<p>I agree with kodama on all accounts, so let’s see what I can add…</p>
<p>I find it funny how many people I run into who think that UChicago is specifically a math/science school, because we certainly have a breadth of majors and departments. I’m on the humanities end of the spectrum, and I could probably go down the list on each department we have and name the hotshot professors and the people who are known in their fields… the exciting thing about being a student at Chicago is that you have the opportunity to get a lot of professors who are on the rise in every field. For example, one of my profs was bottom of the totem pole at Chicago last year, and this year he got a tenure-track job (a BIG deal) at NYU for history. I was going to take a class from another assistant prof of sorts, who also got a great offer from Michigan or somewhere for English. I have so many professors, some of them old and at the end of a very productive career, some of them young and beginning to make waves in their field. This is the great fun of going to a school that puts such pride into its professors.</p>
<p>There are also opportunities to join symphony orchestra, UChoir, Motet Choir, etc., as well as classical music at Mandel Hall almost every weekend. music.uchicago.edu should have some listings.</p>