Brown vs University of Chicago?

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Math with proofs may be helpful practice for the logic puzzle section of the LSAT.

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This may have more to do with the level of general education / core curriculum requirements – schools with more and more rigorous general education / core curriculum requirements are more likely to force students to take courses in subjects that are riskier for their grades / GPAs.

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This really is the crux of the matter. These schools are not alike. The vibe is different, the students are different, the curricula are different.

One of these schools must appeal to you more OP, no? Start with the core curriculum at Chicago. Does that appeal to you?

Chicago still is an academic pressure cooker (because of the core, quarter calendar, competitiveness of students)
some students love that, some don’t. Even if you can handle it (and they accepted you so you can), is that what you want for the next four years?

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Hi all thanks for all the input. I know it seems crazy because the school’s are so different but she is attracted to those differences for different reasons. She loves the idea of the academic rigor of Chicago but she is inclined to work really really hard and she doesn’t want hard work to be the only defining characteristic of her college career. She likes that a lot of people would have the common platform of the core but she sees the value of the open curriculum. She doesn’t want to be in a school that competes against each other, but both schools claim there is a lot of collaboration. I had the impression that the kids at Chicago didn’t do a lot of other extracurriculars but my daughter says they do. She loves math and wants to use game theory etc for public policy decisions (to at least that sounds interesting right now). I know Chicago has top-notch math but it strikes me that a lot of people use it for Wall Street and private industry?? I can say one thing–Chicago puts Brown to shame on the swag :slight_smile:

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I would say go to Brown, based on the protracted indecision; she can make what she wants of it. UChicago has it own mold and you have to fit into it. You can’t go to UChicago and be happy unless you go in 200 pct convinced it’s the place for you based on the extensive information and disclosure out there about how it is. I work in high finance; it makes no difference; if that is what she wants.