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[quote=Anonymous]I am UChicago alum from about 15 years ago. I also went to an ivy league school for grad school and came from a very competitive private school on the east coast. I loved my experience there and am still very close to many friends from school but there are some major differences that I didn't realize at the time:

- The curriculum is very rigorous and there is no grade inflation. I took a couple of pre-med requirements at Harvard in the summer and it was a joke compared to my science classes at UChicago. I had to beg the dean to even accept that as credit. They don't care if you are applying to med school/grad school/etc  . .  they still give out low grades freely.

- The core has a lot of requirements and is in-depth. I enjoyed but it does require you to invest a lot of time and efforts into subjects you might not be interested in. In contrast my husband studied engineering at a top ranked state school and I know it was intense but he didn't have to pull A's in history, literature and social studies as well as his engineering courses in order to graduate with a high GPA.

- The alumni network and "college love" just isn't as strong as other schools. I worked at a FAANG in Chicago and the focus was way more on schools like UMich, Notre Dame, and Northwestern. Alums from those schools are really pulling for more hires from their respective alma maters.

- UChicago is still heavily midwestern so lots of kids from Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, etc. If you don't want to end up in Chicago after school ends it can be a little more challenging because alot of people do want to stay in the midwest. There are alot of kids from the midwest that apply because they want to go to a top tier school but they don't want to leave the midwest.

- Chicago still has alot of crime and UChicago isn't in the best neighborhood and yes you have to rely on public transportation to access alot of the fun and amazing things Chicago has to offer. You have to have some street smarts and feel comfortable with a campus that's in an urban area.

I know all of this makes it sound like I don't love the school and thats farthest from the case. I truly love the friends I made and really loved the classes I took and have great memories of experiencing a liberal arts education. But it's really for a specific type of student that's going to enjoy that type of experience. [/quote]

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