UChicago Class Of 2016 Discussion

fp5858
Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:13:16 +0000

To answer the above question: UChicago uses the quarter system meaning that, unlike most schools, there is 3 quarters (the 4th quarter is in the summer and most people don’t attend this) instead of 2 semesters meaning you take a couple of more classes during your four years than a semster based school. My tour guide said that roughly 1/3 of your classes would be for the core, 1/3 from electives, and 1/3 from your major and she said that you could use your elective courses to take on a double major. She said that a large portion of the school double majored so it must be possible