Anonymous
05/02/2018 10:12
Subject: Re:Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Princeton!
Anonymous
05/02/2018 08:50
Subject: Re:Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Typical Harvard.
Anonymous
05/02/2018 07:18
Subject: Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago: Where fun goes to die.
Seriously, this is their own motto.
Not true. DS went from a Top 3 DC school to Chicago and loves it!
From one of the student reviews:
The weather is terrible, the skies are often gray/overcast, and I really did feel like I was sort of stuck there for four years. If the "life of the mind" is all you really care about, you'll probably like Chicago, but if you want to have fun too and a more "well-rounded" college experience in a location with more sunny days (and happier students), go elsewhere. There were a lot of unhappy students at Chicago when I attended?I certainly wasn't the only one biding my time and counting the days till I could leave.
That was from the class of 1975. How is this relevant today?
Has Chicago move its location so their weather is any different from 1975? Are there more sunny days now than in 1975?
You're really reaching now. Have you checked out weather for any of the northeastern schools including H? If weather is your criteria, Boston is really no fun.
No question that he UChicago of old was miserable. It's just not that school any more (inluding the weather thanks to global warming
Chicago can't compare to NE schools like Harvard. More like Boston U, Boston C.
Anonymous
05/02/2018 02:51
Subject: Re:Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Anonymous wrote:Williams
Dartmouth
Northwestern
No. Williams is completely dead socially and all the people do there is study.
Dartmouth and NU, yes. Williams has one of the worst social scenes among the LACs
Anonymous
05/02/2018 02:48
Subject: Re:Which elite colleges are actually fun?
I went to Ivy undergrad and grad. I had a good time. And it wasn't that long ago either. Plenty of parties, plenty of all night pizzas and philosophy, plenty of hookups, plenty of fun. And yes, plenty of studying too.
Most of my friends had a great time too.
College is always what you make of it. This is true anywhere. If a child is unhappy and bored and doesn't have a social life, then that's a reflection of the child, not the university.
Most of my friends had a great time too.
College is always what you make of it. This is true anywhere. If a child is unhappy and bored and doesn't have a social life, then that's a reflection of the child, not the university.
Anonymous
05/02/2018 00:56
Subject: Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago: Where fun goes to die.
Seriously, this is their own motto.
Not true. DS went from a Top 3 DC school to Chicago and loves it!
It's Chicago's own motto. I couldn't have made it up. For $70,000 per year, your kids has to say that to make you feel not stupid.
It originated as a self-deprecating joke.
+1
PPs have no sense of humor and wouldn’t have fun on any campus.
The whole campus is entitled nerds. They like it that way which is fine but to kids that aren’t all about intellectual talk 24/7, it is boring. The kids know this. You want to have normal college fun, you don’t go to U of Chicago.
It is like sending a conservative to Oberlin. They are all crunchy granola, take one shower a week kids, who purposely wear mismatched clothes, and play tambourines and drums in the grassy areas at school. Oh and bring their poop to compost for energy. It is f’ing Trippy there. The 5 and 10 store town up the street makes it even more strange.
Some campuses lean a certain way very hard. U of Chicago has a hard niche. You either love it or hate it.
This is true. Not the nerd part as much any more but the intellectual intensity would be exhausting if you didn't love it. Not a bland place for sure. May be that's why the UChicago threads engender such strong feelings.
Anonymous
05/02/2018 00:52
Subject: Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Nerds are gonna nerd
Anonymous
05/02/2018 00:51
Subject: Re:Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Anonymous wrote:Williams
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Williams is not fun. It is boring
Anonymous
05/02/2018 00:49
Subject: Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago: Where fun goes to die.
Seriously, this is their own motto.
Not true. DS went from a Top 3 DC school to Chicago and loves it!
It's Chicago's own motto. I couldn't have made it up. For $70,000 per year, your kids has to say that to make you feel not stupid.
It originated as a self-deprecating joke.
+1
PPs have no sense of humor and wouldn’t have fun on any campus.
The whole campus is entitled nerds. They like it that way which is fine but to kids that aren’t all about intellectual talk 24/7, it is boring. The kids know this. You want to have normal college fun, you don’t go to U of Chicago.
It is like sending a conservative to Oberlin. They are all crunchy granola, take one shower a week kids, who purposely wear mismatched clothes, and play tambourines and drums in the grassy areas at school. Oh and bring their poop to compost for energy. It is f’ing Trippy there. The 5 and 10 store town up the street makes it even more strange.
Some campuses lean a certain way very hard. U of Chicago has a hard niche. You either love it or hate it.
Anonymous
05/02/2018 00:47
Subject: Re:Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Just calling the PP out.
Anonymous
05/02/2018 00:30
Subject: Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago: Where fun goes to die.
Seriously, this is their own motto.
Not true. DS went from a Top 3 DC school to Chicago and loves it!
From one of the student reviews:
The weather is terrible, the skies are often gray/overcast, and I really did feel like I was sort of stuck there for four years. If the "life of the mind" is all you really care about, you'll probably like Chicago, but if you want to have fun too and a more "well-rounded" college experience in a location with more sunny days (and happier students), go elsewhere. There were a lot of unhappy students at Chicago when I attended?I certainly wasn't the only one biding my time and counting the days till I could leave.
That was from the class of 1975. How is this relevant today?
Has Chicago move its location so their weather is any different from 1975? Are there more sunny days now than in 1975?
You're really reaching now. Have you checked out weather for any of the northeastern schools including H? If weather is your criteria, Boston is really no fun.
No question that he UChicago of old was miserable. It's just not that school any more (inluding the weather thanks to global warming
Not PP but I’m not sure why you’re taking offense at this. I’m not that old, and when I visited friends at Chicago this was kind of like a jokey point of pride. It is a more bookish, eggheady school, which I always thought was kind of cool. But get real it’s not Arizona State. I think you’re projecting what YOU think about the school... if your kid is like most there, he or she probably likes it for what it is.
Anonymous
05/02/2018 00:12
Subject: Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago: Where fun goes to die.
Seriously, this is their own motto.
Not true. DS went from a Top 3 DC school to Chicago and loves it!
From one of the student reviews:
The weather is terrible, the skies are often gray/overcast, and I really did feel like I was sort of stuck there for four years. If the "life of the mind" is all you really care about, you'll probably like Chicago, but if you want to have fun too and a more "well-rounded" college experience in a location with more sunny days (and happier students), go elsewhere. There were a lot of unhappy students at Chicago when I attended?I certainly wasn't the only one biding my time and counting the days till I could leave.
That was from the class of 1975. How is this relevant today?
Has Chicago move its location so their weather is any different from 1975? Are there more sunny days now than in 1975?
You're really reaching now. Have you checked out weather for any of the northeastern schools including H? If weather is your criteria, Boston is really no fun.
No question that he UChicago of old was miserable. It's just not that school any more (inluding the weather thanks to global warming
Anonymous
05/01/2018 23:57
Subject: Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago: Where fun goes to die.
Seriously, this is their own motto.
Not true. DS went from a Top 3 DC school to Chicago and loves it!
It's Chicago's own motto. I couldn't have made it up. For $70,000 per year, your kids has to say that to make you feel not stupid.
It originated as a self-deprecating joke.
+1
PPs have no sense of humor and wouldn’t have fun on any campus.
Anonymous
05/01/2018 23:32
Subject: Re:Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Williams
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Anonymous
05/01/2018 23:07
Subject: Which elite colleges are actually fun?
Anonymous wrote:DD is at Rice and loves it. We specifically looked for schools with reputations for happy undergraduates. Even her roommate, who is premed, is having a great time!
Meh, my DD went to Rice two years ago and a girl in her quad attempted suicide a month into school and they found her in their shared bathroom. Very high stress and very traumatic. She transferred to Michigan after freshman year and is having a much better time. She heard the hurricane was really depressing and there were a few more suicide attempts afterwards. I feel like they hide it really well