<p>Whoops, that’s my bad, then.</p>
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<p>I personally believe there’s not much difference between writing science reports and writing humanities papers - they require the same skills (i.e. structure, logic, evidence, flow, etc.), and very few professors care about style so long as your writing has clarity - but I’ll just say right now that if you come to UChicago, you’ll be doing a ton of writing. Six quarters of humanities (2-3 of HUM, 2-3 of Civ, 1-2 of Art), and three quarters of SOSC. HUM classes typically require 2-3 papers per quarter (sometimes even more), and the same goes for SOSC classes. Civ classes are a bit more variable; I ended up writing only one eleven-page paper over two quarters, but other Civ sequences have you writing 2-3. Basically, you’ll be writing. A lot. Furthermore, you cannot place out of these classes, as these courses are required of every UChicago student.</p>
<p>That being said, once you graduate, you will be able to write. Furthermore, you will be able to write at a high level, and you will know how to construct a solid argument. So, if you want a challenge, you really can’t go wrong with UChicago.</p>
<p>But Rice is a whole lot cheaper. I don’t know much about the school myself, but it doesn’t lose out to UChicago or Berkeley, IMHO, especially with that price tag.</p>