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University of Chicago
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Campus
Location
Freshmen Class Profile
- No minimum GPA required
- Around 85% of incoming
freshmen have a 3.75 GPA
or higher
- Recommend rigorous courses
- Accept AP credit (4 or 5)
- 235 miles from Ann Arbor
- 3.5 hrs car & 1 hr plane
- Population: 2.7 million
- Close to downtown Chicago
- Many attractions
UChicago
Demographics
Motto:
- Total of 5,600 undergrad students
- 2,409 out of 27,500 applicants accepted
- 6:1 student to faculty ration
- 49.5% Female & 50.5% Male
Let knowledge grow from
more to more; and so be
human life enriched
- 99% freshmen retention rate
- 88% 4-year graduation rate
- Private research university (1890)
- Chicago, Illinois
- Mascot: Phil the Phoenix
Application
- Common App
- Supplemental essays
Academics
Required Essay topics:
- How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.
Students Describe
UChicago as...
- Offer 50 different majors
and 30 minors
- Students are not required to
make a final decision about
their major until their third year
- Choose 1 extended essay from 6 topics
- Example topics:
- Were pH an expression of personality, what would be your pH and why? (Feel free to respond acidly! Do not be neutral, for that is base!)
- What's so odd about odd numbers?
"an academic paradise near an awesome city."
"a place that pushes smart people to make new discoveries and challenge their limits."
"Professors are celebrities in their field—it's extremely common to begin doing research on a topic and realize that the world's best expert is two buildings down."
"Everyone gets to pick the classes they take and how many they take at any time. You can make it as easy or hard as you want."
Cost
- $48,000 tuition
- $14,000 room and board
Student Life
- More than 60% students receive
financial aid
- Average need-based grant
is $40,000
- UChicago has over 400 different clubs
- Greek life, university theater, and intramural sports are the most popular activities
- World's largest scavenger hunt every year
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- 16% of freshmen receive merit scholarships
- Average merit scholarship is $11,000