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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^Maybe ED will have that effect, but it’s not what my DD is experiencing there now.  [/quote]

How would a tiger cub there now know what Chicago was like 20 years ago? :roll: All the elite colleges are homogenized; the only differences are parents [and students] echoing high-dollar marketing materials like trained monkeys.[/quote]

You mean what Chicago was like until 5-10 years ago. Zimmer didn't take helm until 2006 and the changes were not immediate. Even with the changes Chicago is not interchangeable to the ivies. It is very very rigorous, kinda nerdy still, social life is a bit anemic compared to the ivies (but much better compared to what Chicago used to be like). Same goes for the whole where fun goes to die aspect: it is much less pronounced than before still there compared to the ivies. [/quote]

I have very much a preppy tiger cub there that is unexpectedly, over the mind happy at UChicago.  Unexpected because he chose the school wanting a rigorous education to be well prepared for a WS career and decided to trade off the fun part, then found his version of nirvana.  Extremely social kid but likes being able to party hard on the weekend and have it socially ecceptable to focus in on work during the week.  He also finds the work and his peers so interesting, the rigor is worth it. And he appreciates that everyone is busy being productive all the time.  For him, it's been a friendly and cooperative campus with no cut throat behavior.  There seems to be a culture of helping each other through the rigor.  I've had the good fortune to meet some of his friends and they really range form the nerdy to athletic and fellow preppies all co-existing very well. I don't know if he will remain a tiger club though.  UChicaco  has enormously expanded his outlook on what he wants to do with his life.[/quote]

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