<p>Doddsdad, I love this visit review ;)</p>
<p>Actually, I skipped the title, started to read your introduction and thought this was real. You had me going for longer than you should have!</p>
<p>Wow, what a great review of the University of Chicago!</p>
<p>Well, I hate to be the naysayer here, but aren’t you guys getting a little side-swiped by the prestige factor here? You certainly seem to have fallen under their spell. You do know that plenty of us mere mortals go to lesser schools and are genuinely happy and successful? Aren’t you creating a lot of stress for your children to achieve some mythological level of achievement simply because of a name or reputation? Aren’t our kids under enough pressure? </p>
<p>Did you even notice that they don’t have Internet? Geez. Not even telephone or anything - they are so remote, they use carrier pigeons or some such fowl. And although I think I heard them say something about performing arts, they admitted they don’t have a band, orchestra, or chorus! Really seems a rather limited education to me. I mean, seriously, how many of you can name a single CEO who graduated from HW? </p>
<p>This is another situation where fit is so important. This school is a reach for everyone, no matter how special you think your kid is. And the competition doesn’t seem to stop once you get in. My personal opinion is, if you don’t play Quiddich, they’re not even going to give you the time of day. Make sure you have a good safety.</p>
<p>Hilarious… HP rocks!</p>
<p>Yea, I am defnitely bumping this</p>
<p>This needs a bump.</p>
<p>lol, it always needs a bump</p>
<p>Can someone tell me about the biology and pre-med programs at this Hogwarts?
I’ve heard some unnerving stories about the person who teaches some of the courses. Or maybe that was veterinarian studies, I’m unsure. Something about dragons? Puhlease…
And do they take IB and AP credit? Which is better?</p>
<p>I have a friend in Bristol, so I can tell you (she knows a lot about UK schools.)</p>
<p>Actually, botany is compulsory for everyone for a period of time (it’s taught by an aptly named Professor Sprout), but veterinarian science (taught by Mr. Hagrid, mentioned earlier) is optional, and starts from junior year (if you choose it.) It’s rather unorthodox in the sense that in involves a lot of hands on work, I personally think this is a wonderful way of teaching, practice is always better than theory. I’ve never heard anything about dragons, though Gryffindor’s mascot is said to be a lion. </p>
<p>I believe they accept both credits.</p>
<p>Very cool!!!</p>
<p>But please do tell us how it felt to rush straight into the wall between platforms 9 and 10?</p>
<p>I have been told that running into the walls between stations is normally quite painless, actually. I have been told, however, that 2nd-year students sometimes have trouble.</p>
<p>A friend of mine is looking for a job teaching art, and I remember hearing about an opening in a DADA class. He knows quite a bit about Dadaism (although he prefers Impressionism more), but finds it strange that they would offer a class only on this short artistic period. He suspects the class might be for another topic, but what else could DADA stand for? And since, for quite some time, there has been a new teacher for the class every year at Hogwarts, I thought my friend might offer some stability. </p>
<p>Does anyone know how he might apply? I just hope no one at the school is Defensive Against a previously unknown teacher. That would certainly be a Dark welcome for such an amazing Art professor.</p>
<p>Bump again? HOLLA!!!</p>