<p>Slipper, are you unemployed?</p>
<p>hahahaha... well said.</p>
<p>I think it has already been established that Chicago is for a very specific type of people. If you don't like it don't go. I don't see why that concept is so hard to grasp.</p>
<p>I guess I am. I go to a top 5 business school and am the youngest guy in my class by a year.</p>
<p>Also, funny I QUOTED that off a Chicago student's review of Chicago...look closer, oh judgmental one...</p>
<p>Once again, as much as high school will tell you, there AREN'T only two types of people in the world.</p>
<p>Perhaps I go to a top 8 Business school (like UC). I guess you dont really care when you are hired as an associate at a top 5 consulting firm.</p>
<p>oooh good, now we've driven him to boasting. </p>
<p>Slipper went to dartmouth, slipper goes to a business school, slipper will work for a top business firm in a few years and make 300k a year and drive around in a BMW taking hits of blow while getting sucked off by a 35 year old blonde who never grew up. 30 years from now, slipper will realize that with all the money and blondes and beamers in the world, he still can't convince himself that it was better to have all that than 4 years of actual learning to live thoughtfully and experience life richly. He'll realize that all teh time he spent putting chicago down was really him just trying to convince himself that 300k a year and all the drunken shenanigans of a dartmouth education was a better choice than a real education in something that matters.</p>
<p>hehe, sorry, I just hate business people. I guess it comes from being poor enough to hate the rich but rich enough to not be occupied with securing finances my whole life. That, and I'd rather actually Do something with my brain, you know, for other people. </p>
<p>That, and I really wish he'd just shut up about chicago. Ok, we get it, you dont like teh school, youd ont like it for all teh same reasons that anybody who has ever decided Not to go there doesnt like it. You are not an original thinker, stop pretending like the gospel you preach about chicago has never been heard before.</p>
<p>The City,</p>
<p>Once again. I have nothing against those pursuing other careers. I actually want to go into non-profit myself after a couple years, and I think its a great way to get there. </p>
<p>Why is everyone here so judgemental? Does that say something about Chicago? You wont find this attitude on other boards. </p>
<p>And do you think there are no people at Chicago going into business? How do you think that attitude makes them feel?</p>
<p>Yes, Slipper, I understand that was a quote. And you quoted it why? </p>
<p>From post #39</p>
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And Chicago has a horrible social life. I have probably met about 20 Chicago alumni, of which I haven't heard even one person happy with the school.
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<p>These types of comments are the ones that seem judgmental to me. . .</p>
<p>Why the bashing?</p>
<p>OK folks, time out.</p>
<p>Why don't we call a truce with Slipper?</p>
<p>Slipper, if you stick to telling us stuff about which you have first hand knowledge, like your bus school and consulting experience, I bet we can get folks like me and the other posters to back off.</p>
<p>OK? </p>
<p>Some of us were frustrated by some of your earlier posts that seemed to us to be rumor mongering. OTOH, other posts of yours, here and elsewhere, have given us valuable information. So, stick to the facts and observations, then truce.</p>
<p>I'm not at war with slipper. Just trying to point out the error of his ways :). But I am curious. How old are you slipper?</p>
<p>Darn I'm good, right on the money (or lack of money in this case), baby! My brother graduated from business school not too long ago. Right after B school, he worked for the government for 4 month before he found a "real" job that pays their MBA well (a lot of Wharton MBA graduates working with him now). My brother is also the youngest in his class by one year. So, you must be even more depressed than my brother, and he was really depressed, when he was working for the government. You know, you being unemployed and all. No wonder you want to vent anger.</p>
<p>I have on old memory of Chicago from the 70's. For those of you who may not know, the climate, left over from the sixties, was still rather "anti-establishment." This was before the "dress for success" 80's era. Anyway, some kids, communist party maybe, used to walk around with signs around the B school decrying the "running dog lackeys." Then one day a B school lad in a suit appeared, with a sign and flyers, "Join the Running Dog Lackey Society!" It's a snapshot that has stuck in my head.</p>
<p>Hahahaha. TheCity just wrecked slipper1234's shi t, and she ought not feel the least bit guilty as formulating logical arguments has proved futile in this thread.</p>
<p>Let's end this thread, guys.</p>
<p>Haha, ummm since when does being in school mean unemployed? I guess next year you will be too...for four years!</p>
<p>well brinestorm, thanks, i guess (?). But for the record, The City is very much not a "She."</p>
<p>Im interested in ending the thread as it is now, because, as the saying goes "arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics: even if you win, you're still retarded."</p>
<p>However, the topic is one that I have serious concerns with, and still would VERY much like to hear what Uchicago students and alum haev to say about it. Perhaps taking both the opinion of someone who would describe themself as a nerd, and one who would describe self as not a nerd, would be good. </p>
<p>the only Uchicago student i know is a friend from high school, who is a TOTAL nerd, and he loves it there. However, he is very quick to confess that hes much nerdier than the typical student there. (by nerdy, btw, i dont mean pimply and out of touch and impossible to communicate with for a normal person, just that he is obsessed with learning and seeks out friends who have same interest in learning). Being around people like him, and people who are as smart as him but more active socially, for four years sounds like heaven on earth to me.</p>
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Awkwardness. I thought I saw your gender floating around in the official decisions thread as female.</p>
<p>Well, nice comments nonetheless.</p>
<p>Brinestorm.....he tends to make a lot of awkward comments. Oh well, at least he's making them.</p>
<p>uhm, thanks.</p>
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<p>by nerdy, btw, i dont mean pimply and out of touch and impossible to communicate with for a normal person, just that he is obsessed with learning and seeks out friends who have same interest in learning). Being around people like him, and people who are as smart as him but more active socially, for four years sounds like heaven on earth to me.</p>
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<p>This is a really good characterization. The people who don't bathe/can't have a normal conversation are few. Most U of C people are (IMHO) the good kind of nerd -- unabashedly enthusiastic about academics.</p>
<p>I got into Chicago and I too love the campus. The neighborhood is a little ghetto, but I took the bus there and I still felt safe. I want to know though if Chicago is worth $43,000/year. I am deciding between UNC-Chapel Hill ($25,000/year out-of-state) and Chicago. I could really use some input on this. It would be a difference of over $60,000 in the long-run.</p>
<p>emilyroth,</p>
<p>Chicago: (positives) small classes, intellectual students, no sports emphasis, fewer students and smaller, easy to maneuver campus. Many consider proximity to a great city to be a plus. Negatives include a more challenging immediate environment and driven fellow students. For some, lack of sports emphasis can be a negative.</p>
<p>UNC: Heavy sports emphasis, greek all the way. You would need to seek out intellectual opportunities to a greater extent, as quite a few of yoru classmates would be there to have fun.</p>
<p>A good student could thrive in either environment, so focus on where you'd fit in. The culture of your two choices is so different that I doubt the same kid could be happy at either.</p>