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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. What is it about U of Chicago that gets so many people worked up on this board? It has only recently come on my radar as we have a rising junior and starting to think about colleges. There seems to be a group out there hell-bent and determined to quickly criticize this school and another group that is equally passionate about letting everyone know how fantastic it is. Is it because it has always had a so-so reputation and only recently come into the limelight?  Other schools do not seem to get people as worked up as this place! Even Harvard and the other Ivy’s ![/quote]

Boosters from NU, Duke and Penn hate the school because now it's ranked higher. That #3 ranking burns them up. It's stupid that somebody can get so riled up over their ranking surge but it is what it is

Folks who were rejected, also hate the school. This is one reason the school is waitlisting so many kids now. They recognize the animus that might be generated from a rejection

It's just intense jealousy

The Chicago boosters feel that some, of the criticism leveled against the school is either unfair, trolling or just untrue. So they post to correct the haters. Chicago is not for everyone. It is an academically rigorous school whose Core curriculum will drive you crazy until you graduate and realise it's benefits years later. Winters in Chicago are brutal, very few classes throw out A's unless you have really earned it, the quarter system will really tax you and the administration has no patience for and rarely entertains demands from SJW students.. All this can be very alienating for some kids.

If you mismatch with Chicago, you are going to be very unhappy, but if you get a buzz from rigorous academics both in Humanities and STEM, like interacting with smart peers who love academics, don't want a politically charged atmosphere and prefer a large city, Chicago offers one of the best undergrad experiences in the US today and that includes HYPSM, let alone the other elites[/quote]

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