<p>BlackNBlue,
“that they were stuck with uchi because they got turned down by, say, dartmouth?”</p>
<p>Oh, I think that (or similar) was the case with the unhappy young lady. As far as what most of the parents were saying - body language is hard to disguise. I’ve sat through a lot of admissions sessions with parents sucking up to adcoms - not a pleasant sight. </p>
<p>I am curious as to where your impression of unfriendlyness came from. Biff and Buffy are’nt there to fall all over you, its true. But there didn’t seem to be much of a difference between Chicago, and say, Brown: during the school year, some of the kids are going to be very busy and not thrilled with wandering prospies. On a more personal note, all I can say is that my son is enjoying his experience and housemates thus far. </p>
<p>The UChicago Director of admissions gave a wonderful speech at opening convocation - here is the link:<a href=“College Admissions at the University of Chicago”>College Admissions at the University of Chicago;
<p>You may not believe it - but it pretty much summed up how most of us felt.</p>