Where else did you apply and why Chicago?

hevydevy
Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:46:25 +0000

I applied to UChicago, Brown, Amherst, Williams, and Princeton. In all honesty, I would have only been interested in Brown and UChicago. I got in to UChicago and Williams, waitlisted at Amherst, and rejected by Princeton and Brown. I chose UChicago over Williams because UChicago seemed academically intense, I could feel the “life of the mind,” the kids seemed down to Earth and super smart. At Williams, the kids seem smart, but a ton of them seemed smug, and it definitely felt more “preprofessional.” Williams is also in the absolute middle of no where.