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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes this happens when you choose a college based solely on it being your highest US News ranked option.  [/quote]

She is really well traveled with best friends and an older brother at Ivies, UVA, Vanderbilt, Boston College, and Duke. Her senior year of high school and over the last year she has spent weekends or longer at like a dozen universities. She has a good handle on what she believes is lacking at Chicago.[/quote]

Yes, weekend visits are the best way to discover how universities are run.

During her dozen of university weekend visits did she sit in many classes to see if the professors were checked out?[/quote]

DP, but this is a thing, it's just really hard to know what is and isn't a good fit until you're there and have your experience. I went to Chicago and had a great time. None of what's described by some here is familiar to me at all, my social circle was down to earth and friendly, my professors were great (and all English speakers), but that's my experience. I had no way of knowing what experience I would have until I had it, really.[/quote]

Maybe socially, but the rant about weekend visits to other schools means the niece knows that U Chicago is pooy run by comparison is ridiculous. The weekend visits were for socializing or partying-not to investigate the skills of the administration.[/quote]

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