The "New" UChicago

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Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:28:41 +0000

S1 attended Chicago and majored in one of those non-preprofessional disciplines, took many different courses, including one of his favorites, Conflict Theory and Aikido, which also could not be considered preprofessional. He now is employed in a job he loves in the professional/business world, publishes in academic journals, and recently presented at a Theory and Philosophy conference. He is constantly approached by recruiters from many businesses ranging from start-ups to very large firms. All this was made possible by the amazing liberal education he received at Chicago. I am not sure this would have happened if he signed on to an exclusively pre-professional track and stuck with it. I am not saying those with definite pre-professional interests should not be accommodated, only agreeing with Abbott that one should take advantage of what The University offers, and that the intellectualism found there can serve one well in all pursuits.