Science and Chicago life

thatOneStudent
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:32:03 +0000

So I’ve (very) recently become interested in applying to UoC, though I do have some misgivings. From what I’ve heard so far, the sciences at UoC are pretty strong, right? I mean, you can be well-prepped for the future (especially fro grad/med school) through a strong department in something related to biology, right? I’ve recently heard about the Core Bio class, mostly with unenthusiastic reviews… If I’m interested in Biological Sciences, is this a warning, or something like that?

Also, UoC is located in a big city. To someone whose first choice university is in a small city (not too rural, but not too large), how… uh… overwhelming can life in Chicago be? How safe and comfortable is life in the big city?