<p>^lol high five for fear :D. theres a thread on cc about premed at uofchicago. check it out. it says that chicago is not the best place if you absolutely want to maximize your chances for top medical schools.</p>
<p>“Anyone care to shed light on the pros vs. cons of the core?”</p>
<p>All of this is supposition, I haven’t examined Chicagos’ requirements. You guys should, though. But from what I surmise:</p>
<p>Speaking on behalf of Chicago community- a bizarre postion to be in, since I attended Cornell- those who love it feel that such sequence of courses helps make you a broadly educated person, who can read, write, think, and not just a tool. And in the process familiarizes you with a body of knowledge that advocates feel is at the core of what an educated person in this society should know. </p>
<p>However, many, dare I say most, others feel that they don’t want to be forced to a specific set of courses, conventional distribution requirements are quite sufficient thank you very much. For example D1 didn’t like being told what to take after some bad HS experiences. Given choice, you are free to choose to broadly educate yourself along somewhat similar lines, or not. But it’s up to you. Cornell still has distribution requirements in various general subject areas, it’s not like you can just take science courses. But you have more discretion about how you fill those distribution requirements, I imagine. That’s the way it is most schools, only a handful have a similar curriculum to Chicago’s.</p>