<p>@cjforme
What you said seems rather contradictory (one the one hand you say that you realize that CC isn’t at all representative of the student body at large, and in the same vein you’re basing an opinion on CC), but I agree that the right decision is to visit. Maybe you could report back afterwards and forever quell the myths (either way).</p>
<p>Which posters in particular do @cjforme, @GAILFORCE et al have a problem with? JHS is a pleasure to read, Phuriku can be a little eccentric but is always well-informed (and joined before UChicago’s prestige surge), Cue7 and tortoise are all old UC’ers (waay before UChicago’s surge in prestige). Just glancing at the corresponding thread on the UChicago forum (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1468241-uchicago-columbia-stronger-social-sciences.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1468241-uchicago-columbia-stronger-social-sciences.html</a>), you can see that all of the posts are polite, equitable, and well reasoned, and I can’t say the same for the posters here… Maybe I’m missing something.</p>