Comments from a first year

[serchingon]

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Unfortunately, you are incorrect. I went to Exeter ('05), and UChicago has never been nearly as challenging or intellectually engaging.

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<p>It is interesting to see how an honest statement like that from one of Chicago’s own can not even be discussed reasonably. This is what he gets instead:</p>

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If you took easy classes for easy grades, don’t blame the school.

If you need that challenge to make you feel happy and satisfied, and you can’t find challenge within simpler material for yourself, then you’re probably never going to reach your ideal.

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<p>and of course, the usual from lovely, jack

• pretentious, properly-formatted screen name
• namedroppin’ exeter and comparing a high school to a university
• stating that another’s opinion (phuriko’s) is objectively “wrong”
• hasn’t taken most of the classes that he is complaining about and seems willing to substitute friends’ opinions for actual experience</p>

<p>i dunno man i’d take you more seriously if you didn’t come off as closeted and elitist, i mean college kids come in all types and it’s like you want socratic philosopher-students or something… maybe nasa is hiring

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<p>or this one,</p>

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I hope you don’t let too many of these attitudes leach outside these boards. If you do, I fear you may be due for some sad disappointments when grad school recs. are written. Faculty don’t too often like students who expect the faculty to do all the work. Rather, they prefer students who move ahead on their own and come back to challenge the faculty member. Those are the stars.

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<p>If someone (even a Chicago student) does not find U Chicago student body intellectually stimulating and engaging, why can’t you people respect that opinion or impression? It is up to the individual and it is not the end of the world you know. No wonder you guys have a reputation for being so defensive. The most innocuous comment in this forum can become a very unpleasant argument where you feel the very foundation of the University is being ravaged. (unalove the exception, btw)</p>

<p>Go and hang out at Rush and Division for a while…Relax. The world is “reading” you know…</p>