The University of Chicago

Date: Aug 18 2005
Major: Political Science (This Major's Salary over time)
The University is NOT for everyone. For those students who really love to learn for the sake of learnings sake, who take education as some kind of end-in-itself, and are expecting a college experience that consists of reading Plato, Nietzsche, Foucalt, Newton, and other great thinkers of the Western tradition, then this is the place for you. The social life is what you make of it, but it can be fun, depending on your definition of "fun". The school suffers from a lack of reputation compared to many of its other top-notch competitors, but rest assured, employees and grad schools are well aware of how rigorous and demanding the U of C education is. Students are eccentric, but brilliant. Winters are cold and dreary, but things pick up during the Spring. One of the few institutions of its kind left in the world, a truly unique university that exudes an intellectual tradition and atmosphere that is matchless among the top schools in America.