<p>Basically, I don't want this to come off as a superficial thread, but I'm legitimately wondering...</p>
<p>Girls are important to me, and college is about having fun. If any current students or recent alums can shed some light about the hooking up scene, that would be great. </p>
<p>Don't get me wrong: I'm not coming to UChicago with this as my primary intent (yay for learning), but it would certainly be reassuring to know that there is somewhat of a scene.</p>
<p>I know there is a decent amount of alcohol, and alcohol often entails hooking up, but I got concerned when people created websites and speed dating services to encourage something that should come naturally at a college.</p>
<p>So here’s how I see it: Basically, if you had dating issues/problems in high school you will probably continue to have them in college. If you’ve “got game”, it doesn’t matter where you are, you’ll get what you’re looking for.</p>
<p>UChicago has over 5,000 undergrads and twice as many grad students. There are parties, bars and cafes and libraries. Given that population size, you will find any number of attractive young people to potentially “hook up” with. Whether or not you have the ability to do so is up to you. There is no school that will magically turn Woody Allen into Taylor Lautner/Zac Efron/Brad Pitt. To be honest, the very fact that you are asking this question on an open forum does not bode well for you, lol…</p>
<p>Honestly, people find what they’re looking for at UChicago. And if you can’t find it, there are also hundreds of restaurants, cafes, clubs, bars and parties downtown - because we do live in Chicago, after all, so you’re not just confined to campus.
There are certainly parties here, and yes - hook ups do happen as often as you’d expect - but people honestly meet each other through the house system, going to events, and joining RSOs.</p>
<p>As someone who knows a fair number of women who are recent graduates or current students, I can promise you that: (a) Most of them would think Woody Allen is a pretty creepy old guy, no matter how much they liked his movies. Brad Pitt, too, probably. (b) They are all BIG fans of #33 of the Dylan Panthers, Tim Riggins. Including the gay ones.</p>
<p>JHS wrote: (b) [Recent UChicago alumnae] are all BIG fans of #33 of the Dylan Panthers, Tim Riggins. Including the gay ones. </p>
<p>Since Riggins lasted about two days in college, it sounds like what UChicago women find attractive in a man isn’t especially the whole… “life of the mind” thing. ;-)</p>
<p>I realize – way too late – that I was confusing Taylor Lautner with Taylor Kitsch. I don’t know anything about Lautner’s popularity in Hyde Park, but Kitsch . . . is very popular. My son did fine, so the “life of the mind” coupled with modest cuteness and being a nice guy is a fine combination. But I’m certain he and many boyfriends at UChicago would get kicked to the curb if their women thought they had a chance with #33.</p>
<p>In addition to the abs, the hair, the smile, the eyes and cheekbones, Riggins was intensely loyal, and spoke as if great writers were writing his every word. If you can do that, academics aren’t all that important.</p>
<p>I’m not surprised that the “life of the mind” gets trumped by nice abs, even in Hyde Park. The comic irony here (not necessarily funny for most UChicago dudes) is that the Riggns character is the precise opposite of the stereotypical UChicago character–he’s a jock, a felon, and he left college immediately, tossing his books out the window of his pickup truck as he drove away. (And it wasn’t a Scav road trip!)</p>