Current UChicago students: What is your honest take on the university?
What is the general school atmosphere like? Are you happy there? What has your experience been like with student/social life? balancing school life and personal life? mental health? Just trying to get...
View ArticleHow is your kid doing on the first day (week) of Spring Quarter?
If current student can give us his/her first hand experience, that will be even better.https://news.uchicago.edu/story/together-we-will-succeed Nice picture at Harper Quad. What a shame we can't walk...
View ArticleMolecular Engineering Job Prospects
Hi, I am currently torn about the University of Chicago. I was admitted EA, and I love the school. My hesitation comes from the fact that all other schools I was admitted to have regulation engineering...
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Did anyone just get a UChicago Presidential Scholarship right now?
I just got an update on my portal now and it is $5k for 2 summers.... But I looked online and it said that it was awarded at time of acceptance (I was EA) and I didn't see anyone else who got it. I...
View ArticleUChicago Questions? Ask an admissions counselor! [NEW]
Hi everyone! I’m Hannah, an Admissions Counselor and a member of the Outreach team in the admissions office, and a UChicago alumna. Sound familiar? UChicago Admissions is reviving our presence here on...
View ArticleUChicago is getting less money than Columbia College (Chicago) and College of...
U of C is getting $6.2 million while Columbia College (Chicago) gets $6.3 million and COD gets $9.1...
View ArticleCase Western VS. UPITT Honors PRE-MED PLS HELP
Hey, I was wondering if anyone can give me insight into which school is better in terms of preparing you for med school. For instance, which one has better public health programs, global health,...
View ArticleUchicago ED I vs. ED II
Hello. I am a high school junior. No legacy and not a recruited athlete. I was wondering if applying to Uchicago ED I increases your chance of getting in more than applying ED II does. I love Uchicago...
View ArticleJohn Boyer's Zoom Talk
You may have been one of the some 600 listeners last night. Many questions were also asked at the end of the talk, and there were some tentative answers and tantalizing hints of changes being...
View ArticlePerceived Differences Between Chicago and other Elite Universities
A 2019, peer reviewed sociological study examined how Harvard and Stanford undergraduates define the differences between their schools and other elite universities. (Amy J. Binder and Andrea R. Abel,...
View ArticleUChicago Braces for $220M Deficit
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/university-chicago-braces-220-million-deficit And the school will take steps "beyond salary and hiring freezes in response." Uh oh. That's not good. Also,...
View ArticleConversation with deans of admissions at UChicago invite
Got this email from UChicago, could be interesting. You are invited to a conversation with the deans of admissions from Chicago Booth, the College, and the Law School to explore their highly selective...
View ArticleNondorf Takeaways from Zoom Presentation
The things Jim Nondorf said this evening were not exactly unknown, but he provided some nuance and emphasis. These are my notes: --Big stress on "positivity" in the way you present yourself, especially...
View Articlehow much do ECs matter
how much do ECs matter in comparison to GPA, test scores, and essays respectively in the Uchicago admissions process for freshmen?
View ArticleED acceptance rate for 2024 admission cycle
Does anyone know what the admit rate was for early decision UChicago applicants?
View ArticleUChicago Fall Quarter
My DD is starting to hear that the Fall quarter will be a hybrid system (online and in person), anyone hear anything else?
View ArticleAbout 178 UChicago students took leave of absence in Spring 2020
It appears 178 or so UChicago students took leave in the spring quarter because of Coronavirus. Fall 2018 there were 6600 undergrads enrolled. Fall quarter 2019 there were 6790 with growth in College....
View ArticleWoodlawn Commons Virtual Tour
I see the University has added a virtual tour of the interior of Woodlawn Commons...
View ArticleUChicago Prof to be Memorialized in National Garden of Heroes
According to the NY Post, UChicago Law Professor and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be immortalized in President Trump's National Garden of Heroes: The executive order reads: “The National...
View ArticleZimmer Brings Cancel Culture to UChicago
Earlier today brought news that a group of 150 intellectuals had condemned the close-minded cancel culture sweeping America in an Open Letter in Harper's Bazaar. Later in the day it became clear...
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