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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sadly, the old UChicago character isn't really there anymore. Now it's mostly just clever UMC swots who apply to the top 10-15 colleges and go to the highest ranked one they get into. I think the college churns out critical thinkers but the quirky campus vibe just isn't there anymore. [/quote]

Are you an alumn?

Current students I know certainly don't fit that mold and wouldn't characterize the school's culture that way.  And, while it's true that the 1% will always be overrepresented in schools that cost $65K+ a year, U of C is demanding enough (core, quarter system, rigor) and lacks the everyday brand recognition/wow factor that other highly ranked schools have, that I find it hard to believe it's a magnet for kids who just want to go to the most highly ranked school they got into.  Certainly, there will be kids interested in finance who are drawn by the Econ department.  But it's one department -- not the whole College.  And the undergrad vibe feels very different from Harvard, Princeton, or Stanford.  (I don't know Yale well enough to compare.).[/quote]

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