How do uchicago students refer to themselves?

phuriku
Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:50:26 +0000

newsmassdad: Surprisingly, even some students here have started referring to their alma maters as “UC”, which is a trend not terribly common when I entered the College in 2007. I don’t think the 3rd or 4th years like this. (I personally prefer UChicago. I think a great reason why people don’t know of UChicago in the city is that the newspapers all label us “U of C”.)

I wish the University would just change the name of the school once and for all. Maybe it’s just me, but when Chicago GSB turned into Booth, it seems that the business school got a big boost in prestige. I think the name “Booth” is now more prestigious than the name “University of Chicago,” sadly enough. I think that if an alumnus gives us a >$1 billion donation (which is not entirely impossible), we should name the school after them. That’s essentially what happened to the business school when we got a $300m donation from Booth, and even though initially everyone thought the name change was ridiculous, the name has really caught on.