Anyone with any objective views about Chicago, please??

newenglandparent
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:11:50 +0000

I think that it is an incorrect generalization to state that Chicago students have an inferiority complex and try to tear down other schools to make themselves feel better. My child just finished her first year there and loved it. Chicago was always her first choice because it offered the kind of education, experience and education that she wanted. Plus, the city of
Chicago is awesome and offers many extracurricular opportunities. She indicated that most of the people she met and became friends with had no attitudes whatsoever like that. They chose the U of Chicago because they believed that the school was a good fit for them and couldn’t care in the least about U.S. News and World Report Rankings or about comparing Chicago to other schools. I believe that there may be students at Chicago who have some sort of complex, but they are clearly in the minority and are probably more apt to post in places like this then the majority of students who are happy, confident and comfortable with themselves and their decision and just don’t feel the need to complain or compare themselves to others. There are certainly going to be students who did not get into the Ivies and resent it, but you will find students like that at many schools including places like Tufts,etc. that are often second choices for people who really wanted to go to Yale and didn’t get in. Chicago, like other schools, has a tremendous diversity, which only continues to grow, and there are all sorts of people there. It is a great school, but there are many great schools and it is important to pick that school which offers what you are looking for and where you will fit and be comfortable. For my child and for many others it is Chicago. But to turn down a school because you believe in mispercieved generalizations when you feel that a school is a good fit for you can be a mistake without really knowing the truth.