<p>"But Chicago really is in the Ivy League... or soon will be.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, the other Ivies got really ****ed off at Brown for their "hippie-like, druggie" behavior, and decided that the behavior of Brown was not professional enough for them to be in the Ivy League. Thus, they voted on a new school to incorporate into the Ivy League, and they chose Chicago." </p>
<p>Is this really true?</p>
<p>Epic thread lol. Cows can fly too.</p>
<p>OMFg I LOVE THIS THREAD</p>
<p>GO CHICAGO ENGINEERING. Class of 2012 chicago engineering hopeful right here.</p>
<p>phuriku, I highly doubt that. The Ivy League is more of a historic and athletic designation than anything else. Just like you wouldn't kick a school out of the NESCAC or the Big Ten, there aren't really "standards" for the Ivy League.</p>
<p>Secondly, if Chicago joined the conference, we'd be killed in every single sport. We're much better off in the UAA, which is for academically elite DIII schools (Emory, Wash U, CMU, Case, Rochester, NYU, Brandeis) and we even get killed there. We only stand a chance when we compete against schools that are half our size or smaller.</p>
<p>phuriku +1</p>
<p>Cosmos, unalove -1</p>
<p>I've never seen a purple cow.
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow...
I'd rather see than be one.</p>
<p>I felt this fit the mood of the thread nicely.</p>
<p>this thread made my pre-decision stress-filled day.</p>
<p>Humor should not be allowed during finals week.</p>
<p>hahahahahahaahahahaahah</p>
<p>course therez engineering at Chicago.. damn! Platform 9 3/4...</p>
<p>and gl in ur finals chicago students! THats why all of you were unnecessarily ****ed when i visited chicago couple days back and acted like bunch of a-holes.. almost made me reconsider the school.. but its cool :)</p>
<p>did you really think they students were mean? cause i was there last week too, and i was just holding a prospective student ticket at bartlett and standing there cause i wasn't sure how it worked, and this guy standing next to me just started talking to me and asking about my prospective student-ness. and he got me an aquafina, and said i could sit with him and his friends at their table.</p>
<p>Blame the administration, physicsphun. Other schools get longer reading periods. They give us 2 days to study for finals (Stanford gets a whole week off!), and so everyone gets really stressed, especially when certain people unfortunately get all of their finals lumped on the same day.</p>
<p>Fortunately, my only "real" final was today (Honors Analysis), so I'm pretty much free the rest of the week. It's almost like I want more work to do, though, what with everyone else studying constantly. I'm surprised you weren't confronted by more friendly people, though, as it's usually the case that there are fights between people on the matter of who gets to entertain the prospies.</p>
<p>This thread totally made my day! And by the way, good luck on the rest of your finals, current students, and belated good luck on those finals that you already took!</p>
<p>I had an interest in Engineering and visited UChicago last year. Sorry..the admissions officer said "WE DO NOT HAVE ENGINEERING blahblahblah"</p>
<p>I saw a prospie walking to bartlett today- </p>
<p>oh and we point at you behind your back.</p>
<p>In a loving way.</p>
<p>hahaha i hid my ticket in my sleeve until the very second i had to break it out at the sandwich booth, then promptly returned it to my sleeve until i got to the register.</p>
<p>Red Alert: "Engineeeering..." Anyway, that was an inside joke ... if it was a joke at all...</p>
<p>I bet many Uchicago churns out as many engineers who are well-qualified in the real world (e.g. graduate school) as MIT or Stanford.</p>
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<p>"An engineer with a PhD is a physicist. A physicist with only a Bachelor's is an engineer." UChicago produces many more physicists than engineers.</p>
<p>I'd think it would be to your benefit to bust out your ticket and scream I"M A PROSPIE!!! We're rather welcoming. Except when there are about 10 of you holding up the deli. Then we wish for you to go eat pizza. Well- no, not really- I wouldn't wish bartlett pizza on my worst enemy. The best advice/feel for the college comes from the students that aren't being paid to give you tours. Go ask some random person if you can sit with them and chat up a bit-</p>
<p>What?!? Bartlett Pizza is pretty damn good when you compare it to Pierce (although that's not saying much, I guess). I think it's delicious for cafeteria food, though, and a cheap deal compared with the other food at Bartlett.</p>