<p>Why UChicago is better than the University of Scranton: Let’s start with defining a degree as not only the piece of paper that one receives upon graduating from an institution, but the experiences one receives from attending a university from four years (both academic and social). Given that definition, then we can proceed to ask what experiences will you receive by virtue of attending the University of Scranton as opposed to the University of Chicago? I cannot answer that but by the fact that I know that most people (no offense to you, but you have to admit it’s true of people in our state lol) from Pennsylvania aren’t the brightest in the world and that the University of Scranton most likely only draws locals or, perhaps, people with roots in that area (or people who are obsessed with the Office? nah…). As well, I will assume that many bright and motivated students from that region will go to a top-30 university or, at the very least, will go to Pitt, Penn State, or Temple. Given, then, the student body that most likely will be at the University of Scranton, you will not gain much, intellectually, from the student body and that won’t make you any better off. As well, the professors at the University of Scranton won’t be world-class professors that will be able to help you grow by virtue of their insightful ideas or their powerful reasoning abilities that will be apparent in classroom discussions. You couldn’t be given any research opportunities or internships that will not only look amazing on your resume for whatever your future plans are, but will help you gain invaluable experience. The bottom line is, the experiences you would most likely run into at the University of Scranton will not come even close to those you would run into at the University of Chicago. As well (though this was slightly implied earlier), your critical thinking skills will most likely be much sharper after obtaining a UChicago education. And, on top of that, a degree from the University of Chicago will help you more where it actually matters as opposed to a degree from…the University of Scranton.</p>
<p>This especially matters if you want to go to any grad school because you will essentially need a 4.0 from the University of Scranton coupled with near-perfect/perfect MCAT/LSAT/GMAT scores to even be considered by some of the top med/law/business schools and then, even, you would need some good and well-regarded research exp. that you couldn’t obtain from the University of Scranton.</p>
<p>Travel Expenses: This, in my opinion, is not a legitimate reason to keep one from attending an institution. The travel expenses may be a hassle and they may, even, be quite burdensome at times, but one cannot simply say that the money is not, by any means, worth it without investigating the situation further. One must consider the opportunity cost of simply not paying these travel expenses and attending the University of Scranton. Assuming you get a reasonable financial aid package, then, while the University of Chicago may be more costly in the present, the travel expenses will be nothing compared to the differences in the salaries of jobs that you will be offered if you go to the University of Chicago as opposed to the University of Scranton. As well, the critical reasoning skills combined with your degree that you’ll get from the University of Chicago will not only originally give you good job placement, but will help you move up the job ladder in whatever career you do pursue (this would be because of the critical reasoning skills obtained, not the degree itself).</p>
<p>Safety Issues: As a general rule of thumb, don’t walk by yourself at night and you should be fine. If you’re just going to be running around the south side of Chicago, then, yea, safety should be a problem. However, so as long as you’re smart about what you do, then you should be relatively safe. Anyways, I realize that every time I walk outside there is a possibility that I could be shot the second I walk outside, that I could be kidnapped once I start going on a walk, or that a plane could crash on me (don’t laugh…this actually almost happened once to me on…that day). Does that make me not want to walk outside every day? Of course not. While I never think of these possibilities, I know in the back of my mind that they’re possibilities but their likelihood is so small that they play an almost negligible role in any marginal analysis of my options. Likewise, if you think that the benefits of attending UChicago outweigh the risks of going to UChicago then the safety issues shouldn’t be that big of a deal. Anyway, you should be worried at the safety issues at UPenn as opposed to those at UChicago.</p>
<p>Sorry if this is incoherent…I have a headache 
(poor me…I know)</p>