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<p>The first answer to your question is that there’s a great hospital across Ellis Ave. from the quads, so that if you’re interested in going into medicine, there are tons of opportunities for undergraduate students.</p>
<p>The second answer to the question you’re not asking is whether Chicago is the right school for you. I tend to believe (and again, this doesn’t work 100% of the time and I realize that) that Chicago is better for introspective students than it is for those who have a confirmed, concrete sense of what they want to do with their lives and how they want to take their classes. Case in point: the core curriculum. You’ll love it if you don’t know what you want to major in and are the kind of person who finds making course selections painful. You’ll find it a waste of time if you think you’re going to be babied by it and you already know what you want to do.</p>
<p>Also, most of the people I know here (unscientific, I know, but important to point out) are more of the wanderer/daydreamer type than they are focused on career paths. (As one of my friends points out, we all like to go to grad school because it’s the snooze button on life). I know a couple of very ambitious people who have done extroadinarily well in the career worlds of business, law, and medicine, but I’d say that most students are not as into professional callings and would rather frolic around academically and think about careers later, if that makes sense. </p>
<p>I think Chicago’s (unconfirmed) reputation for low grades also helps encourage a college atmosphere of students who love learning for the sake of learning and who don’t worry that lower grades are going to impede on whatever those professional plans might be. That’s another thought.</p>