<p>Congrats to people who have gotten in, to people who have been wait-listed, don't give up!, and if you didn't get in, why are you here?
This post probably won't be coherent enough to definitely influence any of you 2012er's in your decisions, but I want to emphasize what a place this is academically anyway (duh, i know). After only a quarter and a half, I think all the hard work has been worth it. This place will beat you up, prepare yourself, but you'll feel like a milllion bucks when you finally sit down to think about it. Especially after discussing college experience with a few of my friends at other schools, I feel even luckier to be here.
Also, listen to this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g%5B/url%5D">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g</a></p>
<p>In a couple of years, I'll look back on myself and think 'How the hell did I survive that?' I'm already thinking that about last quarter and wondering how I'm going to survive this quarter. <em>Sigh</em> Please get warm soon. And please don't let me have any more pedantic professors.</p>
<p>^ HAHAHA! It never gets warm :) </p>
<p>Kidding obviously, but we have two more months of cold at the least! Bundle up!</p>
<p>Loved the song...</p>
<p>first year is easy as hell. get through second year and see if you're still telling people to come here :)</p>
<p>l o l.............. glad I almost applied.</p>
<p>yep, second year has a bit more... oomph to it than first year, as more classes are no longer undergraduate-only or firstie-driven Core, the people in your classes are undergraduates and grad students who are smart and do all the readings carefully and say brilliant things.</p>
<p>But hang in there, Jack! Fifth week winter quarter is the worst of it.</p>
<p>FWIW, second year has been harder than first for me, but it's been a vast improvement in almost every dimension. I love my classes more, a lot of the first-year housemate "Do people here like me?" drama has dissipated as I now feel one of the house elders, and I've found various niches that I fit into well, which give me both social and extracurricular support. The only thing I semi-regret is that I don't get into town as much as I like to-- I spend most of my weekends on campus, attending student events, parties, etc.</p>
<p>what does that video have to do with anything?</p>
<p>What makes second year worse than the third or the fourth?</p>
<p>Nobody said that.</p>
<p>I think second year was my hardest year too. It's just the adjustment from the core classes as far as I can tell. I definitely liked all of my courses more but they were much harder. The work load was heaviest for me my second year but that's because I took most of my major then. Winter quarter is always hardest because it's so cold, but it will get better soon ;)</p>
<p>Winter quarter is when all the fireplaces are in use in the Reynolds club!</p>
<p>is there a good heating system in the reg?</p>
<p>What kind of question is that?</p>
<p>Of course all the buildings on campus have good heating systems. However, it seems to me that Crerar and Harper are always chilly. Eckhart's always extremely comfy heat-wise.</p>
<p>Sorry, I like warm buildings.</p>
<p>By chilly - Harper can be about 66. Impressive given the ~35ft ceiling, the uninsulated (for aesthetic reasons) windows, and how sparsely occupied it usually is.</p>
<p>I always find Eckhart a little too warm, it's so comfortable it makes me sleepy.</p>
<p>I always thought that Harper was a tad chilly to keep people awake. It's a refreshing zig.</p>
<p>BJ and Reynolds Club (two buildings in which I spend obscene amounts of time) tend to be too hot than too cold. Cobb (main academic building) is decent, though a bit stuffy at times.</p>
<p>I think that the U of C buildings are equipped for the weather :-)</p>
<p>Did you just find out about that song. That song is old news, pal. Let me guess, you read "Best of 2007" on pitchfork.com.</p>
<p>yes, actually haha</p>