Every kind of person can find their people or social niche at most colleges and universities. A lot of it comes down to whether one wants a campus with a critical mass of a certain kind of person- racial/ethnic background, interests, religion, hobbies, political views, etc. I was a minority at my rural SLAC several decades ago- there were very few people who shared my ethnic heritage. However, it was a wonderful, broadening experience for me. But I’m just one person from a different era. It’s different for everyone. For some people, have a community of shared background or shared interests is very central/important to their college experience.

The frat looks fun. They had a playboy party too.
Not what you think of when you think UChicago

I thought UChicago was a place where fun goes to die?

My friend's son plays football there, and apparently there is a small band of hardcore tailgating parents who do day drinking justice.

Alas, they killed off the Lascivious Ball.

Maybe their institutional priorities changed? It can happen. More party bros less 'nobel' ones?

Anonymous wrote:I genuinely don’t understand how people can be this clueless. When you see a photo of someone studying in the library at a lower ranked school, do you excitedly post to ask about the amazing academics at this school, so different from what you’ve heard in the past? If you see a photo of a girl with blue hair and piercings at the Univ of Georgia, do you post with rapture about the new counterculture movement there? Are you shocked that some students at Oberlin attend Catholic mass or Shabbat services? How do you not get that virtually every single university has a broad range of students with a broad range of interests?

I'll weigh in.

I get it. I also went down the rabbit hole and found that Ig posting after reading this. It looks like SMU. That's why. It doesn't look like a T10.
Of course, every "smart" school has parties and social gatherings. This just looks like more than a simple frat party. Excessive imo. Maybe it's good marketing as mentioned.

And before someone else jumps down my throat, I think it's GREAT for UofC. Makes me rethink my own stereotypes.

I genuinely don’t understand how people can be this clueless. When you see a photo of someone studying in the library at a lower ranked school, do you excitedly post to ask about the amazing academics at this school, so different from what you’ve heard in the past? If you see a photo of a girl with blue hair and piercings at the Univ of Georgia, do you post with rapture about the new counterculture movement there? Are you shocked that some students at Oberlin attend Catholic mass or Shabbat services? How do you not get that virtually every single university has a broad range of students with a broad range of interests?

Anonymous wrote:This has to be a troll. UChicago has frat parties and nonfrat parties just like ivies and MIt and other nerd-forward schools. The whole fun-goes-to-die thing is tongue in cheek and the kernel of truth was from the 80s. The students we know there have as much fun as peer schools, more than some of the less-social elites yet not the the level of endless weekend bacchanals found in the SEC

I found the IG post. Definitely looks more fun than the Uchicago of the 1990s!!!

Yeah Fiji was like that when I was there 20 years ago.

Anonymous wrote:Per my Chicago kid, Fiji is the football/lax bro frat.

Well that explains it.

Per my Chicago kid, Fiji is the football/lax bro frat.

This has to be a troll. UChicago has frat parties and nonfrat parties just like ivies and MIt and other nerd-forward schools. The whole fun-goes-to-die thing is tongue in cheek and the kernel of truth was from the 80s. The students we know there have as much fun as peer schools, more than some of the less-social elites yet not the the level of endless weekend bacchanals found in the SEC

Its a fraternity. Sometimes they have parties with a dj.

My kid sent me a video that’s from an IG post (UChicagofiji) 5 days ago for an upcoming frat party they are promoting with a DJ? wow? It looks insane! So fun. I say this as a 50 year-old parent. Not what I expected from UChicago.

Looks more like an SEC school? Is this just a good marketing?