Does UChicago live up to its "extremely hard" reputation?

adalayde
Wed, 18 Mar 2015 06:16:02 +0000

Good to hear about the relaxed grading curves! And the quarter system definitely appeals to me. I think I personally work better taking fewer classes at a faster rate than vice versa, where at least all my energy can be focused onto a few things.

I’m definitely not trying to breeze through, but I know what my limits are, haha. Definitely weak in math and science. Massive reading workloads, though, I can handle.

Would you say that you/“most people” at UChicago spend most of your free time studying, though? Like, even if Hyde Park is boring there’s still the rest of Chicago close by. It can’t possibly be boring enough to make you stay in and study instead.