mtmind:
Or by relying on UChicago parents who (uncritically, IMO) took the provocateur’s bait, hook, line, and sinker.
It’s called the UofC “echo chamber.”
Don’t say anything untoward about the UofC. And then eventually, the thread will probably steer toward Chicago’s “core curriculum” and moderation will always take place. Also, somehow MIT and Cal Tech are typically thrown into the discussion.
Last time, it was Stanford’s turn in the UChicago CC “blender.”
UChicago students don’t need to declare a major as part of the application process and, barring one exception that I know of, are welcome to major in whatever they wish to. Many explore and change their minds or don’t make a decision till well into sophomore year. The only potential evidence I know of is from the dean of admissions who, in the context of discussing their Test Optional policy introduced a couple of admissions cycles ago with the Class of '23, mentioned that those declining to submit scores were more likely to be humanities majors while those submitting scores were more likely to be doing science. We don’t have the data to understand yet how that will play out because it appears that that over 2/3 of the class of '23 has yet to declare a major! Does that mean there are a bunch of hum kids still shopping around? Who knows? So that’s a TBD.
The common wisdom is that hum guys and stem gals will have an edge, all else equal, since it’s a holistic admissions process, but no…
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