<p>I highly doubt unless a freshman had an exceptional and outstanding background in math that he or she could overload on math in the first semester of college at a different school. </p>
<p>In theory (how it seems to work in my head) is that you have to take two full years of math classes (plus at least a quarter of Algebra, this will vary depending on placement) before you are allowed to take many other classes. I am planning on majoring in math (and highly doubt this will change in the coming months or year(s)) and I am not the least bit worried about not being able to take as much math as I would like or as students at other schools take.</p>
<p>It is worth saying that if you really think you will be limited by the core then Chicago may not be the best school for you because you cannot avoid it. Also while you may not be able to take numerous math classes your first year we do have the Directed Reading Program(DRP) which you can read about here [Department</a> of Mathematics](<a href=“http://math.uchicago.edu/undergraduate/directed_reading_program.shtml]Department”>http://math.uchicago.edu/undergraduate/directed_reading_program.shtml).</p>