<p>“I could <em>definitely</em> see myself spending four years here.”</p>
<p>Cool, I remember calling my parents after my overnight and saying those exact words; a year later, and I absolutely couldn’t be happier. I fully believe that if you sit in on a class, talk to people, walk around campus etc., and really like what you see, Chicago is the place for you. </p>
<p>I would definitely encourage your son to e-mail a professor in a field that he’s particularly interested in and see if the professor would be interested in talking to a prospective student. I picked some random poly-sci professor off the website, e-mailed him, and within a day had a casual interview scheduled. I went up to his office and we had a great chat about the school’s political science program, and the academic atmosphere in general.</p>