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[quote=Anonymous]Not knocking Cornell (great school, definitely can find nerds there), but I don't think access to profs will be an issue at UChicago. It has a 5 or 6:1 student to faculty ratio and I thought that was probably meaningless -- until my kid got there.  DC (who is generally shy) knows and is known by virtually all of her profs (12 courses, 2 exceptions).  Her intro Chem and CS courses have 33 and 50 kids respectively. (Other courses have been smaller, except intro Bio).  Faculty in CS encourage kids to hang out and do psets during their office hours so help is there if/when they need it.  DC has a 10 week paid summer research opportunity this summer through the University.  There's no honors program at UofC -- this is what every kid has access to.

I think your DD should choose whichever school she likes best (and, again, should think hard about whether she wants the Core).  No wrong choices here -- just wanted to say that I wouldn't assume that the Cornell program will give her better access to faculty or research opportunities.[/quote]

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