Exactly how good of a school is University of Chicago??

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A2.... Penn has D1 football and basketball....

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<p>That's false information.</p>

<p>Penn doesn't have Division I football. They are in the weak Division 1-AA. </p>

<p>And everyone is in Division 1 in basketball. It's just that if you aren't in a major conference, you aren't any good, don't get any births into the tournament, and play against crap competition.</p>

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<p>I just have to chime in and say I LOVE U Chicago. It's an excellent, excellent school and my second choice (behind Penn).</p>

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Don't you mean really, really, really prestigious, but a little below really, really, really, really prestigious? When you get to the highest echelons of higher education, doesn't it get a little absurd to say there's a measurable difference of quality among schools? Isn't the measure of that elusive thing we call "quality" impossible?

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<p>Obviously, I was being sarcastic... you ask a stupid question... you get a stupid answer.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know how UChicago’s biology courses stack up? I know that in all it’s a great school, and it’s usually known for science, but I haven’t heard much about biology in particular.</p>

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<p>It is definitely in the top group of universities, but nobody can say “exactly” how good anything is. The answer is different for each person. None of these schools has a corner on knowledge and none has a secret ingredient to make you successful.</p>

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<p>University Of Chicago is an amazing school to go for an undergraduate education (definitely on-par with the ivies).</p>

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<p>The Wikipedia article on the University of Chicago provides a good overview (though there is a glaring factual error in the number of graduate students, under-reported at 3,000 as of this writing.)
[University</a> of Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago]University”>University of Chicago - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Distinctive features of this school include:

<p>For years Chicago has had a higher admission rate than many peer schools, with admit rates as high as 40% or more (although average test scores have long been very high). This year the rate dropped to 18% in the wake of increased direct-mail advertising and the adoption of the Common Application.</p>

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<p>Chicago is an excellent school with a great reputation. (As proof, I even live in Connecticut and know how good a school Chicago is.) From a faculty standpoint, the school attracts famous scholars in all fields from physics to philosophy. My friend is a Chicago graduate and he says that the school has a very intellectual atmosphere. He once told me that (paraphrasing) “Every party becomes a discussion about Hobbes.” Chicago, however, is also known as the school where “fun comes to die”, and my friend partially agrees. Because of the shorter terms, there is a lot more coursework to be done in a shorter span of time. Needless to say, students at all top tier schools get stressed as a result of the amount of work, so don’t think that Chicago’s rigor is drastically different from say Yale or Harvard’s. A degree from Chicago is surely an impressive achievement that looks fantastic on a resume.</p>

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<p>Chicago is a great school, period.</p>

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<p>When I was researching schools, and meeting and talking with representatives, I was most impressed by UChicago.</p>

<p>It’s an excellent university, and you should feel fortunate if you’re offered admission.</p>

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<p>UChicago is good enough to have a huge poster on my bedroom wall in the prime spot just above my sofa.</p>

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<p>It definitely is a very good school. Very very intellectual. So intellectual that the school is the one pushing the students to enjoy their weekends.</p>

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<p>Yes, a fantastic and special school with a very intellectual focus.</p>