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Fuck Yeah UChicago!

February 2012

38 posts

Anonymous asked: Do you know when spring schedules come out?

Anonymous asked: what did you write about for your...

fyuchicago: My Uncommon prompt was something like, “you’re hosting a Mad Hatter’s tea party and you invite your favorite literary and historical figures. Who shows up?” I think I invited everyone from J.K. Rowling to Lyndon B. Johnson. It was pretty weird. It was full of cringe-worthy puns. But it was pretty earnest and funny though. Ashley, FYUC I came up with my own prompt, “Write an...

“Higher education can’t be a luxury– it’s an economic imperative that...”

– President Barack Obama

Anonymous asked: what did you write about for your UChicago prompts?

Calvin goes to UChicago

Any of you prospies visiting campus in the next...

Word on the admissions streets is that President’s Day is bringing in a lot of visitors!

“So for instance, in Germany, which is garden gnome central, the garden gnomes...”

– Professor, as part of a long digression on garden gnomes and the transmission of material/visual culture from elites down to everyday people where original meaning is lost but physical forms are kept (via quotemining)

Anonymous asked: where did you transfer from? and what year?

Anonymous asked: i am a transfer student.. all these acceptance letters down below is making me apprehensive.. =/ it's usually the open slots that go to transfer students... also, I am a first-year transfer-- what are some advice/ recommendation/ condolences for me?

quixotic-exotic: An absolute MUST for book lovers and/or animators. Have you guys seen this? Incredible! The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Anonymous asked: Harvard is single-choice early action, so it is impossible to apply to both early.

Anonymous asked: to the senior in high school who got into northwestern and harvard, how do you already know?!

Anonymous asked: Hey guys. I just want to comment on the unpredictability of college admissions. I'm a senior in high school who was accepted to Northwestern and Harvard. But guess what? I was deferred from UChicago. Don't worry about where you're going to get in. Even if you get rejected one place, you definitely will shine in another.

Anonymous asked: Hi, i'm planing to move to Chicago sometime soon and have been looking at U Chicago. I can't seem to find the deadline for applying during spring semester.

Anonymous asked: How is Natural Hazards in terms of workload and general awesomeness?

Anonymous asked: Do you work for admissions? Are you in any of my classes?

For that person interested in finance...

Near the end of your first year, you can apply for Chicago Careers in Business. They offer a special program in financial markets as well. It’s the closest you can get to being a business/finance major (other than just doing econ), and when you graduate it will be on your transcript. Here’s a link! https://caps.uchicago.edu/cci/business.shtml (if you are interested in financial...

Re: Finance programs at UChicago—we do not have a finance major or minor here. What you’d do is be an econ major and look into the Graham School or Booth for classes that are finance based.

Anonymous asked: How good is the English department at UChicago? Also are any finance major/minor/certificate programs, etc., available to students? Thanks! :) -deferred student hoping to get in.... (on an unrelated note, how likely is that to happen?)

January 2012

94 posts

“They are old-school hard-ass Chicagoans. These are not the type of men who call...”

– Tucker Max, on the Woodlawn Tap/Jimmy’s bartenders.

Anonymous asked: If you want to double major, do you need to know what you want to double major in as soon as you step onto campus? I'm thinking about doing a double major, but I'm not positive what two majors I want yet. Also, how insane is it to do a double major? Will it mean 4 years of hell and no electives?

a visual representation of my sosc essay

skepticalorangutan: Reblogging for accuracy.