<p>As rlmmail said, we can’t comment on whether you specifically will sink or swim at UChicago. However, most people come in with some degree of uncertainty and most end up just fine here. Additionally, no one will look down on you if you come in with just raw intelligence and there are things you don’t know of. You’ll never be pressured to take part in “intellectual conversations”–but we hope you do!</p>
<p>Money is a whole separate issue. That’s something you and your parents will have to sit down and talk about, probably when all of your options become apparent in the Spring.</p>