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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]does anyone have a perspective on how U of Chi is if a student is coming from a pressure-cooker private school in DMV and is fine there.  ie I'm just trying to figure out relative pressure-cooker situation.  [/quote]

My kid (grad school-bound 4th year described in previous posts) fits that description. Again, DC says HS was good prep for UofC and DC has done well academically (while also doing lots of other things including TAing and living off campus).  But the other (equally smart and high-performing) kid from DC’s HS cohort who went to UofC left during first year. A lot of this comes done to social/emotional makeup and what kinds of support DC relies upon at home (you can know what you provide but you may not know what they relied upon until they leave).

Some people (and you may not be one of them) tend to think HS stress-tests kids for college. It doesn’t, exactly, because most HS aged kids have home to come back to on a daily basis. And they know their friends have that as well. In college and young adulthood, some kids are on their own in a different way and/or rely more heavily on friends for support. And the problems they’re facing may appear bigger/less soluble than the ones they brought home in HS. In a college environment where brains/academic performance feel like the only thing that matters, where college is jaw-droppingly expensive and kids know that, where family expectations may seem to suggest that it’s crucial that this investment pay off (in grades, jobs, income), there are potentially very different types/levels of stress and feelings of responsibility.
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