The University of Chicago

1st Year Male -- Class 2010

Education Quality: A+,

I was afraid this was where fun goes to die but after my first year here it didn't exactly live up to its reputation. Sure its as hard as **** sometimes but you'll get over it if you have half a brain. This place is not for the meek or the tender, you'll get eaten up alive by your professors, but if you do the work they make sure they're there for you even if you're struggling which is cool. And as for all the hot girls, well guess what, there are two and they're both hoes. Ah well there's always Chicago............

1st Year Male -- Class 2009

Education Quality: A+, Useful Schoolwork: B-

Like Heaven on Earth. No, really. Everyone here was so interesting and down-to-earth; they were motivated to do well in school but they also cared about helping out their friends. We were all so idealistic; we dreamed of doing something big and changing the world. My professors were generally adequate, at the very least, but a few were truly awe-inspiring. The campus was beautiful, even in the wintertime and you never could run out of things to do. Then there's the city, which I took the time to explore moreso than most of my fellow students (at least three nights a week). There are people who hate it here, but they usually fit a certain mold: misanthropic and ugly students who did not have fun in high school and never learned to have fun in college. They tended to hang around themselves, thankfully. My advice: join a frat or a sorority, find good friends and get the most out of your four years here. It's hard here sometimes, but if things click for you like they did for me, you won't ever want to leave. (Maybe I'm just extra giddy because of the amazing opportunities I've gotten, financial and otherwise, ever since college ended.)

4th Year Male -- Class 2002

Education Quality: A+, Collaboration/Competitive: B