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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] "If you’re a serious student with true intellectual curiosity, this is probably the best University in the US to attend. You will be pushed, you will be stretched, you will be challenged, and you will wrestle with some of the smartest people on this planet over important issues, 24/7. It is a place that is well aware of its history & celebrates intellectual accomplishment. If you are up to the challenge, U. Chicago is for you. Otherwise, go to Harvard or some other place."[/quote]

Sounds like what you'll find at most major universities in America. Chicago is not special in this regard.  :roll: [/quote]

NP here. As an undergrad, I went to one of the Ivies that this board deems top tier. I then went to Chicago for my doctoral work, and taught a few undergrad courses while I was there. The Chicago kids seemed considerably sharper than the kids at my alma mater.[b] They also seemed considerably more neurotic.[/b]

Some of this is probably owed to the fact that they often end up taking classes side-by-side with graduate students, who are neurotic by definition.  ?Regardless, it remains a place I would only recommend to students looking for a serious intellectual challenge.[/quote]

Spot on. Neurotic, grubby, upper middle class / rich kids.[/quote]

You might want to visit the place or maybe read up on the school stats some before forming opinions.
It appears to be a diverse school with smart kids who like to study a d challenge themselves intellectually a lot. 
They seem to produce people who go into things like science research , whereas the Ivy's produce people who might be stockbrokers or Jared Kushner types ( making billions off being an inner city slumlord anyone? Marrying well?). They are not similar environments so why compare? Why so much whining and maligning ?[/quote]

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