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Date: May 18 2005
Major: History/Histories (art history/etc.) (This Major's Salary over time)
I graduated in 1975, and noticed three other graduates from my year had posted comments. Thirty years later, I have a few reflections on the four years I spent at Chicago:

1) It was, and sounds like it still is, the best undergraduate education in America

2) That's not as important, in the business world, as reputation. Chicago has NO reputation in the business world, and no "old boy" network. In fact, they've only recently discovered the need to care for and pay attention to alumni.

3) I'd recommend The College only to those who are SURE they want to go on to a professional or graduate degree. Otherwise, you're wasting your time and money.

4) I'm amused at how little things seem to have changed in 30 years. Hyde Park is still boring, apparently, and students are still complaining about how isolated they are (despite several buses, subways, and commuter trains to the Loop and the North Side).

5) In a wise move, the University tore down my freshman-year dorm (Woodward Court), which featured double rooms the size of jail cells. Good riddance.

6) As my daughter prepares to choose a college, I will encourage her NOT to go to the U. of C.

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