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<p>I heard that as well. Why do some people not give UChicago the respect it deserves? I consider it to be on par with Stanford and the other elites.</p>
<p>The one I love is when I tell people that D is going to UT (University of Texas at Austin) and they say âisnât that a big party school?â Then they say that they would never let thier precious child go to such a party school⊠DUH?? What college isnât a big party school these days?? Smile and Nod</p>
<p>I really am amazed that anyone other than relatives responds with remarks about the quality of the school or the ease of admission. The âwhere?â, âhuh?â or *crickets chirping *responses are innocent reactions without any bad intention, but itâs amazingly rude to say anything bad about a school oneâs child has just chosen.</p>
<p>So much smiling and nodding going on here ⊠pretty soon weâll be a roving band of bobble-headed parents (as in RBBP.) :D</p>
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Is it the moms, or moreso the dads who seem to feel that U of Chicago doesnât hold a candle to Stanford, Ga2012mom? What have you heard?</p>
<p>Me: we just toured at Geneseo. DS liked it there.
Colleague (whose D just got admitted to Eastman/U of R): He shouldnât go there. I wouldnât send my kid there. Thatâs not a good place.
Me: Well, itâs pretty competitive to get in.
Co: That doesnât matter. I still wouldnât send my kid there. He should be looking at Harvard.
Me: {thought bubble - yeah, he has the grades for that} He doesnât see himself as the Harvard type.
Co: They donât know what they want at this age.
Me: {mental note to self: donât bring this subject up}</p>
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<p>Honestly, for all the love U of Chicago gets here on CC, itâs pretty low profile even here in the Chicago metro area. But - what does it matter if the average Joe doesnât give it love?</p>
<p>The president of Carnegie Mellon University pronounces it KAR-nuh-gee. Saw it on youtube. Who knows? Maybe heâs pronouncing it incorrectly. ;)</p>
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<p>I agree that UChicago gets a lot of love here on CC, as it should. Itâs just sad when people, or even more so a mom or dad or two donât think it is worthy. It was high on my Dâs list, but in hindsight, even though it is a fantastic place, wouldnât have been a good fit for her.</p>
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<p>U Chicagoâs applications increased substantially this year :)</p>
<p>I remember some one posting that UChicago did some questionable marketing tactics to get such a high rise in applications.</p>
<p>Liberal response: Obviously the Chicago school of economics is behind this. They want to get as many students involved in the corporatist revolt against the greatness of Obama.</p>
<p>Conservative response: Obviously the elitist liberal faculty is behind this. They want to get as many students to support the Obama agenda.</p>
<p>âBlock Plan for skiersâ- Colorado College. As I have posted before, be prepared to S&N when people are suprised since they âthought your son was a better student and assume he will live in Boulder and ski non-stopâ</p>
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why would you ever want to do THAT?
Iâd forget everything by the next session
Leave it to the crazy people in Co. Springs to come up with that.
I didnât know he was ADHD.
Doesnât he want to major in Something?</p>
<p>HmmmâŠthatâs going on sonâs listâŠ</p>
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Exactly. âWorthyâ and âgood fitâ are two separate dimensions.</p>
<p>I have immense respect for U/Chicago, Swarthmore, Reed, and Harvey MuddâŠnone of which would have been good fits for my D. I have a lot of respect for Wellesley (and even Barnard!) but neither would have been as good a fit as Smith for my D; in retrospect, she came up with a devastatingly subtle reason Wellesley would have been a bad fit: it would have reinforced aspects of her personality that should not have been reinforced. For another student, no problemo.</p>
<p>I suspect there is an alternate universe where she went to Georgetown and possibly another where she went to Bryn Mawr. In this world, she applied to neither though she visited Gâtown.</p>
<p>Skier, I pmâd you.</p>
<p>This thread is SO funny!! It is astounding how oblivious people are! Love the Bryn Mawr lesbian remark - pricelessâŠand having to explain Williams - âoh, only one of the top ranked LACs in the countryâ - and it goes on and onâŠ</p>
<p>Has anyone else gotten this response when told where S/D is attending college next year:</p>
<p>âOh? Is that a good school?â</p>
<p>I mean, what do they expect me to say??</p>
<p>I get a lot of âWhere is that?â When I tell people Iâm going to Connecticut College.</p>
<p>Well, you get 3 guesses, and the first two donât count. </p>
<p>(They almost never mean what city/town) </p>
<p>I also get a lot of comments about how Iâm going to Uconn.</p>
<p>No. UConn is a public state school. Connecticut is a small private elite LAC. </p>
<p>I had to be VERY specific to my registrar about this difference when applying.</p>
<p>I was hanging out with my friends the day before I interviewed for MIT. When I told them that I was going to head home so I could get ready for the interview tomorrow, one of them looked at me and saidâŠ</p>
<p>Michigan Institute of Technology?</p>
<p>Oh no, apparently I (and everyone else I know) have been pronounce Carnegie Mellon incorrectlyâŠI never would have know! Interesting, Iâm curiousâŠdoes everyone on campus really pronounce it that way? Iâll find out soon, I guess!</p>
<p>Iâve gotten some funny responses about WashUâŠ</p>
<p>âAre you going to try to transfer to Northwestern?â. uhhh nope, I got into NU, just wasnât interested haha. The most irritating comments are the ones that are trying to showâŠsympathy or something? </p>
<p>âWhy did you choose that over Northwestern???â. NU is really glorified here - I think that was part of the reason why I DIDNT choose NU, it was too typical haha</p>
<p>âSt Louis is such an awful, dangerous place and its a horrible city, etcâŠâ immediately after I say the school name, not even bothering to comment on the school itself. errâŠokayâŠ</p>