<p>Just the fact that midnight soccer exists may be what they are trying to get across.</p>
<p>My D’s first interest in Chicago came from hearing that it was “where fun comes to die,” and she immediately got it as a joke. Conversations with other parents, a few years of CC’s Chicago forum, and some contact with Chicago’s administration have convinced me that most people don’t get the joke–including a lot of 18-year-olds who would thrive at Chicago.</p>
<p>So, I’m not surprised to see them make the Harry Potter connection and try out the “work hard, play hard” line. Face it and revel in it–there is a little bit of Hogwarts in U Chicago. </p>
<p>I have to agree with the OP, you probably shouldn’t count on going to your Resident Master for help with your homework. But who did that at Hogwarts?</p>