<h1>1 school and probably my biggest reach, haha. everything about it that i’ve read i love, and it’s one of the best schools for what i want to major in. i think i’d cry if i got in.</h1>
<p>[The</a> 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses - Prettiest Universities](<a href=“http://www.thebestcolleges.org/most-beautiful-campuses/]The”>http://www.thebestcolleges.org/most-beautiful-campuses/)</p>
<p>University of Chicago was ranked 14th prettiest campus on this list. To be sure, some of the schools look very nice (such as Furman.) But some of the list I disagree with. Harvard is all brick and not a very pretty campus. Pepperdine is a nice location but the buildings are so so.
Of course, I think it is fair to say UChicago is one of the prettiest U.S. campuses since it is based on Oxford after all. One thing I like better about Chicago than Oxford is that it has a lot of beautiful trees right on the Quads, whereas Oxford tends to be bare right in the heart of campus (green lawn but not trees.)</p>
<p>I was reading the thread and noticed a few people mentioned ED. I recently went to uchicago for a info session and two admissions officers said they are not switching to ED.</p>
<p>Wait @Whateverhappens</p>
<p>I’m a 2016’er too. We’re juniors. You already have your interview scheduled?!?!</p>
<p>^I already did my on campus essay, since I was touring and I wouldn’t have time to this fall.</p>
<p>Yeah. Only a few days away :)</p>
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<p>I am international and U Chicago is my No 1 priority :D</p>
<p>Everyone relax. I wish I listened to this advice when I applied. If any of you have questions about the application process, feel free to message me.</p>
<p>So I got to do the campus tour and UChicago was amazing!!! also, a few days after, they sent me a piece of hand written mail. All these other colleges send crappy mail and they send things like full size posters, clothing, course catalogs, math jokes, etc.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about the university band? All I know is the band came back in 2009 and it’s a pep band.</p>
<p>[Pep</a> Band Home](<a href=“http://band.uchicago.edu/Site/Home.html]Pep”>http://band.uchicago.edu/Site/Home.html)</p>
<p>bubbles1994, I’m the incoming President of the Pep Band, welcome!. We’re a relatively young organization (it’s been refounded several times in the past 20 years), but we’re growing and hoping to put on a field show for the coming fall. We typically play at the home football and basketball games, and for big games we take a road trip out to other schools. We also play at Summer Breeze and we take part in one or two parades in the area, depending on our schedule. Is there anything else you’re interested in?</p>
<p>thanks! how big is the band? marching?</p>
<p>We were rather small this year, generally at about 15 people in regular attendance, due to some circumstances that came up at the end of last year. Our size this year definitely contributed to our lack of marching during halftime for football, which is something we always like to do for at least one game.</p>
<p>thanks for the info.</p>
<p>Applying Early Action! I plan to double major on International Studies and Environmental Studies. Random question, but does anybody have any idea about how strong is Chicago’s Model UN team?</p>
<p>We have a winner. The University of Chicago has been absolutely dominant this semester. Under the leadership of remarkable delegates (who we will temporarily spare the embarrassment of naming) who will likely be HeisMUN candidates later this year, UChicago set itself apart from the rest of the collegiate circuit. They won Best Large Delegation at SCSY 2010, NCSC 2010, and UPMUNC 2010-- in other words, they came in first place at every conference they attended. The competition wasn’t even close-- at SCSY, UChicago won 5 more gavels than the next best delegation. This team is truly stacked and repping hard for the windy city. Whether you hate them or love them, one thing seems to be clear-- you can’t beat them. </p>
<p>[Mid-Season</a> Power Rankings for 2010-2011 - The Circuit](<a href=“http://www.muncircuit.com/2011/01/mid-season-power-rankings-for-2010-2011.html]Mid-Season”>http://www.muncircuit.com/2011/01/mid-season-power-rankings-for-2010-2011.html)</p>
<p>“Showing less respect for their competition than famous alum Tucker Max has for the female population, the UChicago team dominated the first half of the MUN season. Led by veterans Mrinalini Ramesh, Rohan The Rocket Sandhu, Sean Mirski, and Aynur Taskan, the overworked and probably undersexed Maroons started off by dominating SCSY and NCSC. They took down Georgetown in a head-to-head battle at UPMUNC to close out a perfect fall season”</p>
<p>[2010-2011</a> Season Summary - The Circuit](<a href=“http://www.muncircuit.com/2011/05/2010-2011-season-summary.html]2010-2011”>http://www.muncircuit.com/2011/05/2010-2011-season-summary.html)</p>
<p>Rny2, that’s awesome.</p>
<p>I’m planning to apply for anthropology!</p>
<p>How are the computer science courses in Chicago?
How strong is the computer science department?
Any ideas anyone?</p>
<p>Hey DarthSpawnus,</p>
<p>I’m a rising second year majoring in Computer Science, so I’ll take a shot at this. So far, I’ve taken Honors Intro to Computer Science I and II (CMSC 161/162) and Intro to Computer Systems (CMSC 154), and out of these courses I’ve found them to be almost universally rewarding. 161 radically changed how I program and conceive of programs, 162 introduced me to how real world programming actual occurs, and 154 got me a job for the summer :). So I’ve been pretty pleased with the CS course offerings.</p>
<p>As a computer science major, you begin with a 4-course sequence, with 2 quarters of programming, 1 quarter of systems, and 1 quarter of theory. If possible, I would highly, <em>highly</em> recommend taking the honors track (CMSC 161/162) instead of the regular track (CMSC 151/152). The same holds for further down the line; honors classes tend to have better teachers, better material, and often better curves.</p>
<p>As far as the department goes, I’d characterize it as small, deep, and tight. Depending on how you count it, we have around 20 professors and 5-10 lecturers in the department, mostly concentrated in systems (distributed computing, networks, concurrency, etc.) and theory (complexity, algorithms, logic, etc.). We also have a decent number of people working on programming languages.</p>
<p>The students in the department tend to be pretty close; I know all the people majoring in CS in my year and a solid section of those above me. I’ve found people to be pretty supportive (read: I’ve gotten <em>so</em> much help xD), and I think the network/community is pretty solid. Concerning post-grad results, I know people working at Apple, Google, trading firms on the Street, running startups, etc., so the bottleneck is hardly the department.</p>
<p>All in all, I’ve been pretty pleased with CS here at Chicago, although I didn’t think to come here for CS (I came for Econ like all the other Asian finance junkies =D).</p>