<p>JHS knows me and my family without knowing me or my family. I was the kid who loved the humor and the sensibility, if not of that particular phrase, then of attending Chicago. Chicago tends to runs hot and cold with people, and it ran very hot with me. Nobody in my family besides me would be happy at Chicago, because my family members are doers and practitioners who get impatient when it comes to intellectual things but are nimble problem-solvers and fact-checkers. And I think it’s fair to say that of all my family members, I am the happiest with my school in all aspects-- social, academic, bureaucratic, etc. </p>
<p>Thanks MBP for posting the link-- I encourage the OP to read it through.</p>
<p>As far as pre-med goes, it’s competitive anywhere! There’s no easy way to get into med school. I don’t feel qualified to make comparison to other schools and I would not trust peers to make judgments on colleges they don’t attend (unless they have a valid basis for their judgments, like a friend who is a current student) but at Chicago, I don’t get the feeling that there are a lot of pre-meds on campus, so as a pre-med, I think it would be easy to find non pre-meds, so you wouldn’t feel like you’re competing against your peers for a common goal.</p>
<p>Question: what appealed to you about Chicago before you heard the slogan?</p>