Is Checagou your first choice?

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>Well, is it?! :eek:</p>

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<p>def one of my top choices</p>

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<p>Sorry to disappoint the anti-Esquared group that lingers, but it’s one of my top choices, too.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think it still is.</p>

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<p>You’re not completely unloved Esquared… </p>

<p>(and no I’m not referring to me, I’m a member of anti-Egan.) :p</p>

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<p>It would be higher up if money weren’t an issue and Chicago wasn’t the most expensive school I’ve applied to.</p>

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<p>Depends on an obligatory Chicago visit.</p>

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<p>probably my 8th choice out of 14…</p>

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<p>One of my top choices.</p>

10

<p>That’s reassuring.</p>

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<p>My #1 choice =)</p>

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<p>Where is “Checagou”?</p>

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Its name comes from native “Checagou”, meaning wild onions.</p>

<p>[For</a> more info…](<a href=“Gapers Block - Chicago news, reviews & commentary”>From Checagou to Chicago: A City by No Other Name Gapers Block: Ask the Librarian)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the link. You learn something every day.</p>

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<p>Another interesting historical tidbit is that Chicago, though first documented by De LaSalle, was in 1799 settled by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. As noted below, he was African American. The du Sable Museum of African American History borders the western side of the U of C campus. This is a wonderful stop on any campus visit. <a href=“http://www.dusablemuseum.org/[/url]”>http://www.dusablemuseum.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>"…Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an African American from Sainte-Domingue (Haiti), built the first permanent settlement at the mouth of the river just east of the present Michigan Avenue Bridge on the north bank.</p>

<p>Records do not agree on the precise spelling of the name of the first settler and it may be found variously as Pointe de Sable, Au Sable, Point Sable, Sabre and Pointe de Saible. Du Sable, who appears to have been a man of good taste and refinement, was a husbandman, a carpenter, a cooper, a miller, and probably a distiller.</p>

<p>In Du Sable’s home, which he shared with his Indian wife, the first marriage in Chicago was performed, the first election was held, and the first court handed down justice. The religion of the first Chicagoan was Catholic and every contemporary report about Du Sable describes him as a man of substance who started the story of Chicago as well as the story of the African American in Chicago."</p>

<p><a href=“Chicago History and Collections | Chicago Public Library”>Chicago History and Collections | Chicago Public Library;

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<p>2nd choice after rice. in front of nyu, princeton, and uf</p>

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<p>probably around 3rd or 4th, after Yale and Williams. Tied with Dartmouth</p>

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<p>It’s my first choice. :)</p>

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<p>First choice for transfer.</p>

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<p>3rd, after Northwestern and Georgetown</p>