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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is at Brown and loves it.  My nephew just finished first year at Chicago and will be taking a year off and applying to transfer elsewhere -- he's a bright, intellectually curious and hard-working kid who has found Chicago to be filled with too many kids who are either self-consciously quirky or disgruntled b/c they didn't get into HYPS.  He likes the Core, but feels many students are [b]engaged in intellectual combat[/b] with profs who are bent on grade deflation.  [/quote]

This is sort of Chicago's reputation.  I think it's a great school, but I had friends who were really frustrated by what they felt was intellectual pissing contests -- a lot of very aggressive students (mostly males) who felt like intellectual debate was to show off and put others down.  I think it's worse in some departments than others.  I wouldn't discourage anyone from going there because I think it's a great school and Chicago is awesome, but I wouldn't encourage anyone to go there that wasn't really comfortable with that environment.  If your daughter really wants Brown instead of Chicago, let her go to Brown.  [/quote]

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