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[quote=Anonymous]DS (Junior) is looking into colleges and really likes what he's reading about it. He's pretty introverted, intellectual (I guess? He genuinely enjoys his classes and thinks most of his non-APs were too easy; he wants a hard school) and nerdy and loves the atmosphere. But, I'm a little worried that something like this will happen to him http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-17/news/chi-university-of-chicago-student-20-found-dead-20140215_1_dorm-students-death-foul-odor, because it's totally like him to just lock himself in his room for a week without talking to anyone.

Also, he wants to go into Comp Sci, which Chicago isn't known for, but I asked a colleague and he literally said that you can't wrong with Chicago (their grad program is ranked #30ish by US News, can't be that bad). DS also wants to double major in history, so he's not too happy with schools like MIT, CalTech or Harvey Mudd which aren't good at all with non-techy things. Other schools that are good with both are too reach-y for him to really pin down (Chicago's early acceptance rate is 50% from our school and the average accepted SAT score is around 2150 - nothing like the other schools in USNews top 20), though we understand that Chicago is still going to be a reach. He thinks he has a reasonable chance though, especially since he fits the exact stereotype Chicago seems to be trying to attract (he's been complaining about generic essay questions since the second time he had to write about the theme of a passage).

So...general opinions? Anyone have an experience with the school? It doesn't really come up here often... It is as good as it looks for the introverted kid who's nerdy enough to like strange things like Lord of the Rings linguistics and gets excited over a robotic library?[/quote]

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