<p>Let's just say that UIC isn't exactly UofC. I mean, they've got one of the best medical programs in the world, and it's a great school. </p>
<p>But...fun dies at UofC. It's very much alive at UIC -- trust me.</p>
<p>Yes, why go to an enthusiastic, spirited place, when you could waste away in the academic and socially anti-climactic dungeon that is U of Chitown.</p>
<p>You two are being sarcastic, right?!?!?!?!</p>
<p>Who said anything about sarcasm?</p>
<p>(jaykay, yeah we are. Well, I am, anyway...)</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure I'm not capable of anything, but sarcasm.</p>
<p>The UIC medical school and the pharmacy program are top notch as is many of their graduate programs. The UIC undergrad program serves a different purpose than does U of C's, and admirably accomplishes its mission.</p>
<p>"The UIC undergrad program serves a different purpose than does U of C's, and admirably accomplishes its mission."</p>
<p>Can you elaborate on this...</p>
<p>Many students at UIC are first generation college students who often do not have the academic history of the typical U of C student. UIC provides academic and other support for those students and prides itself on providing a high quality education while teaching in such a way as to make it possible for less academically prepared students to be successful. U of C provides a rigorous, challenging, and academic demanding environment that requires students who enter to be more or less prepared for those demands, and pushes them even further.</p>