of the other elites.

A lot of people seem to be choosing UVA over Chicago.

Given the astronomical levels that private college tuition has reached, there will always be families choosing flagship publics over elite privates — especially in states with strong public universities. It’s a rational decision but not necessarily a sign of which school the student would prefer if cost weren’t an issue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chicago is a good school. Go there because it's a good school and it has the program you are looking for. But don't go there because you imagibe it's already HYPS or because Gates' kid goes there. That's for people who need a constant pat on the back for going to HYPS.

I googled for the announcement that Rory Gates would attend U Chicago and the only place I saw this was on reddit. Not the most reliable source. And there’s another Reddit thread that has him attending Vanderbilt.

Daddy just bought a $1.5m pad near the college. It's on all the Chicago dailies.

I saw that article. Daddy has properties in many cities. Nothing on Rory at U Chicago in any legit news source. But enjoy Reddit!