| Reading what people post on the U-Chicago board, it's a veeery academic school. Generally, especially in terms of colleges, competitiveness is associated with intellectualness. Well, U of C is the antipode of that rule. The students there don't just turn on the study-gene when they're being graded; many genuinely enjoy the material they're studying, and many are not very competitive at all.
Also, at U of C, it's possible to get a single with your own private bathroom--although that may be more of a selling point for incoming Freshman than for transfer students. |