Student Life

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<p>I posted that several days ago, not realizing it was that old. Here’s the great response amykins gave:

@amykins

If one looks at the “Strategic Goals and Recommendations” section, many of the suggestions have been implemented.</p>

<p><a href=“Page Not Found | University of Chicago”>http://www.uchicago.edu/docs/education/quality6.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>most notably:</p>

<p>*Build new Athletics Center including a swimming pool, with improved and expanded facilities for both recreational use, intramural teams, and varsity athletics. </p>

<p>*Work in whatever ways possible to increase the concentration of undergraduates on and close to campus in selection of site for any new residence halls. </p>

<p>Have been resolved through the construction of the Ratner Athletics Center and the Max Palevsky Residential Commons. The Ratner is a beautiful facility (the old gym, Henry Crown, leaves something to be desired), and the Max dorms give a UChicago student a more “typical” college living experience if he or she so desires.</p>

<p>Others:</p>

<p>*Expand “late night” food options on campus and continue evaluation of campus food services using the Chicago Card to link Hutchinson Commons and residential dining halls.</p>

<p>(Two words to that one: BART MART).</p>

<p>*Improve ease and regularity of inexpensive access to downtown and the North Side.</p>

<p>(the 2 bus and the 173 run to downtown express; the 174 hits the subway lines; in addition there are the bus lines not specifically designed for Chicago students but still accessible, like the Metra train, the 55, and the 6)</p>

<p>There are other suggestions in there; however, I don’t know enough about the University’s past to compare to the system as it is today. From the way I see it, these small changes have made the University a much happier place to be for a larger segment of the population.

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<p>As idad said, 10-20% of students who transfer out end up transferring back.
<a href=“http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/news/2006/04/28/transfers-find-there-is-no-place-like-home-at-u-of-c/[/url]”>http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/news/2006/04/28/transfers-find-there-is-no-place-like-home-at-u-of-c/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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@Chicago Maroon

Miller transferred to George Washington University and knew she wanted to be back at the U of C after a week of taking classes, she said.</p>

<p>“For me it was the student body that I had the most difficulty with,” she said. “I think that the students there weren’t there to learn, they were there to party. I also felt that they wanted to do the minimal amount of work to get the best grade and it made it hard. It was that whole mentality and it really gave me such an appreciation for the uniqueness of our experience here.”</p>

<p>Upon returning to the U of C in the winter of her second year, Miller made some significant changes, including moving to the Shoreland and joining a sorority. But the most important change she made, Miller said, was coming back with the right outlook.</p>

<p>“What I learned most from [my experience] is how important attitude is and the fact that I went into college thinking I don’t want to be here, everything about [this place] is awful, and then coming back into it and thinking, this is where I need to be, I like this place and looking for the good rather than the bad. That has transferred into every other part of my life.”

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