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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will a preppy bro find his people?  I know there is the economics crowd but anyone else?  We visited this summer during their open house and it seemed like 98% of the prospective students were more on the quirky side (not saying there is anything wrong with that).

My son is coming from a super rigorous high school and is used to (and appreciates) a heavy academic workload but he has mainstream interests: sports, pop culture, etc. 
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Yes. In recent years, Chicago has been moving away from its nerdy, quirky, where fun goes to die identity. It's increasingly becoming a little more indistinguishable from similarly ranked schools - Duke, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Brown. More of the wealthy, private school, pre-professional, finance/consulting crowd. Not everyone is happy about it. Chicago always had a very distinct identity. And they are purposely moving away from it. That's one of the reasons they rely pretty heavily on ED. It allows them to really shape the class they want these days. [/quote]

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