<p>I dunno about you guys, but I thought the Hogwarts article was absolutely hilarious.</p>
<p>In any case, regarding this question of “fit”: To be honest, lots of kids here are great fits for other top schools, including the more pre-professional and party-hard schools, and lots of the people at those schools are great fits for UChicago. A person can fit into more than one mold, and it’s much harder to find someone at this high of a level who won’t fit into the mold, than it is to find someone who will fit in in some way, shape, or form.</p>
<p>Yes, I love it here. Yes, I consider it my intellectual home. Yes, I would’ve been perfectly fine and dandy at my state school, which is widely considered to be one of the top party schools in the nation. Really. Not because I am a party-hard type of person (I’m not; in fact, I absolutely despise large parties), but because niches exist at every school for all sorts of people.</p>
<p>Basically, in short: I feel like “fit” is overrated, and this entire “some people are just applying because it’s a top school, not because they actually fit the school” hostile jive I’m getting from some people is disconcerting. Feel free to argue with me, but if somebody is accepted, that somebody deserves to come here if they so choose.</p>