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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UChicago, MIT, Caltech

UChicago - quarter system so students are constantly in between midterms and exams with a heavy workload; core curriculum so this very heavy and fast paced workload is required in every one of the traditional liberal arts - humanities, social sciences, maths, and physical/biological sciences. these students are in a constant grind.

MIT and Caltech - for STEM it doesn't get harder[/quote]

Agree that the quarter system at UChicago makes things much harder than you'd expect.[/quote]

Haven’t previously posted about UChicago on this thread, but just in case the OP is a HS student looking for the most rigorous college s/he can find, let me just say (a) PPs are right about Chicago and (b) rethink your approach before you choose a college.  My kid had a similar attitude, chose Chicago, and really regretted it, despite having done well there (good grades, mentors, first choice grad program). If you are serious about academics, look for the place you’ll learn the most about the things that interest you, be able to explore/develop new interests, and be happiest doing so. Near-constant academic pressure on all fronts is generally not an approach that yields these results. Instead, you spend lots of time putting out fires vs being driven by intrinsic interest in learning more.

Extrapolating from HS (as UMC American kids experience it today) that people compete/demonstrate their abilities by taking the largest number of the  hardest classes available in the broadest range of subjects as early/quickly as they can, will lead you astray in so many ways. (Happiness, developing your talents, understanding how the world works).
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