Don't Come Here if...

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>I’ve been floating around on the site and I’m concerned that a lot of students are considering the school without knowing a lot about it. Please add!</p>

<p>Don’t Come to UChicago if…</p>

<p>– You don’t like the idea that you’ll be challenged
– You want to avoid reading, writing, and Karl Marx
– You imagine that there will always be pickup frisbee games on the quads and girls in bikinis wrestling in chocolate pudding
– You want to be surrounded by career-driven people.
– You want warm weather and blue skies.
– You want to major in ENGINEERING.
– You don’t like talking about school.
– You don’t like the uncommon app/ think it’s pretentious.
– You need a consolation prize for not getting into an Ivy.
– You want a school with a huge greek scene/ centralized party scene where everybody goes to the SAME party.
– You don’t think you could get over hearing a helicopter taking off and noisy streets on the perimeter of the quads.
– You’re scared of local residents who are of a different age and race than you.
– You want a college town that has a GAP and a North Face store.
– You dress well/ think you’re good-looking AND you want people to be impressed with you (I don’t mind a good-looking campus… but don’t think anybody is going to pay attention to you because you have a Fendi handbag or a popped collar).
– You don’t want to run into a professor/writing tutor/TA everywhere you go.</p>

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<p>You imagine that there will always be pickup frisbee games on the quads </p>

<p>?!?!? none??</p>

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<p>But every residential college at yale has a subsidized chocolate pudding room made available year-round!!</p>

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<p>hahaha I added the frisbee in because a lot of people think our quads are quiet for what they imagine quads should be. I saw a picture of Brown once (I know, just a picture) and it seemed like everybody and their mother was out on the quads. It could maybe set a tone for the “atmosphere” of the school.</p>

<p>And oh man, JohnnyK, if I knew that Yale had that, I would have applied! :-P</p>

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<p>From what I understand from S, Chicago has a rather “active” Ultimate Frisbee team, who have been known to throw great parties.</p>

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<p>The quads are all packed the first few days of spring. In the winter you’ll just see bundles of clothes rushing to and fro. :)</p>

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<p>great post!</p>

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<p>– You think nerds and geeks are for giving wedgies to.
– You can’t imagine meeting a nerd you would describe as “adorable”.
– You hate it when other kids use big words.
– The course catalog doesn’t turn you on.
– All your life, you’ve been looking forward to being one of tens of thousands of students cheering your team on at a major bowl game or the Final Four.
– You would pick Ginger over Mary Ann (or the Professor), or Jordan Catalano over Brian Krakow.</p>

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<p>c’mon there are things on this list that I want and expect in Chicago! *** guys (and girls)!</p>

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<p>part of your post is bleeped out.</p>

<p>If you want good-looking people, you’ll find them, but one would be mistaken in coming to Chicago specifically for our good-looking student body.</p>

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<p>actually my last post didn’t have anything to do with good looking people (I have already talked about that on this forum haha). </p>

<p>It was just a “god darn guys (and girls)!” [for putting things on the not to expect list that I expect and desire]</p>

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<p>Dude, I would soooo pick Ginger over Mary Ann…*** are you thinking.</p>

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<p>For those not in the know, the three letters being bleeped out are Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Over.</p>

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<p>Haha… the course catalog definitely turns me on… so glad I’m coming here.</p>

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<p>PLEASE tell me that drinking is acceptable and common. Obviously nobody wants to go to a school where walking outside after 5 p.m. means a beer bottle cracked over the head and a band of drunk skanks rolling around at your feet. But, for God’s sake, drinking is common at Chicago, right? Like every other weekend, at least? It’s COLLEGE.</p>

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<p>Wow. UChicago sounds like my kind of college even more than I thought…</p>

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<p>I’ve had The Communist Manifesto bookmarked for nearly a year now…Guess now’s the time to finally read it.</p>

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<p>The exact opposite, actually. I want snow and lots of it. I currently live in a desert and I want out. NOW. </p>

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<p>I was totally geeking out over the essay prompts.</p>

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<p>Yes, people drink here.</p>

<p>Actually, there is a GAP and a North Face store, the OP is probably one of the braindeads that doesn’t want the pass for unlimited rides on the CTA, because he never leaves Hyde Park.</p>

<p>UChicago is great, guys, but so is the city of Chicago. It’s not just a bunch of geeks that never leave the library - and you don’t have to be one. Please, don’t be one.</p>

<p>Sincerely,
A CAREER-DRIVEN FOURTH YEAR</p>

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<p>People definitely drink and party here, and if I indicated otherwise, it’s because Chicago’s level of partying is quite mild in comparison to other schools.</p>

<p>I do go to the northside about 2-3 times a month, neverborn, though I dislike the U-Pass for other reasons. :-)</p>

<p>The reason I wrote this thread in the first place was to warn prospective students that this is not your typical school. Here’s what there is that you might not like about it. Consider yourself warned. Otherwise, welcome home.</p>

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<p>Silentscholaris, I had almost the exact same impression as you had. Even though I probably would get pretty annoyed at the noisy helicopters, I’ve always been wanting to discuss Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. And I definitely want lots of snow! That’s why I’m not going to apply to any schools in California. And I liked the essay prompts. I liked last year’s questions more, but these are fun. If life here is like it is in The Life of the Mind guidebook, I’ll love it!</p>

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<p>life of the mind pshhhhhhh</p>

<p>sincerely,
incoming first year :)))))))))))))))</p>