<p>Anyone know anything about it? I know U Chicago has a good program in it, but some info/experience/advice would be nice. :)</p>
<p>I know a little bit about paleo (I'm a geologist, but the best I know is basic fossil ID :p)...Chicago is an excellent place for paleo and has an excellent reputation in the geologic community. </p>
<p>The best advice I have for your undergraduate degree is to find a school with strong biology/ecology and geology departments and save Chicago for your graduate degree. It is very highly recommended for students in the geological sciences to go to different schools for undergraduate and graduate work. This practice allows for you to get different views from different schools as well as collaborate with a wider range of individuals in research.</p>
<p>I see you are from North Carolina, I'm a graduate student at UNC-CH and here would be an excellent (not to mention cheap) option for your undergradute. We have a strong biology department, a good marine sciences department (good for paleo...a couple of students in my department with an interest in paleo are tight with this department as well), and a decent undergraduate geology department (we do have a resident paleontologist, Joe Carter, who focuses study with bivavles/mollusks). The geology department here is also very active in getting undergraduates research projects and alum have gone on to succeed at MIT, Oxford, etc. for graduate school. We also have an option for a degree in Paleobiology in the Geological Science Department. Check out the department's website at:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.geosci.unc.edu%5B/url%5D">www.geosci.unc.edu</a> </p>
<p>If UNC isn't your cup of tea, NCState has an excellent earth science department as does Duke (Duke's geology department has more of an environmental swing...).</p>
<p>Hope this helps a little bit at least...let me know if I can be of any more help! :D</p>