<p>Ehhh while there are some comments arguing to the contrary, I just think the plain and simple end of the day conclusion is this: the U of C does not have a particularly attractive student body - male or female. Maybe things have changed a ton since I was at U of C, but at least when I was there, Chicago was just a really nerdy place. Generally, it was a happily nerdy place, but the nerd look isn’t necessarily the hottest. </p>
<p>Case in point, I knew at least 3 guys who looked exactly like Al Franken. They were really cool guys and really entertaining, and I’m sure girls found them attractive, but hot? Ehhhh… Honestly, out of my graduating class of 900 or so, I would say we had 5 legitimately hot (classic just HOT) girls and maybe 4-5 legitimately hot guys. (Graduation day really drove home how not-hot we were as a school.) I like the nerdy look and I thought there were lots of attractive people, but that was my specific taste. Friends who would visit would always remark “wow there are NO hot girl [or guys] here” because, well, Chicago is VERY unconventional. There are some schools that at least have a healthy proportion of glamorous, classically hot girls and guys. Princeton, Williams etc. seem to have this. Chicago? Not so much.</p>
<p>I just think kids should know what they’re getting into when they consider Chicago. Just know that it’s generally a very nerdy place - much more so than its peer schools. If the sorta nerd look (or grungy hip nerd - there were a lot of those) is your thing, then great. Just be clear about what Chicago is though - you don’t have a bunch of models walking around, while you may find that at a certain eating club at Princeton or a certain sorority house at UGa.</p>