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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Primary concerns are 1) grade deflation = lower GPA for med school apps and 2) grind culture and so much busy work = no time left for meaningful pre-med internships. We watched a "Day in the life of a UChicago student" video on Youtube. The girl who made it described her workload in details and said [b]she has 7 hours of homework a day on average [/b]in additional to going to classes, office hours, clubs and ECs on campus. She's not evening STEM/Engineering or Comp Sci!. How is that sustainable?

DD (junior) is curious about UChicago because she likes their essay prompt Qs which makes her think it's a campus full of "her kind of people". She's not deterred by the reputation of challenging academics (she has a history of excelling when things get more challenging). However, she is not what you would call a recluse nerd, she has lots of friends, is very social and active now in high school and manages to work year-round at a part-time job with coworkers she is friendly with. She says her ideal college will h[b]ave top teaching, challenging academics, good for pre-med but also has lots of campus traditions, events and activities (non-Greek, Harry Potter Quidditch type)[/b]. The latter part doesn't sound like UChicago to me, am I right? [/quote]

7 hours a DAY of homework is more than average for sure. We have our own and know various current students at different ivies as well as UChicago and none average 7 hours a day. During a bad week, sure, but not average per day over an entire semester. 
The ideal college description you wrote fits UChicago as well as most Ivies as well as William and Mary. Students at these schools are certainly social, it is just a different kind of social than that of more homogenous large southern public football schools. The old Fun goes to Die trope is a joke from decades ago and not at all true at UChicago. [/quote]

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