Community at U of C

magda71
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:36:26 +0000

Thank you both for your responses! I guess I was being a bit vague in my original question. What I was trying to gauge was something along the lines of the social scene at UChicago. While I understand that it’s a university and not a small liberal arts school, it does seem that they are trying very hard to make the liberal-arts-style environment come across to us prospectives, so I was wondering if the community does actually have that close-knit quality to it outside of the residential housing system. There are some schools of a comparable size (like Tufts, for example) where this does appear to be true, and others where it’s not the case. Do students tend to develop strong social groups outside of their houses and Core classes? What about campus-wide events, like Scav, for example–are there other traditional goings-on that the student body takes part in? I come from a smaller high school that places a lot of emphasis on traditions and group events, so the idea of attending a school where you can not only be an individual but be part of something larger than yourself is very appealing.
I apologize for not articulating myself very well, haha, as well as for veering into cheesiness with that last line there :)