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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it really that toxic?  What if the kid is a hard worker, academic kid who rises to (and generally enjoys) whatever the academic expectation is? My kid is at NCS and is used to producing really high quality work, studying 3 hours nightly etc.  Probably similar to many public magnet kids.  Is it still really a shock for these kids?   [/quote]

I think there's a difference between being toxic and having high academic expectations. There might be overlap in some places, but there doesn't have to be.[/quote]

So is Chicago toxic or does it just have high expectations?[/quote]

UChicago is notorious for being academically rigorous AND being a First Amendment absolutist.  There are no “safe zones”, so disagreement is often overt.  Whether that is an environment your DC would enjoy is for your DC to decide.  Words like “toxic” are loaded and not really helpful.  My DS’s HS has sent 3 or 4 boys there the past 2 cycles. I would say the ones who went were looking for that type of environment, moreso than a warm and fuzzy one.  It’s great for the right kind of student.  But one who includes UChicago on their college application list just because its T10 or whatever, could be in for a rude awakening if they were thinking it would more like its similarly ranked peer schools.[/quote]

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