You know you are at the U. of C. when . . .

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I know that the grad students in classics read a lot of their books about Greek in Latin, German, French, and Italian, as the definitive texts are written in those languages.

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<p>Yes, you will find that MA and Ph.D students at any top classics program read books in their original language. This aspect is not unique to UChicago.</p>

<p>Many here like to emphasize UChicago’s reputation for intellectualism, but there is no need to exaggerate. Some schools have some identical activities, but they are not as publicized.</p>

<p>Edit: I should say that I love the University of Chicago, but let us keep the discussion realistic. At the Brown forums, there are some posters earnestly convincing another that he should choose Brown over MIT for the sciences…</p>

<p>…right.</p>