<p>As a recruited athlete (already committed for next year), I would respectfully disagree with the assertion that UChicago is all nerds and work. I’m a girl, but I’m still very social and popular at my school. I was a bit worried about the atmosphere there at first but I went to visit several friends of mine and we had a great weekend. There were several parties going on and plenty of attractive people. There were definitely people who stayed in the dorms though, and you’re free to choose who to hang out with. You have to be able to get along with nerds, certainly, but they don’t necessarily have to be your best friends. I think the social life is really what you make it. I’m going to try to live in Max, which is supposed to be a pretty social dorm with a lot of athletes, and I expect to find at least one like minded group of people out of the 5000 undergrads there. </p>
<p>Also keep in mind that his teammates will likely be more social than average, so he will almost automatically be exposed to the more social side of UChicago.</p>