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11-08-2008, 11:23 AM
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#1 | | Member
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| Swimming
i am aware of the swimming requirement at UChicago. if you do not pass the test, is there a specific year that you have to take the swimming classes?
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11-09-2008, 01:58 AM
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#2 | | Member
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No. I know a 4th year who hasn't taken it yet. Also, if you know how to swim at all, you will pass the test. You can even doggy-paddle it, I think.
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11-09-2008, 02:14 AM
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#3 | | Member
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What if you only know the breaststroke?
Last edited by LazyAznBoY; 11-09-2008 at 02:19 AM.
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11-09-2008, 02:53 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
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4 laps... any stroke... any speed...
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11-09-2008, 09:28 AM
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#5 | | Senior Member
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S essentially backfloated the four laps. Took forever, but he did it and was DONE. He had told us he was just going to take the class, but sometime between Saturday and Sunday of O-week he changed his mind.  | |
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11-14-2008, 06:31 PM
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#6 | | Junior Member
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are the swim tests at colleges more of a tradition than anything?
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11-15-2008, 01:11 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
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nope, you have to pass them. They're a real-life test.
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11-15-2008, 02:08 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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Don't forget the physical fitness placement test...
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11-15-2008, 04:39 PM
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#9 | | Junior Member
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what are those?
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11-15-2008, 06:59 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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The College requires students to pass a physical education test or take up to three classes in physical education, including jogging, archery, yoga, and conditioning.
| University of Chicago College Admissions | The Common Core
From what I understand, though the classes are required, no credit is awarded for them.
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11-16-2008, 10:54 AM
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#11 | | Junior Member
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The physical placement test is a killer  | |
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11-16-2008, 04:53 PM
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#12 | | Junior Member
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what do you ahve to do
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11-19-2008, 10:36 PM
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#13 | | Junior Member
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what is the "physical placement" test and what does it involve?
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11-24-2008, 03:28 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
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when i was at northwestern, there was a basketball game between our hong kong student group and yours. when the team from the uchicago showed up, they were mostly chinese americans, not students that grew up in hong kong (who became just the watching fans instead)! we had about 20-25 students from hong kong, so we had a very small pool to pick players from. we still won despite all these, in a american sport! now you can tell why uchicago thinks its students need phy ed.  | |
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11-24-2008, 08:29 PM
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#15 | | Member
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congratulations?
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