<p>Insert your opinion here</p>
<p>Fermilab, the physics department, the math department, the economics department, and from what I hear the academic environment</p>
<p>but i dunno if that makes it the best in the US tho, U of C is great but I wouldn't say its the best</p>
<p>Well, the academically serious students. I think the students contribute immensely to the ambiance of this school, and I haven't seen as serious students anywhere else. I suppose I wanted to go to Chicago not only for the profs, the academic rigor, and the architecture, but also for the students.</p>
<p>You can certainly say that it is the best but there are a handful of other schools you could equally say that about (yale, harvard, etc.) but those schools also have their detractors just like chicago does (this widely cited article about harvard is just one example: <a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006623%5B/url%5D">http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006623</a> and does happen to touch on why you still hear about harvard WAY more than you hear about uchicago).</p>
<p>They are all good schools and anyone who tells you otherwise is on crack. The University of Chicago is one of the world's foremost academic institutions and that is about as much as you can say and validly expect everyone to agree to.</p>
<p>I must say that before the entire admissions process, I was one of those students who firmly believe that anyone who told me that "not every school is right for every person" was simply someone who had either been disappointed by the admissions process in the past or was soon to be disappointed by it. However, once I started researching colleges, and especially after my 10 week experience at Harvard, I realized more and more that those individuals were indeed right. I entirely agree that all of these institutions are amazing places, each with their pluses and minuses, and that one really ought to look for the school with the best fit. In my own case, I felt tremendously fortunate to have managed to attend my dream institution - the UofC.</p>
<p>About how much fin aid did they offer you at U of C, felipecocco?</p>
<p>My dad and siblings are in California now, and they stopped by Stanford to see the place. </p>
<p>Basically, while they said the architecture was nice, it is no place where one can study; my mom calls the place a "country club" for a reason (She decided not to apply there because of that.). Also, my little sister said the girls there are all "a bunch of floozies" (I think that is cute; she is only 11.), and everyone is hooked up to some contraption, be it a cell phone, iPod, or laptop. Also, they said there were NO intellectual conversations, and some students were talking about a paper they were going to write on the mythological importance of unicorns' horns. So much for a liberal arts education.</p>
<p>In the end, they said they would rather attend the U. of C. - and they answered without hesitation. </p>
<p>Just what I heard about a university that is ranked above the University of Chicago. . .</p>
<p>Go Maroons!</p>
<p>i know the answer to this question: great reputation, high admit rate!</p>
<p>another possible answer: Eric Egan</p>
<p>wow</p>
<p>haha, sadly enough, ive looked that up before....</p>
<p>WOW eric you are back on the UChic forum. yayyyyyy
and WOW you have your name on urban dictionary... that's quite amazing. youre indeed a household noun now. <em>applause</em></p>
<p><em>applause</em></p>
<p>LMAO I love the people of UChicago...I really do</p>
<p>You guys are amazing people</p>
<p>the humanities department + TED O'NEILL <33333</p>
<p>someone asked me today how many ppl at uofc.
i said 4600 undergrads. and he goes "wow thats tiny."
he thought uofc was a state school.
and then he asks about how much it costs.
he then made a comment about how expensive it was.
he still thought it was some public state school.</p>
<p>4400 undergrads, actually</p>
<p>oh. i was close -_-</p>