<p>Alright, so I'm about to make my decision pretty soon for next year. </p>
<p>And I'd like to know this:</p>
<p>Are/Were you incredibly happy at Chicago? </p>
<p>I know how good the academics/professors/classes/the city/etc are. I don't need to hear this. I want to make the right decision and now happiness is the most important thing. I know happiness is not found but rather created, but i want to know did Chicago cater to that for you?</p>
<p>Please, and thank you.</p>
<p>Somebody once compared their Chicago experience to a bit like being married, in the sense that there’s a courtship period (junior and senior year of high school), then the commitment ceremony (sending in the deposit) and then the honeymoon (Orientation Week and the following weeks)… and then, after a while, you settle down into the reality of being married. It’s not like you’re itching to divorce anytime soon, it’s just that you realize that your partner snores, doesn’t do the dishes often, and watches TV too loudly. (Or, in Chicago terms, you realize that the 171 can be late and crowded, that the C-Shop stinks, that Flex dollars aren’t unlimited, that not every paper will be an A paper).</p>
<p>I’m very, very, very happy I chose the University of Chicago. That’s not to say that I’m very, very, very very happy every moment of every day (though I think you’d be surprised…) and that’s not to say that my happiness looks and feels like the kind of happiness that is advertised in college viewbooks.</p>
<p>It also doesn’t mean I think the University of Chicago is 100% perfect, and it also doesn’t mean I think the University of Chicago is 100% perfect for 100% of people.</p>
<p>I chose Chicago for a lot of reasons, but I’ll list a few right now. I wanted to be in a place where people were excited about school. I wanted to be in a place where “status” was de-emphasized. I wanted to be in a new part of a new city and I wanted to graduate a better, more conscientious, better-read person. I think Chicago has really, really helped me out in all of these areas.</p>
<p>In choosing a college (Chicago or any other school), it’s important to remember that there is no such thing as pure happiness and pure perfection. Don’t go for the romance; don’t go for the honeymoon. Don’t kid yourself. Instead, think about which school you’d be married to best.</p>
<p>I’m even MORE excited now to come with d to the open house next month! Unalove describes something a parent can only dream will happen for his child! I hope my daughter has as much contentment as unalove whether she attends UChicago or another school!</p>
<p>thanks unalove, pretty much the best possible answer someone can give.</p>