<p>Washington and Lee with a full ride</p>
<p>I'm not sure where you are getting that the MIT sticker price is 10k less than chicago.</p>
<p>MIT says:
2006-2007
Tuition and fees<br>
$33,600
Room and meals<br>
$9,950
Books and personal expenses<br>
$2,800
Total cost for MIT undergraduates<br>
$46,550</p>
<p>Chicago Says:
Tuition
$31,629
Activities Fee
177
Health Service Fee
459
Room & Board
10,104
Books/Personal Expenses
2,686
Transcript Fee (Upperclass)*
25
Total
$45,080</p>
<p>Sticker price on MIT seems to be $1000+ more (less if you are a first year since there are orientation fees). Financial aid is one thing but either school could offer someone better aid.</p>
<p>either
Boston University 7 year liberal arts/MD program
or University of Illinois at Chicago Guaranteed Professional Program Admissions for medicine</p>
<p>might be turning down uchicago for a possible davidson full</p>
<p>its interesting...ive noticed w/ people that i know and other forums...alot of people admitted to u of c go to other schools. it seems almost like an emory sort of situation where its used as a safety for ivy competitors or just kindof a school to apply to...if the person isnt going to an ivy they end up at a cheaper state school. </p>
<p>i dont really kno why this fascinates me...prob. b/c i didnt know Too much a/b u of c when applied and after my rejection im still learning. hmm. well good luck to all of you.</p>
<p>@otto: I was looking at the College Board's finance things for the numbers.</p>
<p>@esperame: I would have been perfectly happy at UofC, it was my #2 choice next to MIT. They're just not giving me any reason to pick them over MIT, which was already ahead anyway.</p>
<p>yeah i mean i understand. thats seems to be common that basically u of c isnt giving people a reason To choose them...i guess before i transfer next year i should do research as to what schools i want to go to...</p>
<p>Princeton University</p>
<p>(uchicago gave me less money than anywhere else - even nyu! stupid uchi.)</p>
<p>To the "gave me more money" crowd, have a happy life at your favorite U of C alternative. Wherever you go, try to remember that some generous donor way back gave those bucks that now will happily defer some/all of your college expenses (whether it was the U of C generous donors or contributors at your other fine schools). I am grateful to the aforementioned unnamed donors who made my years at Chicago possible and also a sharp-eyed admissions person who noticed I did not check the box for "financial need" on my transfer application. I naiively thought at the time that since I was a transfer student applying late that there would be no money left in the U of C kitty for someone like myself (who really needed it coming from a poor blue collar family). Well, the University ended up awarding me enough in grants for me to attend. As I said, I am forever grateful.</p>
<p>debating between Chicago and Cornell. Torn.</p>
<p>Anne,
Can you visit (again)?</p>
<p>probably brown.</p>
<p>NYU Stern Scholars - 37k vs. Chicago's 48k</p>
<p>anne_shirley. just remember, at cornell, they have this gorge that they commit suicide in. the gorge is creepy. go to chicago.</p>
<p>by the way, do you live in a green gabled house?</p>
<p>D is deciding between Rice and Pitt. Both have bioengineering, which she really wants. Rice is cheaper; Pitt is offering big bucks. We always knew UChicago didn't have engineering, but since med school is the ultimate goal, D thought she could make do with a Bio major. It's hard to walk away from the life of the mind, but the lack of meaningful financial aid may force us to make that choice.</p>
<p>Chicago is the place where fun goes to die.</p>
<p>Cornell is beautiful, and the suicide thing is a myth- the suicide rate is lower than the national average, and lower than many of Cornell's peer institutions, like MIT.</p>
<p>Chicago for the city, Cornell for the beauty. Same quality education.</p>
<p>bobbobbob,</p>
<p>Someone else on CC has a daughter who was accepted to both Chicago and Brown and decided to attend Brown.</p>
<p>The schools are so different, especially the Core vs. no Core thing. Why did you apply to both, and what do you find more attractive about Brown?</p>
<p>Chicago is more highly regarded in academia than Brown. For one thing, Chicago has more Nobel prize winners than any other institution in the United States. Innovative research is an extremely important consideration. Also, from my personal experience, professors at the collegiate level seem to view the Open Curriculum with hesitation because graduates of Brown come out with vastly varying degrees of education. Since there are no Core Courses or distribution requirements, there is absolutely no rigidity or common ground. Students graduate having taken completely different paths. There is no hallmark of a "Brown education." Sure, you can argue that the Open Curriculum gives students intellectual freedom and gives students the extreme responsibility of crafting their own educations. But realistically, how good of a job do you think an 18-year-old will do at taking into account the liberal arts education needed for true involvement and civic duty in today's rapidly changing society? Probably not very well. Also, the intellectual vitality at Chicago is unparalleled. Other schools may be very intellectual indeed, but no other school prides itself so highly on the life of the mind...just my two cents.</p>
<p>Eh, I think the impact of Chicago's Common Core is somewhat overexaggerated. The requirements really aren't that extensive, and AP credits count toward the requirements. I think several other colleges with distribution requirements (like Duke) offer a similar core. The number of Nobel laureates is largely irrelevant to undergraduate study. Chicago tends to count laureates who were associated with the university in any way whatsosver (even if only for a few years), and laureates aren't always good teachers or easy to work with.</p>
<p>(I would also add that Swarthmore and Reed pride themselves just as much on the life of the mind.)</p>
<p>What you said is true, except Katharos was comparing only Brown and Chicago.</p>