Reply to Is U Chicago worth cost over in-state UVA?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Is U Chicago worth cost over in-state UVA?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not on a par academically.  Question (in addition to finances) is whether Chicago is overkill for your DC, given personality and interests.

Chicago has a rigorous core, so if DC doesn’t want to retake Calc and chem, as well as a year each of humanities, social science, and civ course (with the option of subbing a couple of arts course for hum/civ), then that could be a deal breaker.  On the other hand, if he’s an intellectually-oriented kid looking for a similarly-minded cohort and a well-rounded (vs specialist or pre-professional) education, it could be a great choice.

Re business school, I think Booth has a (highly selective) BA/MBA program and that there will be a new business Econ major next year.

As a U Of C parent, I’ve been wildly impressed by career counseling/internship opportunities, small class sizes, and enthusiastic and accessible profs there.  [/quote]

DC was UVA Echols & UChicago - went UChicago and is VERY happy.  DC saw UChicago as focused on academics and very challenging.  The comment above is spot on in our experience.  In addition, the class sizes are significantly smaller and the TA support is extensive.  Opportunities for internships are many and interesting.  Chicago is very accessible.  Very little to no distractions from Greeks or SJW activities - very focused, diligent classmates and lots of graduate students around.  Little to no sports activities.  It is an unusual place and for the right kid it's nirvana.

UVA is a very different place - note I'm not judging.  I don't think your DC will have any difficulty making the choice after researching and spending some time on each campus.

Good luck![/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics