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General Info: Asian Male Middle-Upper Class Family Californian Intended Major - Applied Math Statistics: 3.99 UW GPA 4.68 Weighted GPA No Class Rank Provided by School SAT: 1560 (800 Math + 760 Reading...
View ArticleIt is just a matter of time before the Administration has to buy Vue53 and...
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/7/20/university-turns-grants-outside-landlords-enrollme/ Vue53 can't be the relief valve year after year.
View ArticleUChicago Uncommon Essay DILEMMA!
Hi guys, I am writing my UChicago uncommon essay and I decided to choose the prompt from last year: "Due to a series of clerical errors, there is exactly one typo (an extra letter, a removed letter, or...
View ArticleNeuroscience UChicago
How highly ranked is Neuroscience as an undergrad at the University of Chicago compared to its peers like Ivy Leagues, Duke, Northwestern, etc.
View ArticleRegistration Advice
My daughter - a rising first year - is hoping to take both her Hum and Sosc sequences this year. This is our first experience with the UChicago registration algorithm system. Is it better for her to...
View ArticleVideo Submission?
Anyone have any idea what to talk about in the video submission? I know that it's up to me or whatever, but I have no idea where to start or what to do for it.
View ArticleWhere fun comes to die?
One website doesn't believe so, based on freshman (First Year) retention rate and graduation rate. https://www.collegechoice.net/colleges-with-happiest-freshman/
View ArticleThe Case for Introverts
A recent piece in the Washington Post by a UPenn prof asserts that the admissions policies of the ivy league schools misguidedly favor extroverted kids:...
View ArticleNew Construction Update
Construction will start on the Woodlawn Residential Commons: https://facilities.uchicago.edu/construction/current/woodlawn_residential_and_dining_commons/ It will cost $102 million and will house 1,309...
View ArticleOrthodontist near UChicago
I'm starting at UChicago in the fall and I need to get some orthodontic work done. Has anyone been to any of the orthodontists around? There don't seem to be many orthodontists in Hyde Park... Would it...
View ArticleIf you attend UChicago
Can you read my essays? I've been working hard on them and would love some feedback from current students!
View ArticleHelp needed - first year registration question
My son is looking at "Social Science Inquiry: Formal Theory" - the problem is that most courses are just listed as "Social Science Inquiry" - they don't differentiate between "Formal Theory" or...
View ArticleSecond Hand Dorm Stuff
Is there a place to go to buy student used dorm stuff? The University sponsored MicroFridge deal is a bit of an overpriced option. Granted you get a microwave in your room, but $179 a year for a...
View ArticleDrinking water - Random dorm room question
Curious where students get their drinking water in the dorms? My son drinks a lot of water and is questioning bringing an old water dispenser we have to fill his water bottles- I would assume they have...
View ArticleStudent health insurance
Current law requires children to be covered until age 26 on their parents' health insurance policies, so i had been thinking of waiving the student health insurance offered through the university...
View ArticleWriting recommendation letters for an applicant
Hello everyone, I tried to search for this topic, but most of them are about students asking their teachers to write LORs for them. I am interested in seeing the other side. You see, I am writing a...
View ArticlePhotos of room interiors are up
For those who have been waiting for the Housing page to be updated, photos of room interiors for each dorm have been posted. Still no layouts to see, but perhaps they are next....
View ArticleFavorite class at UChicago?
After a hiatus from the site, I again have too much time on my hands, and it looks like this forum's greatest hits are back: course registration, questions about the Core, stuff do do besides studying,...
View ArticleUChicago housing for incoming students?
Hey all, I was wondering if anyone here knows how plausible it is to get a single as a freshman at UChicago. I definitely want a single, but at the same time I don't wanna end up getting a single on a...
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