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<p>As with any elite college that costs 50,000 dollars a year before financial aid, our clientele at Chicago is primary wealthy and educationally privileged students. That doesn’t mean that Chicago students think that intellectualism is the domain solely of the wealthy and educationally privileged. I do think that a lot of Chicago students think that Chicago is “above” other schools in intellectualism, but I think that argument has more to do with our core, our self-selecting nature, and the kinds of people who are attracted to this school than the socioeconomic makeup of it.</p>
<p>See: [Civic</a> Knowledge Project | The University of Chicago Division of the Humanities](<a href=“http://civicknowledge.uchicago.edu/]Civic”>http://civicknowledge.uchicago.edu/) for an example of a program based on intellectual interchange between university and community.</p>
<p>(ETA: I consider myself a Chicago “superiorist” to the extent that I’m convinced it’s the best school in the world for me. It’s not the best school in the world for everybody, nor is it “the best school.” But for me in my current situation, it seems like all of the stars have aligned and there’s extremely little I could ask for that Chicago is not providing me. I have a family friend who is considering a lot of elite colleges, and I’m steering her away from Chicago and towards Northwestern).</p>