How Liberal is UChicago?

Much2learn
Fri, 22 Sep 2017 01:35:58 +0000

@ak9800 “Any input on just how liberal the University of Chicago students are and how more conservative students fir in would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!”

I think it depends a lot on what you mean by conservative. I hear that term used a lot of different ways these days. In general, people are accepting of a wide range of views, and enjoy the intellectual discussion around them. People tend to be less accepting if the views are perceived as attacking others.

For example, my D is at a Chicago peer school and last year a foreign grad student in a position of authority told her and another woman directly that he did not think that any women should be allowed in the school’s computer science program. That was not particularly well received, and was addressed. I mean, it shouldn’t be a surprise that if you go around telling your classmates they don’t belong there, it could be a long 4 years. lol