<p>I did not dislike the core. It just did not seem to live up to the hype. Humanities- great instructors, good course, did live up to the hype. Social studies (took the Marx/Freud/Maslow one)- the readings were fine, instructors not so fine. Had one grad student- he was probably the best- interesting, caring. Next quarter, a very famous full professor. She seemed to not want to be there, would not give you the time of day, was condescending, was anxious to not reschedule when classes were cancelled, although a number of students really wanted every minute that they could have with her. Third quarter- a nice, friendly, older professor, but he was too laid back-didn’t really get into the material. So the social studies sequence was a disaster, although the readings were good. Phy Sci- I was taking honors chem anyway. It was just honors chem, same as anywhere. Biology- mediocre. I was not premed or bio major, so did not try to get into the most serious sequence. I took a sequence that involved microbiology, genetics and environmental science. Microbiology- OK, no different from a high school science class. Genetics- professor brilliant but lectures boring. However, he helped me with references for a paper, and that was really interesting. Environmental- had a fun field trip, friendly class, but again, nothing special.To fulfill the second tier, I then went a nonstandard route to the concern of my advisor. I took a lot of language classes that I really wanted- had the background to get into some higher French classes. I lived in Snell,and heard a lot about Western Civ, art, music, Far Eastern Civ, and American History but nothing that convinced me to take those courses. Fellow students said that if I didn’t take Western Civ, I would not have experienced Chicago. Maybe they were right, but I don’t think so. I had a completely amazing experience in a similar high school class, so that counts.</p>