<p>I'm looking to go into law or business (considering Ph.D in econ, but it's not very likely at this point), and I'm trying to decide between the UofC and Georgetown SFS. Chicago people, how much do you like it there? Is the -40/-60 F cold really <em>that</em> bad? How accessible do professors seem? How feasible is it to do an internship during the school year at Chicago? Any advice that might make my decision easier?</p>
<p>I would choose Georgetown based on location, weather, strength of program (although UChicago’s econ is tops and int relations in the top ten if I remember correctly?), and the fact that it’s close to where I live. I love UChicago, but DC and not being frozen half the year? Sounds nice.</p>
<p>The weather really isn’t that bad. It does NOT get to -40/-60 F. It didn’t even get below 0 F this entire winter, in fact. It is worse than DC’s of course, but if you have warm gear and you live near campus, it’s actually pleasant to have 3 months of snow.</p>
<p>The professors here are extremely accessible, probably much more so than Georgetown. Other threads address this issue, if you look around. Almost everyone here participates in research or internships, and if you try hard to find one (and you have the necessary qualifications), you’re almost guaranteed a spot somewhere.</p>
<p>Other than that, the two schools are pretty even. Econ at Chicago is of course extremely prestigious, but Georgetown’s international anything is just as much so. Make your choice based on where you think you’d fit better, because both universities will probably give you approximately the same opportunities.</p>
<p>I heard it gets that cold with wind chill?</p>
<p>And how many classes are really taught by professors, and how many are really taught by grad students? When I visited, I got the impression that quite a few are taught by graduate students…</p>
<p>Considering that you want to go into business or law I would go to Gerogetown they have a really strong program in that, and international relations. However, U of C also has a strong law program barrack obama was a professor there. the weather in chicago is ok it gets cold and hot but not to the exterme the public transportation is great. Both are great schools. were you accepted to both? which was harder to get into?</p>
<p>It is undecided student like Bugaboo that give hope to waitlister for your spot at UChicago.</p>
<p>Not very many classes at all here are taught by graduate students. Only the most elementary ones (in which there would be no use to being taught by a professor). So, for instance, in the math department, past non-Honors Calculus there is only 1 section of 1 course in the entire department taught by a graduate student.</p>