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[quote=Anonymous]My DCs love University of Chicago. They are both currently enrolled there. Why?
- they love the Hyde Park neighborhood- eclectic academic, affluent, long-term diversity, beautiful walkable neighborhood
- their friends are interesting and march to their own beat, and friends were made through classes, sports, RSOs and house living. They went out to the point to celebrate the end of year with a picnic and generally do normal college kid things outside class
- the courses are challenging and teach critical thinking; they constantly feel pushed to be the best version of themselves as students. My son’s favorite course was proof-based mathematics, and he is grateful he is getting incredible academic training
- professors for both have been very strong and empathetic. It is hard but go to office hours, show your effort, get to know them… and they have built meaningful relationships with their professors in Economics, mathematics, art and HUM
-employers that value extremely smart students recruit at UChicago in Finance, Consulting and banks… don’t know about other courses
Free speech reigns. They love that ideas can be discussed openly without self censorship. This is a huge plus for U Chicago
- they don’t see the crime people fret about on this thread- just be careful.  They are city kids so used to handling themselves carefully. in fact the campus police who stand on street corners on campus all night, the blue light phones, etc… do make the campus feel safe
- however, they recognize it’s more effort to get into Chicago than living in the city )they are city kids), and that it gets really cold and that is hard, and that their grades are probably going to be lower and the quarter system is really fast-paced. This is life and no college is perfect, so can you live with and adapt to downsides?
I am just pointing out that experiences vary and the 99% freshman retention rate suggest many more students share my DCs experience.  
  If you don’t like U Chicago, don’t apply. Or transfer. Find the better school for you, but be honest enough to acknowledge other people are having equally valid positive experiences, and don’t try to blanket dismiss or devalue their lived experience.

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