The University of Chicago

Date: Jul 02 2011
Major: Unknown (This Major's Salary over time)
Here are some of the nicknames the school has acquired:

Where fun comes to die

Where the only thing that goes down on you is your gpa

Where the squirrels are cuter than the guys/girls

"Where Hell freezes over"

If these scare you even a little, don't go. As for the tradeoff - i.e. that UChicago provides the best educational experience - simply not true. Yes, it's better than your average state school, but there's at least fifty schools across the country that will offer virtually the same educational rigor. Your educational experience depends on how much you put in, which depends on how happy you are, etc. etc. Anyway, the majority of the benefits of UChicago are simply not accessible/relevant to an undergraduate.