Very interesting recent comments of a UChicago student

marlowe1
Sun, 21 Jan 2024 18:54:50 +0000

Excellent obervations, @Mwfan1921 and @2Devils . I would second the point that what makes for success at this school isn’t simply intelligence qua intelligence. I believe the necessary additional ingredient is a capacity to accept the painful and humbling aspect of learning things. Plato said this long ago. At many other very good schools the pain is attenuated by many other diversions and sources of self-esteem. At Chicago the diversions don’t quite do the trick.