<p>My S is having an altogether different experience at Chicago. He loves the Core, and he finds it all to be continually stimulating and exciting. He meets interesting people all the time. For example, he just met another first year who spent last summer translating a play from the original Greek and is putting on a production of it this spring. He is in constant discussions about topics ranging from mathematical proofs to physics to Euripides to you name it. He often calls to excitedly tell me about something learned, an insight had, or a discussion in which he engaged. He has spent time not only conversing with his profs, but with several invited speakers to the many colloquia offered on campus. For him at least, the life of the mind at Chicago is his daily existence. He lives and in very social dorm, and loves it and the social life at Chicago as well.</p>
<p>Good luck wherever you decide to go, sounds like you do well no matter wher you decide to attend.</p>