<p>Haha, true. UChicagoans and grad students can come off as a snarky, bitter, self-important bunch.</p>
<p>To be honest, I don’t find UChicago that difficult either, but I understand that I’m a sort of academic masochist by birth who does not particularly care whether or not she does well in class, but rather likes to be there. Grad and professional schools are probably not on my horizon (i.e. I think law school sounds as pleasant as a root canal), and the job field I’ll end up with is probably a low-paying one that I could have had had I went to Nowheresville State. In fact, I almost ended up at Nowheresville State, because it was a heck of a lot cheaper than this place and had the academic and social offerings I was looking for. I did not expect Chicago to be anything for me or do anything for me, other than create the preconditions for some learnin’.</p>
<p>I also knew that I would much, much, much, much rather be in the company of kids who thought they knew everything than kids who pretended they knew nothing. Though my high school was academically rigorous, students played dumb outside of class because that was “cool.” It bothered me to no end.</p>