The University of Chicago

Visit this school before you go. For real. Stay over a night. The U of C is different from other schools; it is NOT a run of the mill "good school" and caution should really be exercised when applying. Know what you are getting into.What are you getting into: one of the greatest academic universities in the world, recognized far and wide for unwavering focus on education and academia.

2nd Year Male -- Class 2004

University Resource Use/ spending: A, Social Life: C

University of Chicago is NOT for everybody. If you are intelligent and want the challenge, the University of Chicago is probably the best place to get your undergraduate education. Unlike our peers schools like Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford, Chicago's common core curriculum requires any physics majors to study 3 civilization, 3 social sciences, 3 humanities, 3 biology/chem classes in addition to math and physics. For a quantitative oriented physics/math majors, civilization, humanility, and social sciences classes are the challenges. Reading Shakespere is no fun for math guys. Soci-humanilty classes opened my eyes and even changed the way I look at physics problems. That is the power of the Chicago education.

If you are smart, but does not want to learn for the learning's sake, Harvard, Stanford maybe a better choice. So definitely know what makes you happy and fulfilling.

When I walk by the hall way of my Physics lab building and pass the portraits of 24 physics Nobel prize winners University of Chicago produced (Chicago produced more physics Nobel prize winners than any school in the US, and produced 73 Nobel prize winners in general, more than any university in the US), I know what kind of education I am receiving at the University of Chicago.

4th Year Male -- Class 2002

Education Quality: A, Campus Maintenance: F