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03-25-2008, 01:03 PM
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#46 | | Member
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| I heard that second city show really sucked from a group of friends that went.
It can be quite scary, as I mentioned before, if you are walking around outside of the campus late at night; especially coming from the south lol. | 
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03-25-2008, 01:31 PM
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#47 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: U of C
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| The Second City has been doing that U of C joke for a while-- they love to rip on us :-)
And yeah, Jimmy's is still around, though it's in bad financial shape. I hear they don't card any more. | |
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03-25-2008, 02:36 PM
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#48 | | Member
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| Unalove- you estimated the average GPA to be 3.25, which is also dean's list? Is it possible that half (or at least 40%) of kids make dean's? | |
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03-25-2008, 03:18 PM
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| yeah, the Barrack thing at SC wasnt their best effort. BTW, dont remember Jimmy's ever carding. Unless someone made the mistake of ordering a Bud that is. | |
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03-25-2008, 03:55 PM
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| The new SC show is no good? That's surprising, because I've seen two shows there and they were both hilarious. One of the times I went Jim Belushi showed up and did improv with them afterwards which was a real treat. | |
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03-25-2008, 04:11 PM
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#51 | | Senior Member
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| Never been to Jimmy's, basically because my boss and a good family friend hang out there. How about awkward elephant? | |
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04-02-2008, 10:10 PM
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#52 | | Junior Member
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| Unalove Thanks!
Thank you so much for your time. My friend is deciding between Chicago and Northwestern. Any advice. I realize you go to Chicago but if you happen to know what generally are the pro/cons differences? Thanks if you can't answer thanks anyway! | |
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04-02-2008, 11:23 PM
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#53 | | Senior Member
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| I don't know; I can't answer for your friend! | |
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04-04-2008, 07:54 AM
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#54 | | Junior Member
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| Unalove,
Is 3.25 Dean's list? I'll be an Econ major in the fall. | |
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04-04-2008, 09:29 AM
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#55 | | Senior Member
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| I'm pretty sure it is, and that about half of the student body gets it.
I'm not in that half :-D | |
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05-08-2008, 08:39 PM
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#56 | | Member
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| To revive this thread, how about advice to parents about O-week. I'm so excited (not 1/100th as much as S) that I could spend the week there. However I would like to unobstrusively enjoy myself and absorb as much of the excitement as possible. | |
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05-08-2008, 09:13 PM
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#57 | | Junior Member
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| O Week is for the kids. Parents wave goodbye after the procession from Convocation to the gates on move-in day. There are 2 schools of thought on O Week. My D thought it was WAY too long. There just wasn't enough to keep them busy if they didn't immediately connect with a group. Must say though, that was the last complaint I've heard all year! | |
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05-08-2008, 09:23 PM
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#58 | | Member
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| How about the days leading to move-in day? How much "help" in moving in do they need? | |
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05-08-2008, 09:37 PM
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#59 | | Junior Member
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| Well, we've moved 2 into Chicago. Actually we've moved 2 into Max West 4th floor, 4 years apart! In both cases we flew in the day before, picked up pre-ordered BB & B necessities, did the requisite Target run and stayed in the area the night before. Move-in day we appeared bright and early to move their stuff in, and then we followed behind as they registered, got placement test schedules, picked up IDs and computer accessories and enjoyed the festivities in the Bartlett quad. We then went together to Convocation in Rockefeller Chapel (get there VERY early, it filled up this year and we had to watch on cc TV in Ida Noyes), and joined the very emotional procession from the Chapel to the gates in Harper quad. (4 years ago the procession split as we walked up University...the gates were a more moving experience.) At that point upperclassmen are readily available with tissues for the tears, and the first years process through the gates to their class picture on the field behind Henry Crown. The day goes by VERY quickly. Truth be told, we then left campus and had dinner with friends. First time we called on our way home the next day, this time we drove to ST. Louis the next day to see S2 and stopped in to say hi to D on our way back through Chicago to fly home.
It's a wonderful, moving day, but it's jam packed and moves very quickly. | |
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05-08-2008, 09:51 PM
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#60 | | Member
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| It seems very moving in more ways than one. Thanks runnersmom. Does it get very crowded lodging wise? | |
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