Chicago=Home

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>As my son awaits his final batch of decisions tonight, it's quite clear his heart belongs to Chicago. I was pondering the whole college admissions journey that has brought him to this place of clarity, when it dawned on me that one of the abbreviations for the University of Chicago, UChi, looks like a Japanese word when spelled in all lower-case letters ("uchi"). When I pointed this out to my son (who is a Japanese language lover), he told me "uchi" is, in fact, a Japanese word. It means "home".</p>

<p>Coincidence or kismet?</p>

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<p>just cool.</p>

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<p>whoa that's cool. Their acceptance packet does say "Welcome Home" on it.</p>

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<p>Very, very cool. Will have to tell my son!</p>

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<p>That came up in my application essay (とわれない心 means "Mind that does not stick" -Shoitsu　was the prompt). </p>

<p>今うちのかんじだ.</p>

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<p>uchi = home
i hope i can go home. im still waiting for my transfer decision.</p>

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<p>uchi pronounced "you-she?"</p>

<p>I ask because my best friend's mom, upon hearing I was admitted to Chicago, screamed, "YOU-SHEE!" like "you-shee" was an old friend. It was the only time I heard the school called "you-shee."</p>

<p>Best friend's mom is no stranger to academia, so it makes sense, but at the time it seemed downright bizarre.</p>

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<p>unalove, my son pronounced uchi more like "oo-she".</p>