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Anonymous wrote:Chicago has changed a lot in recent years. It used to be a liberal arts nerd school. It was a place for "intellectuals" for lack of a better word. And they took super smart students from all over, including public schools in big cities and small towns. You'd meet a Chicago grad in the faculty lounge or a think tank.

Nowadays Chicago is like Sidwell Friends goes to college. Standard smart kids with privilege and money. You're more likely to meet a Chicago grad at the country club today rather than a conference focused on history or economics. It's a change.

Not sure it's a good change. We need more nerd schools, not less.

You mean fewer, not less.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This board is full of people who either never played in the big leagues or who went to elite universities before embarking on painfully mediocre careers. Anybody knocking Chicago on here is out of their mind. And anybody who thinks there is a material difference among top 20-30 schools for the vast majority of undergrads is also out of their mind. Chicago is a very risky and respectable choice for anybody. It is not for people who run with the herd intellectually, which, unfortunately, describes most of the talented but perfectly average parents who raise their kids in the DMV. Now go back to the NYT Books section to find out what you should be reading this week.

I actually do agree with this. I've also stopped commenting on this board, bc its full of a different type of commentator these days. Very striverish and focused on rankings. It's people who were never able to do much with their own careers and are now pining away for their kids.

Just not my cup of tea, so I've recently stopped visiting. I also have noticed traffic here is down bc this same type of commentator dominates with evey more daily posts on HYPSM rankings or some other stupid hierarchy they've manufactured.

Chicago is a great choice. You may not belong in the upper echelon if you don't realize it.

This is a real shame, because people used to have intelligent things to share on this forum.

Anonymous wrote:Chicago has changed a lot in recent years. It used to be a liberal arts nerd school. It was a place for "intellectuals" for lack of a better word. And they took super smart students from all over, including public schools in big cities and small towns. You'd meet a Chicago grad in the faculty lounge or a think tank.

Nowadays Chicago is like Sidwell Friends goes to college. Standard smart kids with privilege and money. You're more likely to meet a Chicago grad at the country club today rather than a conference focused on history or economics. It's a change.

Not sure it's a good change. We need more nerd schools, not less.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This board is full of people who either never played in the big leagues or who went to elite universities before embarking on painfully mediocre careers. Anybody knocking Chicago on here is out of their mind. And anybody who thinks there is a material difference among top 20-30 schools for the vast majority of undergrads is also out of their mind. Chicago is a very risky and respectable choice for anybody. It is not for people who run with the herd intellectually, which, unfortunately, describes most of the talented but perfectly average parents who raise their kids in the DMV. Now go back to the NYT Books section to find out what you should be reading this week.

I actually do agree with this. I've also stopped commenting on this board, bc its full of a different type of commentator these days. Very striverish and focused on rankings. It's people who were never able to do much with their own careers and are now pining away for their kids.

Just not my cup of tea, so I've recently stopped visiting. I also have noticed traffic here is down bc this same type of commentator dominates with evey more daily posts on HYPSM rankings or some other stupid hierarchy they've manufactured.

Chicago is a great choice. You may not belong in the upper echelon if you don't realize it.

Anonymous wrote:UChicago has found a niche by taking "strong, but not top" students from elite private schools and boarding schools. These students are highly-prepared and would likely be top 5-10% at a regular public school.

Any kid that graduates in the top half of an elite private school can easily handle a T10 college. Elite colleges have stopped taking many students from top private schools for "equity" reasons and have given preference to low-income students from underperforming public schools.

UChicago will benefit in 20 years when these smart, connected kids become insanely successful and donate back to their alma mater.

Anonymous wrote:This board is full of people who either never played in the big leagues or who went to elite universities before embarking on painfully mediocre careers. Anybody knocking Chicago on here is out of their mind. And anybody who thinks there is a material difference among top 20-30 schools for the vast majority of undergrads is also out of their mind. Chicago is a very risky and respectable choice for anybody. It is not for people who run with the herd intellectually, which, unfortunately, describes most of the talented but perfectly average parents who raise their kids in the DMV. Now go back to the NYT Books section to find out what you should be reading this week.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This board is full of people who either never played in the big leagues or who went to elite universities before embarking on painfully mediocre careers. Anybody knocking Chicago on here is out of their mind. And anybody who thinks there is a material difference among top 20-30 schools for the vast majority of undergrads is also out of their mind. Chicago is a very risky and respectable choice for anybody. It is not for people who run with the herd intellectually, which, unfortunately, describes most of the talented but perfectly average parents who raise their kids in the DMV. Now go back to the NYT Books section to find out what you should be reading this week.

Hoping this is farce. No self-respecting parent from the “big league” would post such drivel.

Anonymous wrote:This board is full of people who either never played in the big leagues or who went to elite universities before embarking on painfully mediocre careers. Anybody knocking Chicago on here is out of their mind. And anybody who thinks there is a material difference among top 20-30 schools for the vast majority of undergrads is also out of their mind. Chicago is a very risky and respectable choice for anybody. It is not for people who run with the herd intellectually, which, unfortunately, describes most of the talented but perfectly average parents who raise their kids in the DMV. Now go back to the NYT Books section to find out what you should be reading this week.

Anonymous wrote:Many many parents are hurting as their kids didn’t get into their dream schools.. some are jealous and lash out .. it’s understandable.. Have empathy , folks.