Sell Me on UChicago, Please!

Gonnabefamous
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:39:45 +0000

I did sit in on a class! It was History of Stat. And there’s a funny story to that as well! I stayed in Maclean, for all those wondering (there goes my anonymity), and I did like my host, just not some of the others there. My class was at 9:30 and I had to trek all the way across campus to the Logan Center in 30 degree windy weather (which for those of you not entirely familiar w/ campus is quite the walk). My host was awesome and walked me all the way there but when she dropped me off I was told that my class wasn’t in that building - and that the same thing had happened to other prospies the previous weekend and they didn’t change it. So I went off in a completely opposite direction again all the way across campus only to find my directions were to the wrong side of the street and that the stat department staffer was really rude when you asked him for directions twice haha. By the time I finally got there there was only 20 minutes left and thank goodness the prof didn’t call me to the carpet about being late, I probably would have been rather impolite and just flat out left. But he was marvelously nice and extremely knowledgable about stat (unfortunately it was a 200 level class so I didn’t understand much) and was exactly the kind of prof I wanted. I didn’t stay after to speak to him or anyone b/c at this point I was frozen and confused about life, so I did what every good kid does and ran back to my mom I’m very much like your first years, I don’t think I fit neatly into any one category of people there, I’m social but yet definitely introverted sometimes, but more often than not I’m definitely really social. I’m not terribly unique but I mean I love my soccer, I coach and I play (for fun), and I love being silly and having nice sober fun. I’m not a partier, but I am one of those people that if and when I didn’t have papers, readings, or problem sets, I would want to be going out on adventures about Chicago and such. It’s nice to hear from parents who have kids really similar to me that they’re doing fine albeit maybe having to venture out for more social people. I concur to some degree w/ the last poster, but I don’t think anything can happen anytime soon w/ those regards, there doesn’t seem to be the want nor the money to expand those programs. You definitely get some balance socially on campus w/ athletic groups though.